Tips and tricks related to website development are listed below, along with everything else that can be considered “technical” in some broad sense of the word. Tech Articles Facebook Share Button – Always Display Count WordPress-to-Facebook Automated Selective Posting Software / Reviews / etc. Visual Brainstorming with iCardSort WordPress / Suffusion
Tracing my roots and learning about the family history has been a fascinating endeavor. This collection of pictures, data, narratives, and historical documents continues to grow, and I will try to keep it organized in some meaningful way. If you find something on my site that is not working correctly, or if you see an [... read more ...]
Hidden away in the dark recesses of my mind is a collection of obscure, nostalgic memories that reveal themselves sporadically and leave me with a smile on my face. In an effort to pay tribute to these dusty recollections, I have decided to share them here on my website. Hopefully the links below will give [... read more ...]
I try to keep my website organized, cataloging every single article on one of the main pages. Of course, no matter how much effort I put into defining categories, there always seems to be a need for a catch-all page that contains “everything else”. This is it. Clean Slate
Every picture tells a story, don’t it? A picture is worth a thousand words. We’ve heard these clichés time and time again, and yet we continue to repeat them on a regular basis. I guess that just reinforces the idea that a picture may just be the single best communication medium in existence. My photo [... read more ...]
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 The CIT Song (Meatballs)I remember seeing “Meatballs” at a drive-in theater during the late 70′s. Apparently film critics didn’t appreciate the incredible underlying complexity of this masterpiece in the same way I did. But then again, eleven-year-old boys were able to see artistic merit in anything that involved hot-dog eating contests and characters with “very active glands”. Dedicated [... read more ...] |
 Visual Brainstorming with iCardSortI am one of those people who find the iPad to be more of a novelty than a real productivity tool. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy having one and use it on a daily basis. But my use is generally restricted to three activities: (A) reading email; (B) checking facebook; and (C) reading electronic [... read more ...] |
 Facebook Share Button – Always Display CountThe share button provided by facebook is an excellent tool for blog owners and website managers. It provides an easy way for your readers to share their favorite content, and it automatically displays the number of times a given page has been posted to facebook. Unfortunately, when configured with the counter display above the button, [... read more ...] |
 Mr. Jaws (Dickie Goodman)While taking a lengthy roadtrip at the beginning of the year, I spent a lot of time listening to “Sirius 70s at 7″ and this song caused a major flashback for me. I hadn’t heard it since I was about eight years old, but was still able to remember the majority of it. Cheesy as [... read more ...] |
 Michael Kelly Obituary (1921)The following obituary appeared in the The Bancroft Blade On September 2, 1921. I have attempted to recreate the text here in its entirety, although some of the original text is difficult to properly recognize. Michael Kelly, Nebraska pioneer who departed this life at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Alvin Browning in [... read more ...] |
 Genealogy ResourcesNumerous resources are available to people interested in learning about their family history. I currently use Ancestry.com to manage most of the content in my family tree. If you have an account on that site, feel free to look me up and examine the public portion of my tree. Here is a list of resources [... read more ...] |
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