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Month: July 2008

Tweeking a Theme

Tweeking a Theme

I have upgraded to Word Press 2.6 and am now playing with themes. This one, Thesis, is similar to the PressRow theme I most recently used. I have it almost as I want it. I can’t get all my pictures to rotate through and am missing some titles in the side bars but it is functional. I’ll need to keep tweeking. The plus about this theme is it is compatible with all the features in 2.6 unlike my old theme….

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This is a Test

This is a Test

I am upgrading WordPress to 2.6 and when I get the kinks worked out will change my theme. Right now my categories do not show up, I see a list with no names, it even tells me how many posts are linked to the name less categories. Not sure if I should delete categories and start again which will take less time. update: categories are sorted out – updating database did not work – I actually had to recreate categories…

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The Purpose of Education

The Purpose of Education

I was driving from the Cape to NJ today and had an interesting conversation while at a McDonald’s along 95. Not sure how it got started, we were exchanging pleasantries and such and it turned to what we did (he is a retired accountant, I am an educator) and it then turned to education. And did he have an opinion of education! “The purpose of education is to produce workers.” I suggested that it is an outcome of education but…

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On Respect

On Respect

I spent the day reading George Washington on Leadership by Richard Brookhiser. I love to read the history, letters and thoughts of our founding fathers and their British counterparts. There were many parts of my reading I found thought provoking but two I would like to share. I was reminded of “The Rules of Civililty & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation.” Washington copied these in a penmanship exercise, they were originally compiled by Jesuits in 1595. These rules were…

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Growing the DEN in SL

Growing the DEN in SL

The high light for me at NECC was to meet the DEN in SL leadership council and some of our SL community and present with the LC. We only had an hour to share everything and we could not do it all. The list of links below takes you to video, and some posts about our session. If you were there or know of a post regarding it please leave a comment and share. One of the objectives of our…

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Networks and NECC

Networks and NECC

I returned from NECC to face a household of guests. It is similar to leaving a movie 1/2 way through and being dropped in the middle of another one. I am a little dazed and confused. I attended a variety of sessions some great, some not so great. I wish they came with a label such as introduction or advanced. The best part of NECC for me was meeting and talking to people. I meet some of my network face-2-face…

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