A Bit of History Found

Yesterday, while trolling through the many folders on my hard-drive, I stumbled across the xml WordPress export file that I used back in 2013 to move Coffee Muses to a new host... So thanks to that, I am only missing the few posts I put up in the past two…

Enjoying The Weather…

This morning is a new experience for me. I brought the old laptop out on the back porch to start uninstalling old software...While working on that I was able to read email, listen to public radio, watch the hummingbirds fight over the feeders, and now...Write on this blog. This could…

Reluctant Upgrade

A few weeks back my five-year old laptop began to show signs that it wouldn't be with us much longer. The images on the screen would develop a flicker... Then the lower third of the screen would lighten until it was impossible to see. A good whack would straighten it out, but I could…

Incongruences In The Internet Age

Talk about getting your head in a spin...Today I went through my daily routine of reading email as I listen to yesterdays "news" via podcasts downloaded to iTunes. I do this every morning, without fail...Coffee, email, podcasts. All of a sudden, it hit me...The incongruousness of what I was doing.…

From Spring Back Into Winter…The Difference A Day Makes.

The Weather Yesterday, when I went through my daily email, this is what I saw from the weather gurus at My-Cast.com... Currently (on Fri 6:22AM CST from Pearland Regional Airport) Thunderstorm Temp: 70° Dewpoint: 64° Wind: S 10 MPH Today's email brought this... Currently (on Sat 6:06AM CST from Pearland Regional…

Are You A Lover Of Maps?

The computer lets us approach in a startling demonstration of general-to-specific. The world becomes a continent becomes a region; a particular city surrounded by mountains; a set of streets; a house on a certain corner, with a brick walk and a tree in the backyard: someone’s home, someone’s place in…

WordPress Simple Security — Replace the “admin” account | Website In A Weekend

NOTE: AS USUAL BACK UP EVERYTHING BEFORE PROCEEDING! (Only takes a couple of minutes!) Here’s how. Login as “Admin” user. Pull down the “Users” menu in administration page. Click on “Add New” Add a new user, set your permissions to “Administrator” Save the changes, and log out. Log back in…

Morning Routine

Waking up...wandering into the kitchen for that first cup of coffee...firing up the laptop...opening up the morning email...checking the overnight blog stats...checking the weather forecast both here and in the mountains... It always hits me as a little odd when I check the weather and the temperature here is lower…