Deep Something

If you visited Deep Something earlier this week, you might have gotten a message saying we were temporarily unavailable. I was performing an upgrade to a new version of the software. Normally, that’s not a huge task, but this time I wanted to get as clean a database and code base as possible. Over the years, a lot of additional tables for plugins and files and folders and options settings have been left behind. I wanted to get that cleaned out.

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I don’t get a ton of traffic on this site, and have always been disappointed with the lack of comments. I get a few, but I know I have opinionated friends, and would expect a little more from them. I suspect one of the reasons is that this blog is so far ranging in the topics I write about. I’ve read some good articles lately on blogging, and most say to narrow the focus of your blog. The people writing these articles do have very widely read blogs, so one must give them their props.

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We have spent our evenings this week doing some major upgrades to Deep Something. One of the most obvious is the new look and feel of the site, but that’s not all. Behind the scenes we upgraded to the current version of the software, revamped our database, and upgraded all the plugins that make Deep Something what it is. We hope you’ll visit and browse around.

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Over the past year or so, I’ve made a concerted attempt to get all my technology integrated to the extent that is reasonable, and actually helping me manage my life…rather than getting in the way. I think I’ve had a small level of success, so I’m going to write an irregular series on the “technology” I personally use day-to-day.

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The web is a dynamic place. Things change a lot here. If you are a repeat customer, you’ll notice that overall look and feel of Deep Something has changed. I just felt like it needed a refresh.

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Well, due to continuing performance issues with the hosting service I used (No Monthly Fees), and an arrogant and uncooperative customer service attitude, I decided to move as many of my accounts as possible. I think I’ve completed that move today.

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Along with the recently added “ratings” feature, we’ve now made the jump to mobile technologies.
Recently I was on the road for a few days and experiencing a hardware problem with the laptop, causing me to be unable to access email. So, I’ve made the jump to a mobile PC device. (I’ll write more about that [...]

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This weekend was fairly slow and quiet. Friday evening I did a major cleaning on the pool pump. The pool’s been cloudy a lot lately, so finally I just broke it completely down. Saturday morning I did some cleanup around the yard and the house.

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I’ve upgraded the blog software to version 2.0.3. This is a minor upgrade that takes care of some bug fixes related to security, and updates the anti-spam plug-in and a backup plug-in.

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You might have noticed that posting appears to be lite lately. Actually, I’ve been adding some posts related to my movie collection, and I’ve been doing lots of updates to the blog. In fact, I think I pretty much have it complete in terms of functionality. This included an upgrade to the most recent version of the WordPress software to Version 2.0.2.

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I have a great interest in technology anyway, and I want to give credit where it is due. So, I am writing this page to provide you some insight into how this blog works. It is actually pretty amazing.
At its core, the blog runs on WordPress Ver. 2.6. WordPress started with a single bit of [...]

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I ran through the upgrade process on my Mother’s blog. That went very well, but I was holding my breath as I upgraded the Deep Something blog. It is a significantly more complex site. However, the upgrade went very smoothly. There are one or two minor problems that will have to be corrected. I think I know how to resolve these fairly quickly tomorrow. There is a file uploader that I use for the photo gallery that isn’t working, so I’ll have to do some research on that. There is an option to it using the Flickr photo system, and there are plugins for that too.

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