Two words: freakin’ cool. [via Treehugger]
Monthly Archive for September, 2007
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[LINK: WordPress Automatic Upgrade plugin update « Techie Buzz]
I used to love Dreamhost’s one-click installer, but it really bugged me that I lost control over backups and all the extra themes that Dreamhost sees fit to install for me. (100 themes is a bit much guys.)
Enter the WordPress Automatic Upgrade (WPAU) plugin. With the option of full automatic or step by step upgrade, it doesn’t get much easier than this. While the plugin is still in beta, I have yet to have any issues.
WPAU is a highly recommended plugin for WordPress.
This is quite possibly the most inventive call for applicants I have ever seen. Proof that with a burgeoning company and a copy of iMovie you can make yourself look like fools, but still come off in a positive light.
Nice job FreshBooks.
Disclaimer: I use and love this product.
Yesterday represents the first time that my kids and I biked to school. As a long time advocate of biking whenever possible, this was really cool to get my 8 and 6 year olds out in the fast lane–well, 8 mph is not exactly fast. Continue reading ‘Woohoo! Biking to school and loving it’
There are schools in poor neighborhoods that are typically called “inner city schools.” These schools, we are told, harbor the most difficult students. These are schools that are euphemistically called diverse–meaning “not white”–the new melting pot. These are the schools most likely to struggle to meet the federal and state mandates for adequate yearly progress–or whatever the buzz word for “failing” is this year. These are the schools that have the least resources per student because of aging buildings and an indifferent tax base.
Only one thing stands out as a challenge to our presumptions, the schools are no longer located in the “inner” city. Continue reading ‘Redefining the “inner” city school’