Thoughts of a Middle Aged Man

As you may have noticed, the web site has changed.  The recent template was good looking, but behind the scenes, it lack the sophistication that I was desiring.  I almost gave up and bought a template, then I found the Agregado template.  Its closer to what I am trying to achieve; a easy to read [...]

I decided to upgrade my website with a more modern look and feel.  I did a lot of searching for a better theme.  I was looking for one that is more web 2.0 and easier to read.  Hopefully you find this version more pleasing to the eye.
My daughter also created this avatar for my digital [...]

Now that I have a home in the digital world with the blog, Twitter, Facebook and probably many other web 2.0 applications, it is important to have an image that properly represents yourself to the rest of the digital world.  I have changed my image once and now thanks to Manga (even Kevin Rose of [...]

I am trying to make the web site more interactive, so I have added a blog post rating system at the end of each blog post. Just click on the number of stars you think the blog deserves. The more you vote for certain posts, the better I can judge what to write [...]

I was reading about web 2.0 technology and found out my blog and recipe sites are still in the past. They are still sitting in the web 1.0 world. What do I have to do to make it web 2.0 compatible? I don’t have to do anything, its you that [...]

I have been playing around with my blog and adding a couple new links that people can explore. First I have added an ancestry database to my site. Just click on the My Ancestry link to the right and you can view a lot of my family’s ancestry. Its the [...]

I got my recipe page back up and running. Just click on the my recipe link in the blog roll to the right. In response to a special request, I posted a new recipe, my simple marinara sauce. I will work on getting the recipes site cleaned up, but at least everyone [...]

My blog writings have been a little slow as I have spent more time changing my technology. First as you all know, I moved to my new site from one of those canned blog hosts. Having your own site is not as easy, but overtime it will give me more flexibility. I [...]

I have been playing with internet tools and have decided to move my blog from blogspot to my own domain. The site is far from perfect. Some of the navigation wont work. The pictures need to be tweaked. Things don’t really line up. But what it gives me is a [...]

I am going to move my recipes to my new website My Cookbook. That way I won’t clog the blog with long recipes, and all the recipes will be found in a single location. It will also get me more space to let me comment on food in general. I will first [...]