Archive for January, 2009

WordPress Simple Popup Plugin

Thursday January 29th, 2009 in Internet, Wordpress Plugins | 180 Comments »

Here’s my first WordPress plugin; blood, sweat, and tears have gone into making this simple thing.  The function of this plugin is to easily create a simple popup window I  read more…

Pictures from the Shanghai Natural History Museum and More…

Sunday January 25th, 2009 in China, Photos | 1 Comment »

Here are some pictures I took today.  There’s the Shanghai Natural History Museum, Ritz Carlton, and just some walking around town.

Shopping with Elena in China

Friday January 23rd, 2009 in China, Photos | 2 Comments »

In and around various malls in Shanghai…yea the pictures are kinda small.

WordPress 2.7 Enhanced Comments for Dummies

Thursday January 22nd, 2009 in Internet, Tutorials | 3 Comments »

I, like many others, have recently upgraded to WordPress 2.7 because of all the added features.  My particular interest was in the enhanced comments which included threading and paging, but  read more…

Weird Fruit, Weird Fish, Oh My!

Wednesday January 21st, 2009 in China, Photos | 3 Comments »

Some pictures of yesterday’s trip to the grocery store.  These were taken at the Priemer Food Store at the bottom level of Grand Gateway Plaza in Shanghai.

Shanghai’s Slogan Taken from Papa John’s?

Wednesday January 21st, 2009 in China | 2 Comments »

Check this out; during all of Shanghai’s construction and change, their english slogan is Better City, Better Life Doesn’t that sound a lot like Papa John’s slogan? Better Ingredients, Better  read more…

How to Access Blocked Websites in China

Tuesday January 20th, 2009 in Internet | 8 Comments »

OK, one thing I’ve learned since living in China is that browsing the internet SUCKS!  You can’t access anything and it makes finding what you’re looking for extremely frustrating.  From  read more…

Chinese Orange Juice

Monday January 19th, 2009 in China | No comments »

I like to pack myself a hearty breakfast in the mornings before my substantial commute and one of the things I pack is this boxed Chinese “orange juice” that Elena  read more…