Archive for January 1, 2010
Twitter Updates for 2010-01-01
Jan 1st
- Playing poker, watching football, updating website, making small resolutions that I might be able to keep (that's my first resolution). #
- Integrating wordpress and twitter, with Ned biting my fingers. Ok, Eva is distracting Ned with his favorite toy, a metal measuring tape… #
- Ok, got tweets delivered to wordpress; testing tweet from my blog. #
- @alank I get an error going to craigslist in reply to alank #
- Migrating Eva from Typepad to Wordpress #
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Testing Integration of Facebook and Twitter with Wordpress
Jan 1st
Ok, I have Twitter Tools sending info about new posts to Twitter, and Twitter is sending the updates to Facebook. Should any FB friends come to visit the blog, Facebook-Connect will allow them to login to comment. Seems like everything is working.
Robotics
Jan 1st
Last month I volunteered to mentor students in the FIRST robotics club at Eleanor Roosevelt HS in Greenbelt. I know nothing about robotics, which they will soon discover, but I hope to learn fast and contribute some this year and more next year.
I would also like to help younger kids in grades 4-8; they have a program built around the LEGO Mindstorms NXT though I don’t know if any of the local schools have an active program. So I picked up a NXT kit as my xmas gift to the family.
Eva and I have built the first couple of easy robots, and I’ve played with a playstation remote control and some of the sensors. We’re looking forward to chasing the kittens around the house.
Get Healthy
Jan 1st
If I have one BIG resolution, it is to do the right things to get get healthy. At the moment, I can’t think much beyond the toothache that I hoped was caused by the sinus/eye/gum infection I’ve had for the last month. Alas, it is a cavity and I’ll be calling my new dentist early tomorrow morning.
But the big ticket item is to lose weight, eat right and exercise regularly. Eva got me an exercise bike for xmas! And she is, of course, a great cook of healthy, albeit mostly vegetarian meals.
Losing weight it not a new topic. A couple of years back, I started the new year by losing 75 pounds. Too bad I found most of them. This time will be different.
I checked in with my doctor on Wednesday, for the eye infection, at 260 lbs with a BP of 148/100. So I’m on HZTC for 90 days. My at-home CVS BP cuff just read 155/100 so I guess, especially at 50, I can’t afford to ignore it.
Ok, got tweets delivered to wo…
Jan 1st
Ok, got tweets delivered to wordpress; testing tweet from my blog.
Wordpress Tweets
Jan 1st
I’m looking for a good plugin to integrate Wordpress and Twitter. Chicago Web Design has a nice list, only a year out of date. I’ve been a fan of plugins developed by Alex King so I’ll start with his Twitter Tools.
Integrating wordpress and twit…
Jan 1st
Integrating wordpress and twitter, with Ned biting my fingers. Ok, Eva is distracting Ned with his favorite toy, a metal measuring tape…
Playing poker, watching footba…
Jan 1st
Playing poker, watching football, updating website, making small resolutions that I might be able to keep (that’s my first resolution).