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Site Announcements
Important announcements about this web site.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
New Banner Photos
I've used the same set of banner photos on my web site for many, many years. So, over the past few days I've explored how to use the new web site software (we recently upgraded to) to rethink that banner. It used to be a bunch of tiny photos of things in my life: cooking, dogs, cats, the cabin, wildflowers, wild mushrooms, ...
Now, I have decided to use only five photos, and they are bigger so you can actually see what the subject is 
And, I can add new photos to the banner or rearrange their order easily. Keep an eye out for changing "themes". I'm starting with a winter theme and it seems to have lots of dogs, too. Lynne has said I can steal some of her photos for future banners.
Posted under: Site Announcements • by Rick Robinson on 02/13/2013 at 10:00 AM
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Sunday, February 03, 2013
Upgrade to Web Sites
I've spent most of the day upgrading the core technology used to drive our web sites -- including this one and Lynne's.
I think I've worked out all the bugs. And, now we'll have access to some cool new features. However if you have any problems at all, please contact me using the Contact Me link at the top of the page.
There is a new way to manage and post photos. Such as this one of a cloud with silver lining taken by Lynne in 2005:
There is also a better way to embed videos, but I won't test that with this post.
And, I've updated the polling feature. Finally, I've added a tagging capability with a tag cloud in the sidebar.
Is the polling feature working?
Posted under: Stuff You Gotta Know! • Site Announcements • by Rick Robinson on 02/03/2013 at 03:43 AM
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Monday, May 29, 2006
Weather Station is Up-And-Running in NJ
Today, I got the weather station mounted, the server computer running, and the webcam working. So, you can now view the current weather and an image of our back yard on the weather site. (Just click on “Personal Weather Station” to the right, or go to http://www.rickandlynne.com/weather/index.html . All the data should now be accurate for our location in NJ, including temperature, humidity, sun rise/set, etc. However, because of where the station is mounted, it will not accurately reflect wind—but it will be representative of what the wind is like on the back deck looking down over the pool!
Posted under: New Jersey • Stuff You Gotta Know! • Site Announcements • by Rick Robinson on 05/29/2006 at 01:45 PM
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