Author Archives: Jim Vanderveen

About Jim Vanderveen

I'm a bit of a Renaissance man, with far too many hobbies for my free time! But more important than any hobby is my family. My proudest accomplishment has been raising some great kids! And somehow convincing my wife to put up with me since 1988. ;)

Google sitemaps with WordPress

I stopped by Joseph’s blog a few days ago and read the article about Vint Cerf moving to Google. This got me thinking about an earlier Google-related post about sitemaps on Joseph’s blog, where he wondered about a WordPress plugin … Continue reading

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Samir’s ‘Steam’ theme available

A few months ago I installed Steam as one of my blog’s themes. I got an email from Eric S. Raymond yesterday asking for a copy of the theme, since the original author doesn’t seem to have it available any … Continue reading

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Using Google search for gymnastics meet results

My wife was trying to find gymnastic competition scores for some of the past seasons, so I whipped up this Google query for her: site:norcal-gymnastics.org “meet results” 2003 firstname lastname No big deal, but she’s going to need to do … Continue reading

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Tigris & Euphrates, f2f and online

Last month I stopped by Viking Hobby and bought myself a new boardgame, Tigris & Euphrates. I would have preferred to give the game a trial play at one of the Sacramento Boardgame Meetups, but I hadn’t seen anybody bring … Continue reading

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“Kinda captcha” on acetylene blog

Hmm. I just left a comment on one of Nicholas’ articles and was promped for a “Kinda captcha”. I’ll have to ask him what that’s all about when we meet tonight. I wonder if this is the add-on for Spam … Continue reading

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Bush: One of the worst disasters to hit U.S.

Sky News in Ireland has apparently clued in to the fact that Gee Dubya is “one of the worst disasters to hit the U.S.”: Hilarious! But did this really appear on television? According to snopes.com, it did! I know it’s … Continue reading

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Caitlin’s upcoming gym meets

Caitlin has two more gymnastic competitions this weekend and next. A few of her fans 😉 have been asking me for details, and I’ve been embarassing myself by forgetting where, when, etc. I’m posting the information here so I can … Continue reading

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Viking Hobby has no web page

I can’t find a website for Viking Hobby, only a few listings in online phone “books” and such. I give out their business cards all the time, but I need an online listing that’s easy to find and uncluttered by … Continue reading

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OBCZ bookshelf nicely stocked, enjoy!

I was just over at Java City in Modoc Hall, home of our official BookCrossing zone here at Modoc Hall. The top shelf is full to overflowing with BC books! Come by, get a cuppa and enjoy a new book … Continue reading

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Macadamia nut chicken

Yummmm, macadamia nut chicken for dinner tonight! We got this outstanding recipe from our friend Barbara several years ago. She lost her copy a while back, and happily we were able to get a copy back to her! Several people … Continue reading

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