January 5th, 2010
Took a bit of a break for the holidays, and now I’m getting into the groove of the new year.
2010. It’s a mathematically agreeable number, the first two digits being evenly divisible by the second two. It’s also a symbolically strong one—it comprises the iconic number “10,” and marks the beginning of the still-relatively-new millennium’s second decade.
But how do you say it? Two thousand ten? Twenty-ten? Results of an informal poll of friends and family indicate the latter is preferred by most. And while I agree it is shorter and snappier, I find myself saying “two thousand ten” more often than not. (Yet still writing 2009 on checks. Go figure.) As the year goes on, I’ll probably jump on the quicker, hipper, “twenty-ten” bandwagon. But for now, I like the lingering, slow cadence of “two thousand ten.” It adds length to a year I know is going to fly by.
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December 17th, 2009
I’ve spent the last few weeks coming up with a design for my site, coding a custom Wordpress theme, and of course, writing all the content. The project complete, it’s now time for the official unveiling. So, without further ado… Ta-da!
I’ve customized many existing Wordpress themes before, but this is the first theme I’ve created one of my own from scratch. When I sought out tutorials to help me along, I discovered most of them just didn’t suit my learning style. I finally came upon this tutorial, which proved to be the perfect starting point for me. Because it provided a good overview of the basics, I found it easy to wander much deeper into the code afterwards.
While the whole project turned out to be a much larger undertaking than I anticipated, I’m very glad I did it. I foresee using what I learned to build many more custom Wordpress sites in the future… and it will only get easier!
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