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Another Reason to Switch to Chrome

May 05. 2011

I understand that web publishers want to get people to click on over to their sites. I also can empathize with those who want to know more details about their traffic. But as someone who subscribes to over 1,000 sites on Google Reader, I hate, hate, HATE truncated RSS feeds with a passion. Luckily, there is an easy way around truncated feeds if you are using Google Chrome as your web browser. Just download and install the Super Google Reader extension and that's it! With just a click of a button (the "Readable" tab on the top right of the feed box), you can go from this...

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Blogging, Personal

AP Article on Bin Laden’s Death

May 04. 2011

A couple of days ago, a reporter from the AP contacted me (having read my thoughts on the issue here on this blog) and asked if I would like to be interviewed for a story she was doing on America's reaction to the death of Bin Laden. Unfortunately, my comments were edited out of that article. But later that day, another AP reporter — this time, a national reporter — contacted me for the same reason. And the article was published tonight. You can see it on Yahoo! News and other internet news sites. Although Ms. Noveck made my experience a bit more dramatic than I believed it to be, I do not regret giving the interview and I am happy that my...

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Blogging, NYC, Personal, Relationships

3 Years, A Busy Weekend, and A Winner

Apr 18. 2011

Three years ago today, J and I said "I do" in front of 250 of our closest friends and family. We've certainly had our ups and downs along the way, but I wouldn't trade what we have right now for anything in the world. The amount of love and respect I have for this man has grown exponentially since we first started dating 8 years ago, and he continues to amaze me every day. It also doesn't hurt that I still catch him looking at me with the same expression as below: (photo by Danny Weiss) Happy anniversary, my love. Here's to many, many more to come. *     *     * We celebrated our anniversary this past Saturday with a lunch at my...

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Baby, Blogging, Claire, Giveaways, Parenting, Reviews

Magic Sleepsuit Giveaway!

Apr 11. 2011

Remember the Magic Sleepsuit? Let's see if this helps refresh your memory: Baby Merlin's Magic Sleepsuit was invented by Maureen Howard, a pediatric physical therapist and a mother of four. It was designed for babies who are approximately 3 months of age and have been swaddled, but are beginning to grow out of that stage. The Magic Sleepsuit provides babies with the cozy and secure sleep environment that they became so accustomed to with swaddling. It aids in making a positive transition into that spacious crib, and promotes back sleeping which all mothers know is the best sleep position for reducing the risk of SIDS. We first purchased  the Magic Sleepsuit when Claire was going through her "four-month wakeful" period — only napping 30...

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Blogging, Personal, Touching

The Broke-Ass Bride Needs Our Help

Apr 05. 2011

Do you know a fabulous blogger by the name of Dana LaRue? If not, you're missing out on a whole lot of awesome. Dana and I first met while blogging for Weddingbee. Her upbeat, can-do attitude is simply charismatic, and I was so happy to watch her start The Broke-Ass Bride which quickly turned into one of the premier wedding blogs on the 'net. Long-time readers may remember that two years ago, J and I went through an extremely difficult period when we lost our first baby just as I entered the second trimester. What made the loss even more bitter was that our insurance company refused to cover the costs of the surgery that I required from the miscarriage because they...

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Art/Design, Blogging, Infographics, WordPress

The Ultimate WordPress Cheat Sheet

Mar 30. 2011

I know I haven't written anything in my WordPress for the Everyday Blogger series in a while, and for that I apologize. I promise I'll get crackin' on the next post soon! To tide you over in the meantime, here's a fantastic cheat sheet I saw over at Bit Rebels today. The WordPress Codex can be daunting for some — heck, I admit I have been overwhelmed quite a few times — and this looks to be the perfect one-look solution for any WordPress theme creator, modifier, or even a blogger. Enjoy! ...

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Giveaways

Mar 25. 2011

Ahh, giveaways. I know for a fact that the net is full of people who trawl sites just for giveaways and contests, as well as those who manage to enter single drawings numerous times under various pseudonyms without getting caught. Because who doesn't like free stuff? And as much as the blog is great on its own, I'm sure that one of the reasons The Pioneer Woman is so popular is because she's always hosting FABULOUS giveaways. Hosting a giveaway is also one of the quickest ways to draw new readers to your site. Not all visitors will stick around, but I've found that I've always snagged at least a few new loyal readers from hosting giveaways. And I'm sure that this is one of...

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Blogging, Geek, Personal, Tutorials, Web, WordPress

WordPress for the Everyday Blogger:
Part 6 – Styling the Sidebar

Mar 16. 2011

Prelude Part 1: Setting Up Part 2: Set the Bare BonesPart 3: The HeaderPart 4: The Main MenuPart 5: The Rest of the Header Because the ET-Starter theme is set so that the user can choose between one, two, or no sidebars (in whichever relative position to the main content), there exists various CSS classes for each type of sidebar and it location. For the purposes of this theme, the CSS classes we will be working with are .primary-sidebar and .primary-sidebar.content-two-columncontent-right. WordPress sidebars are relatively simple to style provided that you do not make any crazy changes to the structure of the theme. Each sidebar heading is set to h2, and each item below that is usually listed via the use of HTML lists...

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WordPress for the Everyday Blogger:
Part 5 – The Rest of the Header

Mar 11. 2011

Prelude Part 1: Setting Up Part 2: Set the Bare BonesPart 3: The HeaderPart 4: The Main Menu In this post I will discuss how to complete the rest of the header elements in my blog theme. First up: the searchbar. In WordPress, adding a searchbar is relatively simple. All you need to do is insert the line <?php get_search_form(); ?> into wherever you want the searchbar to be. So in this case, since I want the searchbar to be included in the header section, I opened up the header.php file and created a new div called "searchbar" like so: <div id="searchbar"> <?php get_search_form(); ?> </div> I just added that to the very end of the header.php file, then saved. Here is what I ended up...

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