WordPress v2.6 was just released a couple of days ago, and as a result the auto-update feature in my online journal has prompted me to upgrade. I always get a little nervous about making big changes to server side applications where PHP code is concerned! This is partly because I’ve had issues in the past with these ‘simple’ upgrades crashing my online journal. Most of the time it happens because of a third party plug-in that doesn’t play well with the newer versions of WordPress. Regardless I always backup my files and take a quick look at the new code before I do anything.
I have included a cool 3.5 minute video clip that shows some of the new features in WordPress v2.6:
What’s new in WordPress v2.6 – embedded WP flash video
Don’t get me wrong… I think WordPress Rocks!! I’ve been using the application on my server since the first part of 2006 with very little in the way of problems (that is after the first 3 months of modifying the code to fit my needs and look of my Website!) So now it’s all about making sure that I don’t accidentally over-write one of the PHP scripts which I modified in the first place. When upgrading WP it asks you to overwrite the entire directory with the newly downloaded directory. The entire application consists of over 300 different PHP scripts, so you really have to remember which ones you modified and protect them from the overwriting process.
I will probably do the upgrade this weekend when I have a clear head and can sit down and focus on the task. If all goes well the journal should only be down for 30 to 40 minutes! Wish me luck…
This past weekend we traveled to Charlotte NC to help celebrate the long awaited wedding of our good friends Alice & Carl! Julie and I planned to attend the wedding on Friday evening and then spend all day Saturday in downtown Charlotte doing the ‘tourist’ thing before flying back to DC Saturday night. The wedding ceremony, which was set to begin at 7pm sharp, was held outside on a large patio overlooking a small sunlit forest. It was a little on the warm side, but the slight breeze and covered patio made it much easier on the guests. The beautiful natural backdrop was perfect for an outdoor wedding and made the event very pleasing to the eyes!
I must admit, at first I was a little nervous about taking the boat up to DC and spending the night on the river for the 4th of July. After seeing how bad the boating traffic was last year in DC and hearing the horror stories of banged up hulls from other boaters we almost didn’t go. One friend of ours told us how he and other anchored boaters had to stand out on their bows and wave other boaters off with flash lights during the frantic rush to leave after the fireworks. Sounds like fun doesn’t it?!
The group anchored at Belmont Bay before making the trip up to DC.
Well we decided to make the trip up after all and were rewarded with a nice evening of fireworks and some on and off rain showers to flatten out the river. The only bad thing about staying the night on the river was the bugs! There was no breeze at all and the bugs were out in force. Next time we’ll take a couple of electric fans to help circulate the air through the boat. You can check out the flash photo gallery here»
Christina & Colin exchanging wedding vows on the beach!
Julie and I just wanted to congratulate our good friends Christina and Colin on their wedding last month. It was a small family only wedding, so I don’t have any photos to share, but Christina did email us one photo that she said I could use for this post. We hope that you have long and healthy lives together and wish you both all the happiness in the world!!
Congratulations to you both and have a great honeymoon!!
When I receive email that has a video attachment it’s normally something crude, rude or totally offensive that you watch once and then delete. Sometimes (if it’s sent to you by someone you know) you’ll receive one that is either really funny or creative enough to pass on and share with your friends. I’m not a huge fan of clogging up peoples Inboxes, so I decided to start posting the really good ones here. The quality might be a bit low but the video is worth watching… believe me!!
I received this in an email the other day and thought it interesting enough to write a post about it. It seems that the United States Government (a.k.a. President George Bush) has decided to start drilling holes in the bottom of the ocean again in search of more oil. The ocean is what keeps this planet and us alive… if we keep drilling holes in it and releasing pollutants into it we are going to kill it and inevitably kill ourselves! Isn’t our climate and this planet as a whole screwed up enough?! Let Bush know where we stand on this issue!!
An email from Ocean Conservancy on offshore oil drilling.
WOW!… May flew by so fast I didn’t even have a chance to write an entry in my online journal. I know this is partly due to the novelty of the new boat and also because of business picking up at work. Julie and I have been spending a lot of time out boating with friends and until last weekend we’ve forgotten to take a camera out with us to document the fun. The water in the middle Potomac is still a little on the cool side for swimming, but we find other ways to keep ourselves entertained.
Hanging out with friends on the river during the summer is truly a blast! The food is always fantastic and the stories are never dull! Our boat, being the larger one in the group, has become the ‘hub’ of the pack so to speak. And because it has such a large stern deck area it has become the ‘hang-out’ for all the adults!! Its nice being able to hold a conversation without having to shout from boat to boat all day! (View Photos, Slideshows, Videos & More»)
For all those who are interested, I’ve posted a collection of photos from our Fiji Islands trip up on my new print sales Website. I think these are some of the very best photos that the Islands had to offer us during our stay and I hope that you enjoy viewing them as much as we enjoyed taking them! As always, if you see a picture that you would like to purchase and you can’t find it on my print sales site, just send me an email with the image number and I’ll be happy to help you with the print order. Again, thanks for taking the time to look!!
Well Julie and I have finally done it… We’ve bought a boat! I’ve been looking to get a nice boat for some time now and after much research we decided to go with a Sea Ray! We found a very well maintained 2006 Sea Ray 320 Sundancer (which is classified as a ‘sport cabin cruiser’) for sale at a local marina and decided to throw an offer at the owner to see how eager he was to sell. Our offer was quite a bit less than what he originally wanted for the boat, but he jumped at it anyway.
Doug and Larry bringing the boat into PWM for the pre-purchase Inspection
I found out later that boat sales have been way down and this boat had been on the market for over 6 months! What really grabbed me about the boat is that it came with a transferable extended warranty that covers ‘everything’ until the end of 2012! We take delivery of it this coming Friday… See ya on the River!! (View Photos, Slideshows, Videos & More»)
Julie and I just wanted to thank all of our friends for coming over and making FijiFest such a great success! As you all should know, this event was more than just a celebration of our return from Fiji, it was also the first party we have held at our new home! That made it very special for both of us to have all of our closest friends together in one place at the same time! We hope that everyone enjoyed them selves and had enough to eat and drink. Just for the record, Julie and I had so much fun that we forgot to take any pictures during the event! WOW, that is so unlike us… I guess well just have to throw another one again soon!!!
