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. ;)

Why WordPress?

Posted on 2005-06-16 by Jim Vanderveen

One of the reasons that I chose WordPress for my blog software was because of Joseph’s and Acetylene’s blogs. Now I need to upgrade from my out-of-the-box theme and get something a bit more interesting!

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Grilled potatoes

Posted on 2005-06-16 by Jim Vanderveen

We had these at Barbara’s & Reggie’s last week. Very tasty! Grilled potatoes Ingredients: – potatoes (“new” potatoes are better, leave skin on), cut into quarters or eighths depending on size – olive oil – rosemary – kosher salt – … Continue reading →

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We bought our house, time to start remodeling!

Posted on 2005-06-15 by Jim Vanderveen

if (moving && date() == Friday the 13th) { print “Bad idea!!!” } Continue reading →

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CSUS Bookstore employees getting screwed

Posted on 2005-06-14 by Jim Vanderveen

This is a raw deal for the (formerly-)PERS employees. They now have the option of trying to find another PERS job (so they can retain their retirement) or start from scratch with whatever retirement program that Follet offers.

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WP-Gatekeeper blocking pingbacks and trackbacks?

Posted on 2005-06-13 by Jim Vanderveen

Joseph and I have been testing WordPress’s pingback and trackback features, neither of which were working for either of our blogs. After flipping a whole bunch of options on and off, we determined that the culprit was WP-Gatekeeper. (This is … Continue reading →

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New blog up and running

Posted on 2005-06-13 by Jim Vanderveen

Well, I finally got on the blog bandwagon. I was interested in blog software which supported pingback and trackback, and which I could install on Pair’s systems without root access. After checking out a few packages, I settled on WordPress. … Continue reading →

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