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Need WordPress Help? Ask Greg Taylor.

I have used this platform, and that random CMS over the last xx years to maintain my ScottCate.com blog. Most of them started out strong, and then fizzled because the blog software went under, was home grown to begin with, or was more CMS that Blog software. So I decided (many years too late) to mov

Technology

Facebook on Windows Phone

It’s hard to fault a mobile OS for a client app, unless the client app is the most popular application you use. I recently brought home a Windows Phone 8, Lumia 920 for my wife. And she was more than willing to give it a try. Her current iPhone 4S was failing her, being slow,

Technology

Windows 8 Trick: Peek at the Desktop

Use the Windows Key + , to peek at the desktop. [WIN]=[,] This is handy for me, because as you’ll see in this video, i have a calendar on my desktop. The peek doesn’t change what program you’re in, it just let’s you see the desktop temporarily.

Technology

Opening Google Bookmarks in a New Tab

i’m sure this can be done a million ways … but I just found a pattern that I consistently … Open New Tab Then Click Bookmark Instead, it would be nice to just open the bookmark in a new tab window. To encode/decode URL’s, I use this site a lot. http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/dencoder so I have it bo

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Using week numbers

One thing we do at EventDay is schedule by week number, and here is how I cheat and get the week numbers so fast.

Family

Courtney and Broccoli McGregor

I’m not sure where the name came from, but Cameron used to love to ride Broccoli McGregor. For some reason, Courtney brought him in from the play room this morning and was having a great time. You know what that means 🙂 Time to turn the camera on!

Technology

WinPhoneUnleashed Event–Tempe AZ May 5th

Last year, several community leaders held a Windows Phone Unleashed event. This year we hosted it again with @DanWahlin taking the presentation lead (and speaker manager role) while I stayed behind and ran logistics. Last year we focused on Applications, where this event focused on XNA Games. we had