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Another summer with the Spaceport

Doug — Sat, 30 May 2009 07:18:43 +0000

Next week I start another summer internship with Spaceport America. This time there’s an actual office (last time we were housed in the Governor’s conference room), but I don’t really know what I’ll be doing. I’m sure it will be great fun, whatever it is. I’ll keep y’all posted.

Speaking of which, I just created a Twitter account. See my latest tweets in the sidebar, or on Twitter itself, of course. I’m @gdunge.

Christmas vacation

Doug — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:50:47 +0000

Another term of school is over and I’m quite pleased with the outcome. My cumulative GPA has risen from 3.02 to 3.32, and I’m feeling more secure about next term. I have no idea why I got an A+ for Networks 101 – I couldn’t have scored better than 70% on the final. I’d like to ask the professor, but maybe I should let sleeping dogs lie.

Anna and I are in Portland, OR, having Christmas with the parents. We’re snowed in, which is unusual. But fun, so far. I spent the first few days getting Dad’s new iMac set up. There was a problem with the Migration Assistant that kept us busy for a while, but we got it sorted yesterday. Otherwise, a very nice machine indeed.

Hope y’all have an excellent Christmas!

Got back some of my mojo

Doug — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:46:37 +0000

Managed to get the K2 theme upgraded, so at least Learn Something looks like it did before the Great Upheaval. I seem to have widget problems, my categories are still broken, and WPG2 still won’t let me add pictures … Continue reading →

Site update problems

Doug — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:31:30 +0000

More fun updating the site. I had to update the WordPress engine again and this time I lost my categories and my theme doesn’t work right. Also Gallery2 images can’t be placed in posts any more.

I want some sleep so I’m setting the theme to the default and I’ll fix the rest tomorrow.

WordPress is close to being a really great product, but it’s fragile and finicky. It took me more hours than it should have to upgrade it. Why can’t I just click the Upgrade button? Maybe it’s time to shop for a new CMS.