Over the Summer I’ll be making some directional changes for TechTraction (again). Therefore, for the time being, I’ve disabled further comments on all posts. I apologize for any inconvenience this change might cause. I’d also like to thank all TechTraction visitors for your support. Whether you simply read a post or read something and added to the conversation, I thank you. When TechTraction returns to regular publishing in the Fall, it’ll focus completely on tech tips and how to articles. I’m shooting for one new site entry per week and if I succeed at stock piling those articles this summer, then I should meet this goal.

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Yep, I haven’t written much the past few weeks. Why is that? Well, like everyone else I’m working hard at my day job to make sure I don’t become another statistic of a bad economy. That hard work has overflowed into my free time previously set aside for TechTraction. And while I am NOT giving up on TechTraction, I am taking a break for the remained of 2008. My sincere apologizes to all my readers. In the meantime, have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Please check back in early 2009 when I promise to be back at posting new useful tech articles.

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Without a doubt, the number one computer task that causes me the greatest frustration has to be anything that involves video manipulation. There are simply too many video formats out there and each one seems to required you install yet another codec just to view the file. Something is always in the wrong format to [...]

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Well, it’s time for a much needed break from technology and writing. I’m off for a bit of relaxation and recharging of my personal internal battery. With the exception of today’s post, I’ve got the usual mix of personal commentary on technology, tech-tips and how-to articles scheduled for the next 2 weeks.

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Well, I meant to simply upgrade to WordPress 2.5.1 but my hosting provider already made the leap to 2.6. And while I would have preferred to upgrade to 2.5.1 and wait for 2.6 to prove itself in the field, I decided to “live on the edge” and just upgrade. Overall the end result wasn’t bad but the Akismet anti-spam plug-in seems to have a problem.

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You might have already noticed but I’ve added a few new elements to the sidebar. Subscription information, Bookmark TechTraction, and Article Categories have been here since the original site redesign; however, here is a quick list of what I recently added to the sidebar and why:
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If you haven’t already noticed, I’ve finally installed a new theme for TechTraction. I know that I’ve talked about making a custom theme for this site, but I simply don’t have the time at the moment and don’t see that changing anytime soon. Therefore rather than build from scratch I opted to modify an existing theme that was close to what I wanted.

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I’ve been trying to start a series of articles on building a custom theme for TechTraction; however, I can’t even get started on the custom theme, let alone write about it. I think I have a mild case of writer’s block — at least for TechTraction.
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If you read my March 19th post “What’s Wrong With My Blog: An Honest Self-Assessment of TechTraction.com”, then you know that I just completed an honest assessment of TechTraction which resulted in a redesign to-do list. Top of the list was a site redefinition action item.
TechTraction.com has been a “catch-all” web site for anything [...]

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