Author Archives: Greg

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings: American Originals

I was surprised when I looked back over previous posts here and found that I hadn’t written anything about the amazing duo of Gillian Welch and David Rawlings. I first became aware of Gillian Welch with her duet of I’ll Fly Away (with Alison Krauss) in the 2000 film O Brother, Where Art Thou. I [...]
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The Week in Tweets for 2010-07-25

My $.02 on Antennagate. http://bit.ly/cazI0V # Whoa, mountain lion sighted in downtown Sonora (Summit Avenue and on Morningstar Drive). http://bit.ly/bfiFUS # Blog post: Rediscovering The Simple Web. http://bit.ly/ahEpdz # It’s a small thing but images now align properly in my blog’s RSS feed, thanks to the aptly named Align RSS Images plugin. # Chrome & [...]
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Rediscovering The Simple Web

I recently pulled out an e-book that I first read back in 2008, when I started blogging regularly. It’s titled The Simple Web: A web philosophy for getting what you want, by Skellie. I find that it’s every bit as relevant now as when I first discovered it and I’m happy to be able to [...]
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The Week in Tweets for 2010-07-18

RT @danielday Tonight on ABC: “Silence of the Vuvuzelas.” #WorldCup # Researching c-commerce plugins for WordPress. What a minefield. # Blog post: All Tweets Are Local (hat tip to @IncidentFeed ). http://bit.ly/bkZ1jH # Got all the blogs upgraded to WordPress 3.0 without a hitch. I’m not at all nostalgic for the pre-auto install days. # [...]
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The Week in Tweets for 2010-07-10

“My affections were first for my own country, then, generally, for all mankind.” – Thomas Jefferson # “I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.” -A. Lincoln # Lots of cool stuff at [...]
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