If the ignorant were the geniuses they believe themselves to be there would be no poverty, famine, disease, or war.
Edward Caissie
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A friend pointed this site out to me … here’s my 2016; feel free to visit and see what your year in WordPress for 2016 was like.
Thanks to https://yearinwp.com, created by @jesperengelen
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Posted on October 18, 2016 at 10:58 am by Edward Caissie
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Monday nights (for the most part) Terri and I play darts in the “Valley Town Mixed Dart League”. It’s a great deal of fun and a good night out for all involved, but one of the things that seems to stress players (usually captains, co-captains, or their assigns) is the player rotation for the night.
There are a few league rules that pertain specifically to how the team sets up their player rotation and unfortunately not every league night has every team player show up … life happens.
I am going to make an Excel spreadsheet available that provides a relatively easy to follow player rotation suggestion (the link is to the CloudUp service where you can download the file) for anyone to use. It takes into account when all eight team members show up to when just four players are able to play. I imagine this would be usable for many leagues but this particular schedule is designed around the idea of playing seven doubles, seven triples, and five singles.
Feel free to use, share, or modify this to your heart’s content. If you find any concerns in the current version of the spreadsheet let me know; just end me an email or leave an appropriate comment below and I will try to get it sorted out and make any corrections available as soon as possible.
Thanks; and, throw a 180!!
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Posted on October 2, 2016 at 12:42 pm by Edward Caissie
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Back on August 23 there was a WordPress theme review meeting that included a discussion (and vote?!) about restricting the number of new themes an author can submit to the WordPress theme repository. Current guidelines/rules make that a limit of one. Yes, a single theme (although supposedly updates to approved themes do not count)!!
I apparently missed that meeting (although I did go back and “vote” against the rule earlier today); and, I opened a discussion related to it on the WordPress #themereview Slack channel (it’s a long read now).
Hopefully I got my point across about it not being a good idea but there does not seem to be many, if any, supporters for changing it now (even if it was meant as a three month trial); although the idea to remove it when the queue is only a couple of weeks long was suggested. Unfortunately my schedule does not readily allow for midday meetings when the theme review team meets to discuss their latest ideas, or review past decisions … and using the rule as a queue shortener?! Really?
Little did I know all those years ago when a friend expressed his concerns for creating guidelines related to theme submissions that they would come to fruition. Even though I am no longer directly involved with the theme review team admins (or whatever appeasement title they choose to be known as) I can only hope that finding the time today to start the discussion will keep it fresh enough for the next theme review team meeting.
In the meantime, I am going back to developing my “new” theme; and, wondering where to publish it. Since the WordPress theme directory/repository and its myriad guidelines/rules may be making it not the best place to do so anymore (again?!!) I will have to start looking elsewhere.
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Posted on September 27, 2016 at 12:56 pm by Edward Caissie
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It’s about time … well, almost, my carrier doesn’t have any stock at the moment but that doesn’t stop us from ordering the phone all the same; but, that’s not what I wrote to tell you about.
Loyalty.
Whenever you are updating any service, always remember that almost all of the “big” carriers/providers have a “loyalty” department. Even if you haven’t been a long time customer, give them a call and ask for a better deal. It might not be much but like the old adage says, “if you don’t ask, you won’t get”.
Thanks to the loyalty agent that worked with us yesterday; and, Telus, don’t forget to thank these people, too. They do a great job and work hard to retain your existing customers!
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Posted on September 24, 2016 at 11:26 pm by Edward Caissie
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The music is loud but good all the same. It seems the band caters to the local university crowd even if they’re playing sets more suitable to my age group. Although the current set sounds just as good as the earlier sets I don’t think I know the actual songs themselves.
We call this Saturday night at the Winchester Arms. Pizza; Stella; good music … not much more to ask for.
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Posted on September 21, 2016 at 10:00 am by Edward Caissie
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Do you ever find yourself clicking on words underlined for emphasis to see where they are linked to?
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Posted on September 20, 2016 at 10:26 am by Edward Caissie
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The deep end is cold and wet and one needs to learn how to swim quickly or you might drown; just remember to take a friend with you so a lifeline is always in reach.
How’s that for random?!
Perhaps a bit of backstory is needed … we, Terri and I, decided we would give Monday night mixed darts a try. I played in the Legion Branch 36 men’s league last year and I’m playing again this year. We also played mixed summer darts at the legion as well. It was during these Thursday summer nights we were won over to play in the “Valley Town Mixed Dart League”.
I was asked if I would be interested in co-captaining the team and thought it would be an interesting thing to do as well (I have my sights on captaining one of the men’s league teams down the road). Little did I know I would be responsible for the majority of the “paperwork” for the team.
It’s challenging as well as enjoyable. I enjoy playing darts, adding the responsibility of keeping a team organized is just enhancing that experience. I’d like to thank my new found team (The New Crew … maybe “No Charge” … a see a team meeting may be in order) for their patience and their assistance with finding the right tools and organizational ideas making the deep end not so deep anymore.
The next challenge … 180!!!
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Posted on September 16, 2016 at 4:55 pm by Edward Caissie
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My days are busy, full, something they even feel never-ending but for the most part I still try to keep abreast of what’s happening in the WordPress community even if it’s just at a very high overview most days.
Catching up in my twitter feed I find the WordPress theme review team (which I have stepped back from active involvement due to time constraints, as noted above … as well as other items to discuss a different day) has again fallen onto the guidelines to disrupt a large user base with the suspension of a very popular theme. I find this to be very concerning not only for those users but for the community on a whole.
Although the author of the theme did open themselves to scrutiny by submitting new versions while certain theme review guidelines had not been addressed I support their decision to accept suspension of their theme rather than break what appears to be 300,000+ installations of it.
I hope that their decision does not further affect those directly affected by the theme’s suspension such as the team supporting the theme (as well as many others by the author) going forward.
After many years as a theme review team admin (actually, the very first volunteer admin) it would be a shame that not having time to review themes (which excludes me from admin and key reviewer only discussions) also silenced my devil’s advocate voice as well.
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Arrogant or ignorant, you may be one or both; accepting this will change your point of view.
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