I kind of don’t get it. On one hand, WordPress.com kicks Cutline and Pressrow, since those were themes developed by Chris Pearson whom Matt and WordPress just had a few rows with. On the other hand, WordPress still, happily, uses MySQL. Which is owned by Oracle. Oracle, it must be said, who has never been [...]
Pardon our dust…
July 23, 2010 By 1 Comment
… but we’re switching to the Genesis Theme Framework after much contemplation. Run-down of the whole thing can be found at this post. In the meantime, please enjoy this picture of a knackwurst:
Gee, it’s Pee Ell
July 20, 2010 By 14 Comments
Much hubbub has been had about the (almost epic) fight between Matt Mullenweg, speaking for WordPress and – as far as most people are concerned – the sanctity of the GPL, and Chris Pearson waving the banner of Thesis and paid, non-GPL, premium themes. I use Thesis on this site. Other than that, I have [...]
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May 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
E., the new girl works out well. A former stone mason, seeking new opportunities after the housing bubble went away and took jobs with it, she only took a few classes at El Centro, food safety and basic kitchen techniques, that stuff. Looking to see if she really liked working in a kitchen, she applied [...]
Re-posting: 13 things your waiter won’t tell you.
June 29, 2009 By 3 Comments
Since my comment is #2,720 of 3,000 or so, and half of the replies are about as … challenged … as the original author, here’s my response to “13 things your waiter won’t tell you“. A sensationalist piece that makes waiters and cooks out to be unprofessional buffoons who simply hate, hate, hate, their diners, [...]
