Category Archives: The 30 Tools
Creating A Secure Cross Platform/Cross Computer Data Sync Cloud Solution – Part 1
I have a lot of computers. More than the average bear. With the addition of Pixie, my new little netbook, I have once again come to the question: Do I want a folder out on the Internet (cloud) so I can access my files from everywhere? Back in June, I took a look at [...]
10 Tools that Built the Skillful WordPress Theme
I have been having lots of fun working on getting some new features and speeding up Skillfulmeans. My real intention was to start wrapping my mind around CSS, PHP, and finally speed up my little blog a bit. I learned quite a bit along the way. I’m hoping that my changes can help some of [...]
Working on the New “Skillful Means” Template
Yesterday, I wrote a about creating a local development environment for WordPress on my local Vista laptop. I had a feeling that this would be a much easier way to work on things like developing a new theme for my blog. I am so glad that I did. Having a local development environment allowed me [...]
Creating a WordPress Development Environment on Windows XP/Vista
I have decided to learn a bit more about the innards of my little wordpress blog. I have an idea or two for widgets, and I definitely wanted to work on the template, all this and with little risk to my production installation (the wordpress blog site that you are currently reading this post on). [...]
An improved swine map while I deal with my lag-de-jet
I have been a little tired, so I can’t really even find the energy to kick myself for missing a days post. I suspect that there was little missing me, well maybe just a little missing me. A buddy did send me a cool new swine-flu tracker map. This one improved from the last improved [...]
Last Post before Break… scribefire on linux
Tonight (Friday night) I’m installing a few more necessary items on my tiny laptop, some that I will need to take care some things once I take off into the wild blue yonder. There may be a few opportunities that have come up recently that I’m giving thought to, and I haven’t made up my [...]
My First Blog Post From Pixie – Finding a Blog Editor for Linux
Tonight after spending some times with friend in real life, I came home with a little mission in mind. I really wanted to find a blog editor that I could use off of my linux partition on my new little MSI Wind. I did have a few requirements, although I knew that it was quite [...]
Trying New Tools: Google Analytics – Welcome New Friends From Around the World!
It has been a little over two months since I decided to go solo and move my humble blog from the confines of WordPress.com to my own hosted server. I have mentioned that although the move requires more of the administrative part of keeping a blog and server to me, the move also allowed me [...]
