Category Archives: Challenge 1 – Start a Blog
The Website is Back
Lots happening, and had some problems with service providers and such. Finally found the time to find the correct backups and see what I could salvage of the blog. Looks like we got most of this one back. For those of you still paying attention, I wish you all a happy and peaceful Thanksgiving.
WordPress Tinkering – Mobile Themes Part I – Plugins
Today it was time for a little Skillulmeans wordpress server maintenance. You may be seeing some changes soon, and as usual your comments are always welcome. One thing I was looking at today was some mobile themes for wordpress. A mobile theme is one that will show only to those using a type of mobile [...]
Stretching Out and Growing New Ideas
It has been a while since I have written, but that doesn’t mean that there hasn’t been loads of things that have happened. I lack for a concentrated reason for taking a break from writing, well, other than maybe I had reached my writing goal (writing for a whole year/365 days). By the time I [...]
The summer is almost gone… A wonderful summer at that…
The summer is almost gone, and what a wonderful summer it has been. It has been scary to put aside my writing for a while. I had to trust my intuition that told me that like most other things, a break for reflection is a good thing. There has been so many experiences, so many [...]
So many problems for such a little blog…
First, I stripped the CSS, then I rebuilt the template, then I changed some PHP, then I fought with IE… I added additional sidebars, my super dooper template allows for four different wigetized sidebars. I haven’t written my own WordPress plugin yet, but I did hack this Amazon book lookup plugin to do my bidding. [...]
“Space Pussy” or “Cat on Vomit Comet” – Experiments in SEO – Search Engine Optimization
Many of you have seen some of the recent scientific findings that have been posted on Skillful Means in the posts : Scientists Find a Connection Between the Disappearance of Fireflies and Masturbation and Fireflies & Masturbation – A Public Service Announcement. If you have read one of both of these posts you have been [...]
Skillful Means and 10 Months of Posts – Post Number 301
It has been a little over a year since decided to take that first step and start my own little wordpress blog. It was June 15, when the blog was just 30 days old, that I begun to discuss some of the little intricacies of the various categories I posted. Hidden in those categories I [...]
A Suntan on the Road to Freedom
My last day of work was last Friday, and I’m still getting chills over the decision. I thought I would definitely mention this for those of you who would think that it would be the case, having some self-doubt after quitting a job. Yup. Each morning this week I woke to the unpleasantness of the [...]
