It seems the last few times I come back to my blog for some novel blog post that I finally managed to put together in my head, I find myself with yet a new wordpress version update. Usually I would put it off for a few weeks unless it is a security fix and well the last couple updates I have made were because of a security vulnerability. Look at what I found tonight upon login into my blog dashboard.
Today we have two security-related releases available for both users of our main 2.2 branch and the legacy 2.0 branch
update: I updated to the latest version and address the couple security that were taken care of with this new release. I have a short cheat-sheet to help me run these updates and it took just a few minutes to run through the whole thing. Now back to my regular non-blogging!
Things have been very quiet around here, mostly because I could not motivate myself to write on an environment that has been stale for a long time. The main intent of this website was always to serve as a playground, well the playground did not change much over the last couple of years and that is just sad.
I have been playing around with a new look and some new features that I have been thinking about for a long time. Things might appear a bit broken over the next few days but I hope this will give me the motivation to put time and effort back into my website.
The visual design is a work in progress and links might break during the transition. I am sure you will survive the chaos. I hope I am taking this site in the right direction.
Since the days before the wedding, this site proudly took its place on the back burner mostly because of the current events at the time. We also had a different website to take care of and it also needed some TLC and attention. The posts have not been very prolific (yes, I know I owe a few summaries from the wedding) but I should let you know that things are still moving along just behind the scenes.
Flickr received the bulk of attention over the last couple of weeks with the photos from our wedding and honeymoon. My dad also posted his photos on his Flickr account and I am waiting for my cousin and a couple of friends to do the same. We are trying to find out how other people might share their photos with us, if you have photos from the wedding you would like to share, please let me know.
I have also been posting bookmarks into my del.icio.us and ma.gnolia.com accounts (I have not decided on one over the other) which gives you a little insight into what I am working on over the day or what I might come across that I find worth bookmarking. I used to post these bookmarks into this site but it was a process that would not scale very well. Since I moved my bookmarks to these sites I am bookmarking more items but I need to find a way to bring them back into this site so I can have more control over how I interact with this information.
I think that I have finally found an image in my head of what I want octavioheredia.com to look like in the near future. Don’t expect much from a visual point of view (never been my strong point anyways) but a simplified approach to content and information. A place for the information that I need or would like to have and somewhere I can share with friends and family.
In the event that you have not heard, the 2006 World Cup starts this friday morning and I cannot wait! Needless to say, this blog will start seeing more commentary and links that are related to the World Cup – its games, teams and starts will take center stage on the site.
A few links to get you started as we are only days away from the opening ceremony.
I have done it before and here I am doing it again. Every time I sort of promise to myself that it will be the last time but somehow I always manage to let time go and leave my blog unattended. I hate it!
I’ve been thinking a little bit about it and I think I have come up with a couple of reasons for this most recent lapse. One reason is that I am at the end of the school semester and I have a presentation due on April 27th to get ready for. I know what my weekend plans will be, other than a couple of engagements we already have. Once school is over, I will have to concentrate on my capstone project but I should have more time available then to dedicate to this site.
The second reason I have identified is because I am tired of the site. A friend brought up the other day that I’ve had the same look and structure since day one and I needed a change. I could not agree more! When I started the site in its current form, it was a fun project. Little things had to be done to bring it all together, it was fun. I need to bring that fun back octavioheredia.com and I have a few ideas of what I want. However, time is a limited commodity right now and my site has to take a back seat for the time being although it won’t be too long.
I know the couple of you who continue to visit will understand where I am coming from, I thank you in advance for your patience. I am not giving up on my site, I am just letting you know what is going on.
