Special Thanks to a WordPress Plugin Author

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Dec 302010
 

I wanted to take a moment to thank Mr. Vasken Hauri. He is the author of the excellent Tagline Rotator Plugin for WordPress.  I use this plugin to rotate the quotes from the movie The ‘Burbs in my blog tagline.  He recently updated the plugin to version 2.0.  When I updated to the new version several bugs manifested themselves including duplicate entries and various additional characters being added to words with apostrophes in them.

I sent an email to Mr. Hauri and he literally responded within 2 hours and he updated the plugin to fix the issue the next day!  That’s service!  Thank you to Vasken for writing an excellent plugin and for providing personal service.  This is even more commendable when you factor in he does this for fun (not for profit) and he responded during the busy Holiday season.  Thank you sir!

 Posted by PerfectCr at 9:42 am

WordPress In, S9Y Out

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Aug 142010
 

About two weeks ago I decided to bring back my blog.  And by blog I mean an area to jot down random thoughts that are too long for Twitter and/or Facebook.  I started PerfectCr.com in 2005 but got away from it the past few years.  I first discovered WordPress when I saw the iPhone app. (iTunes Link) There was only one issue; my “old” blog used the excellent Serendipity Weblog System.  Luckily I had performed a back up of the old S9Y SQL database knowing one day I would start back up again.  There is absolutely nothing wrong with S9Y.  In fact the software is very good, flexible, and open source.  The lead developer Garvin Hicking is always on the forums ready to answer questions.  However from what I’ve seen WordPress is a bit more user friendly.  That paired with the simplicity of creating posts from the iPhone/iPad app was enough to get me to switch.

The next step was to search for a method to import my old S9Y database to WordPress.  After performing some Google-fu, I ended up at Snowulf.com.  Jon there had taken an earlier version of the importer and updated it to version 1.4. Just let me say Jon was extremely helpful.  I bothered him on Twitter for well over a week as well as posting several questions on his site.  He was patient and very helpful.  Frankly I may not have been able to complete the import without his help.  I performed the steps he outlines in his readme and the import went smoothly.

So here we are!  I choose a minimalist theme and will continue to update some broken links in my older posts.  Glad to be back and I look forward to adding more content as time passes.

 Posted by PerfectCr at 12:19 am

Rising from the Ashes

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Aug 112010
 

That’s right! PerfectCr.com is back after a 2.5 year hiatus! Up and running with Dreamhost and WordPress.  In the coming days I will be making this site look better and getting some photo galleries of all my gaming tattoos up! I am excited to be back on my dot com after being away from it for a while.  More to come shortly….

 Posted by PerfectCr at 5:05 am

Quick Update! Stay tuned for more…

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Jun 232006
 

I’ve been lazy in keeping my site current with new content. I am now going to be updating much more frequently. I recently purchased a Nintendo DS Lite, and I’ve now watched Seasons 1 through 3 of 24, as well as the rest of Season 5. I’ll be back soon with a review of the DS Lite plus my comments on the earlier seasons of 24.

I updated my "Currently Playing" list to the right. UT2004 is still my main game with my friends over at the Tech Report. I am also playing through one of my favorites of all time, Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast.

Oh, and I got a Dell 2007WFP (20" Widescreen) LCD monitor. I’ll be posting a mini-review of that monitor as well as my run-in with the infamous "color banding" issue. Stay tuned!

 Posted by PerfectCr at 12:50 am

So nice to meet you…

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Nov 232005
 

‘Burbs references? It has everything you could ever want from a movie. Watch it and you’ll understand. Enjoy your stay! Safety is my middle name!

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 Posted by PerfectCr at 6:18 am
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