Barron of Blog Wife, Libby, and the Pursuit of Happiness

17Nov/090

Happy 1,001st Post!

You, dear reader, are reading my 1,001st blog post! HOORAY!
Celebration over my 1,001 post: Brooklyn Bridge, New York City
Technically this is my 1,046th post on "Barron of Blog", for registered users can see 45 private posts. The very first post was January 8th, 2006, in which I complained about our broken camera (yeah, not much has changed).

To celebrate this momentous occasion, here's a look back at just a few of my "favorite" posts (in chronological order):
2006/01/31: Jed’s Other Poem Cool geek music video
2006/05/07: A Night of Lost Socks Ramblings of a mad man
2006/05/18: Bug of the Day: Giant Water Bug Post with the most comments
2006/05/19: Kane County Cougar's Game Oh yeah, this is what we did before kids!
2006/09/05: Network Neutrality: Barack Obama Yeah, I've been a supporter of his for a while
2007/03/09: Baby Girl Barron Birth announcement for Libby
2007/10/23: Gap Casting Call Pics A few good pics of Libby
2008/03/12: Hulu is Online Milestone for online media
2008/04/27: Tuckered Out Sleeping baby
2008/06/16: Facing Down the Storm Love our faces
2008/10/23: Pumpkin Patch Pics Love the lighting of these pics
2008/11/12: Libby on the Potty Funny maybe only to me
2008/12/01: First Snow Fun in the snow
2009/02/24: Future Guitar Hero Hawesome
2009/06/03: The Perfect Sunday Yes, yes it was
2009/06/04: Total Eclipse of the Heart: Literal Version Still cracks me up

You can also see links to my first 1,000 posts on this page.

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30Aug/097

Welcome Back to a Secret Blog

Spy vs SpyToday is the beginning of a new era of privacy on this blog. Well, technically speaking it's really the re-beginning of an era... let me explain...

You see, I used to be able to create posts that were private and only viewable by logged in users. A year ago Wordpress released a new version, and while it was sparkly and wonderful it also broke my ability to do this (by breaking Fil's excellent private-post plugin "Post Levels"). So instead of exposing all of my private posts to the world I squirreled them away, hoping that someday I would be able to bring them back.

Ladies and Gentlemen: That day is today. Thanks to Peter Holiday's outstanding plugin WP Sentry (which is based on Fil's plugin), I am now able to control who can see certain posts.

Some things to know...

  1. You must have an account on this blog to see private posts. Log in here or create one.
  2. The most recent private post that currently exists is from February 28th, 2008. I will likely post more now that people can actually see them.
  3. To see ALL of my old private posts (there are 44 of them) click here.
  4. If you are logged in and still don't see any private posts please let me know - I probably didn't recognize the username or e-mail address you registered with.
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10Nov/088

Post Schedule for Next Couple Days

I am going to start posting twice a day because I have a few posts built up and I need to get them out there before they become too old. Expect the first post tonight at the stroke of midnight, then the next post at noon, then midnight, then noon, etc...

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3Oct/086

Website Error in IE

It has come to my attention that several readers are experiencing an error when visiting this site. The error will only occur when you are using Internet Explorer, and is most likely due to JavaScript in one of my plugins attempting to write to the DOM before it has finished rendering.

If you are tired of seeing this error, or do not wish to wait for me to fix it, then please download and install a REAL browser like Firefox, Opera, or Chrome. From a web developer's perspective, and in my professional opinion, Internet Explorer sucks donkey balls. It's a nightmare to support and a pain to debug. It doesn't conform to most standards and has abysmal JavaScript debugging tools.

So do yourself a favor and take 5 minutes to install a new browser. Your entire web experience will improve (especially if you're using IE6 - Firefox is much faster and more secure).

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30Sep/083

Happy Birthday to Me

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME

I had a great birthday - lunch and dinner with friends and family. I have a roof over my head, I know where my next meal is coming from, and I feel surrounded by people who I love and who love me.

I say sincerely: thank you everyone! Life is good.

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