Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese frosting

Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese frosting

For years my brother and I competed for the honor of “Best Carrot Cake.” Eventually I gave in and told him “You win! You make the Thanksgiving carrot cake from now to eternity.” He tried to get me to take on that task after a few years, but I declined. I must say, I…

WooThemes: Customizing for a Network Install

WooThemes: Customizing for a Network Install

I recently migrated the vast majority of famvin.org sites in to a Network (multi-site) WordPress installation. There were, and continue to be, hitches along the way. And there were lessons learned that can be applied in other situations. For example, I use a child…

Little January Ice Storm

Little January Ice Storm

Auburn plays in the BCS National Championship Game tonight against the Oregon Ducks. Local plans were interrupted by an ice storm that fortunately doesn’t seem as bad as it could have been. Nevertheless, we woke up this morning to a world that seemed to drip…

Presents Are for Tasting

Presents Are for Tasting

It was Genevieve’s first Christmas. The part that was celebrated in Birmingham included opening gifts over at Uncle Dan and Auntie Shawn’s house. However, it seems that paper is meant to be ripped off of the gift and then tasted. Over and over again.

iBooks, Kindle, ePubs, oh my!

It seems that there is an iPad in my future. I own a Kindle. I’m looking into publishing some materials from some of our websites for these formats. So, here goes my research! Learn about the formats: Start with Wikipedia information: A Comparison of E-Book…