[Y]esterday, I updated the theme to the blog to the newer, and cleaner Twenty-Thirteen theme that comes with WordPress 3.6. Occasionally, I am asked what plugins I use with my WordPress installation, so I thought I’d answer the question with a post, listing out the plugins I use as of today. Keep in mind that…

[I] have updated the theme to the Twenty Thirteen theme which was delivered with WordPress 3.6 (or maybe it was 3.5, I can’t quite recall). I like it because it is simple and clean and I needed to make fewer customizations than with my earlier theme Twenty Twelve. The fewer the customization, the better, since…

[T]oday I will be updating the theme for this blog from Twenty Twelve to the newer Twenty Thirteen that comes with WordPress 3.6. It has a slightly cleaner and simpler look that I like, and I don’t need to make nearly as many custom CSS changes. So, if you notice things changing around here, now…

[J]ust a quick note to let you know that you might see a few tests posts over the next hour or so. I am trying to track down an issue I’ve been having that does not affect the front-end of my blog, but is sometimes a little annoying on the back-end. Once I’ve finished my…

[S]ince I just got finished to replying1 to half a dozen email messages on the subject that accumulated while I was away at Launch Pad, let me remind would-be guest-posters and advertisers: I do not accept unsolicited guest posts or advertisements on the blog. This is articulated succinctly and quite clearly in the site policies,…

[A]ccording to my Daily Almanac1 entry for yesterday, I set a new blogging record for the day. It seems, in my effort to capture all things Launch Pad, I wrote more than 4,000 words spread over 4 posts yesterday. As you can see, this completely blows away my previous record by more than 1,000 words. I…

[Y]esterday, this blog passed 1 million views. I switched to WordPress in 2010. Prior to that, I blogged on LiveJournal, going back to 2005. Since switching to WordPress, I have now accrued 1 million views. It is kind of hard to believe: Even harder to believe is how quickly (relatively speaking) the blog has grown.…

[M]ost of the updates to the blog theme that I mentioned yesterday are now complete. I am still tweaking a few minor things here and there, but they are minor and probably not noticeably by most folks. For those interested, what follows is a summary of the changes I made as well as some of the…

[I] have been using the SubtleFlux theme for a long time now. I like the look and feel of the theme, which I have customized quite a bit. That said, the SubtleFlux theme is no longer actively supported and doesn’t support some of the newer functions built into WordPress. So, over the next week or…

As of today I am officially back from my Internet Vacation. I’m going through email and blog comments and Facebook and Twitter to see what I need to reply to. But today is also Easter and there are various events and parties to attend so I may be a little slow in catching up today.…