I thought I would never require myself to comment on this subject, but the recent deluge of emails announcing anniversaries and milestone dates has prompted me into it. This is about the correct, and incorrect, usage of "anniversary". We all know what first anniversary means. It is the recurrence of an event - usually a very important event - on the exact date after a year the event took place. Thus, if a wedding took place yesterday, 9 … [Read more...]
Another email post with image to test Postie’s settings
November 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Size of image 1024px wide, default setting is Media-specific size - medium 550px wide. Photo taken at Pitt St Mall in Sydney, 28 October. … [Read more...]
Image to test Postie’s default settings
November 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
This is an image sent from my mobile phone to test Postie's default image settings in relation to displaying an image with lightbox effect - after installing and activating Simple Lightbox to produce the lightbox effect. I am setting an image sized 1024px wide. My Media setting is medium sized 475px. … [Read more...]
Are Philippine banana growers passing up a golden opportunity?
August 17, 2011 By 1 Comment
The last time we wrote about bananas, we reported the increasing prices of locally produced bananas, first on account of drought which was followed by flooding in Queensland. Up to now, we have not included bananas in the grocery basket except once or twice to satisfy the cravings of some family members. … [Read more...]
Confession of a “Postie” user
September 18, 2010 By 2 Comments
When doing my experimental WP-hosted blogs, it was a delight using the plugin built into WordPress.com which allows me to update my blogs using emails. I found the WP plugin very handy, in fact a necessity, considering that most of the time, I am on the road. I tried using that to my self-hosted WP installs, but to no avail. The problems I had encountered were just too many to list down. So I've been updating my blogs from my desktop … [Read more...]
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