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Not many non-bloggers get blogging. It’s becoming more common now, non-bloggers loving and reading blogs: Scott McIntyre, for example. However, there’s a lot of people that give you a blank stare or a raised eyebrow when you say blogging is something that takes up some of your time… something you like to do… one of your hobbies.

My first blog

I realised the other day that this isn’t the first blog I started. It’s actually the second. The first was a journal for a general education course, Science & Religion. A friend of mine has just finished that course and mentioned his journal, so I checked if mine was still there. It is. While I haven’t read through all of it yet, what I did read was surprising.
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I knew WordPress was customisable, but whenever I’ve had an idea that wasn’t an out-of-the-box function, I wasn’t able to execute it without the help of someone else’s plugin.

As proof of my ongoing PHP learning, I managed to customise WP for my Haiku blog with custom functions and an RSS feed.
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I’ve just got the theme and a few posts up for my new blog, Haiku.
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It’s a tough job, but somebody’s gotta do it

The blackmail that is, not being the government.

Threats to strike public transport on WYD

Last night my husband told me that train and bus worker’s plan to strike on World Youth Day if the government doesn’t do something to improve the transport system, which breaks down daily.
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I haven’t gone in for any memes (I always hate that word, but note it’s pronounced “meems”, like “themes”, but with an M) for a while. However, since Pelf tagged me, and I’ve been writing a lot about techie things lately, I thought I’d honour her request with a bit about me.

I’ve actually done this tag before with 7 things and an eigth later on. I’m sure I can come up with 7 more.

1. I really like quality free software (like you hadn’t noticed!). I’ve built my computer on it.
2. I love denim jeans. In high school I usually wore low-rise flares, but these days I prefer wideleg style. At the moment I have two pairs in rotation: light blue, stretch denim, Just Jeans brand and dark blue Levis. I have others in the drawer that I don’t like as much.

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