Here’s another batch of wallpapers I’ve done up for my Palm Pre, with a couple specially for fall.

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Time for my summary of what I posted on here a year ago, but with a twist. It was two years this month that I started using WordPress for upmykilt.net The site itself has been around for much longer, and before that I was using mnscraps.com – I think that started around 1998 or sooner..? Back when domains cost like $70 a year.

spam, truth, or ubran legend? My first real post was about an email circulating with a monologue attributed to Rush Limbaugh

Counter Protesting the RNC08- from Sep 1, 2008 when the RNC convention opened up here in town, along with a cartoon from xkcd.com

Frozen Tundra – adventures in defrosting my freezer. Reminds me, it’s about due again.

Urf – another web comic I read from time to time.

Enabling DVD Codecs in Ubuntu – a quick way to get DVDs to work.

and here’s my wish list… a couple of items for my geek filled wish list.

Smoking or Non-Smoking? – at the end of the month I was back down in VA to finish up the Ben & Jerry’s project. They don’t have a smoking ban in their restaurants like we do here in MN.

Down by the Old Mill Stream… photos from my drive along the Blue Ridge Parkway

That’s it for this month! Well, least as far as summaries of last year go.

Ok, I’m a week or so late, but here’s a summary of what I posted about in August of 2008….

This. Just. Sucks.
I got sick coming back from a trip out to VA and DC. Was laid up for bout a week.

Christmas in August
This is a recipe for my all time favorite holiday cookie. They can be made any time, but my family traditionally has them for Christmas. Gonna have to work on a WLS friendly version for this year.

Fan-Fiction: Copyright Versus Plagiarism
A bit of a discussion on the copyright issues around fan-fiction.

I never did get Tweeting – not sure I get Denting either.
I’ve been on Twitter for quite awhile.. last year I actually started using Identi.ca – I’ve posted over 3000 tweets/dents in the last year. Guess I kinda get it now…?

Bringing Ubuntu to the World, One PC at a Time
A bit about setting up a friend’s retired dad with Ubuntu instead of Windows after failing to get all the virus and crud off the computer for him.

Make someone smile
A rare link to another site for me… still a good read.

Adding a Tag Cloud Page to WordPress
Last year I was pushing 500 tags in my tag cloud, now it’s just under 800. That may not be a good thing.

Where’s Your Line?
My own look at cyber-bullying.

On a personal note, this time last year I was pushing 380 pounds. Today I’m under 235. That’s 145 pounds gone forever. More than my sister weighs… she says it’s like I lost a whole person. Unfortunately it isn’t her I lost… (just kidding!)

That’s it for this months round-up, see ya in a few weeks!

I’ve been using WordPress for my site for just shy of two years now… and lots of sites in order to blatently generate renewed interest in older content post “year ago” type posts… and since I’ve been too busy to come up with something original lately (cept for a few things over at my formerfatdudes.com site), I figured I’ld jump on this bandwagon. But, I won’t be doing this weekly, likely towards the beginning of each month I’ll go back and look at what I did last year.

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This is my second trip to the Christianburg area of Virginia. Last time, on the way back to DC my dad and I took a drive up the the Blue Ridge Parkway. Yesterday, I decided to head down there and check out the southern section.

I got a bit of a lazy start. didn’t leave the hotel till just after 11. Took a bit over half-hour to go down the winding Hwy8 through Floyd until I got to Tuggle’s Gap. Last time dad and I had breakfast here. Was good food, so I decided to stop again. Lunch this time, a cheeseburger with lettuce, onion, ketchup and pickles. It was a square burger, and better than Wendy’s. Oh yea, side of onion rings along with that – hit the spot and I was back on the road before 12:30.

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Smoking or non-smoking? It’s odd question for me to be hearing after the year-plus of smoking bans up in MN. But I’m not in MN right now, I’m on VA. Christiansburg to be a bit more specific, and sitting at a table in O’Charley’s to be exact, waiting for my dinner as I write parts of this. I’m down here on business for the second time in a couple months.

That’s the reason for the picture actually. We’re building a Ben & Jerry’s down here and I’m here to try and get things wrapped up. The two smaller cows on the mural are my contribution to that. The larger cow is “Woody”, a Ben & Jerry’s Trademark by the way.

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