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Virtual House Cleaning

January 16, 2020January 16, 2020 by John P. Hoke

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Rejiggering the site (a.k.a. virtual house cleaning 101). Now that I've gone and changed a ton of crap on the website, go the start of an online shop going for my photos, and did it all without pulling out my hair, it is about time that I go through the hard parts of this process... Time to review all the…

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New Year, New Look

January 12, 2020January 12, 2020 by John P. Hoke

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So, first of all, Happy New Year! I took a fairly long break from blogging in 2019 ... it was a hellacious year for me personally and professionally. Lets just leave it at that. I was quite bored with the old theme, the layout, the hassle of keeping it functional, and it completely turned me off to doing anything related…

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Half Speed Ahead by RyanRenaissance - Used with permission Creative Commons License http://ryanrenaissance.deviantart.com/art/Half-Speed-Ahead-128867293

Testing New Content Delivery Network (CDN)

September 8, 2016January 21, 2020 by John P. Hoke

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CDN (Content Delivery Network) and the Need for Speed So, I host my blog and other websites with Hosting Matters, the folks have been great to me over the past decade and prices I have locked in are absolutely phenomenal (seriously - they are great). As with anyone who is on a shared hosting plan, network and server resources are…

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Site Upgrade – WordPress 4.6, Plugins & More

August 19, 2016January 21, 2020 by John P. Hoke

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Upgrade - Maintain Speed! Installed the WordPress 4.6 upgrade, as well as a couple other changes and tweaks this evening. Firstly, updated the backend to the current version. This caused its share of issues with a couple plugins - so I chased down a few more updates and re-applied further custom tweaks I've made to tie a few bits together which I forgot…

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Saturday Morning Ride

August 22, 2015January 21, 2020 by John P. Hoke

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The return of the Jack-O'-Liner This morning, Jen and I went out for breakfast at Cherry's Sunset Diner in Kresgeville, then for a ride up and around the Poconos and Lehigh Valley... with all the travel I've been doing this summer, it was great to finally get out on my custom Stratoliner / Jack-O'-Liner and just ride with no particular destination. (more…)

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WordPress Upgrade to v4.3

August 18, 2015January 21, 2020 by John P. Hoke

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The only thing we have to fear ... The operation completed successfully??? ... is not having a good, complete, usable backup! But luckily, so far, things appear to have gone fairly well. I am now upgraded to Wordpress 4.3 and well... nothings gone sideways yet - but the night is young. If you happen to see any gremlins or other…

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Share a Coke with a Blogger?

August 16, 2015January 21, 2020 by John P. Hoke

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I brought this bottle home from Budapest and I thought it was hilarious (and fitting) - Or it could just be that it's 8pm and I'm hitting the jet lag wall trying to stay awake until 10 so I don't wake up at 3am again tomorrow ... Either way - share a Coke with me :) And for the record ...…

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Jetlag 1 – Sleep Pattern 0

August 15, 2015August 22, 2015 by John P. Hoke

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Jetlag : A.K.A. I need a vacation from my travels So, I got home late last night from my latest European Vacation business trip... while it wasn't as bad as the Griswald's coming home from CEST usually does bad things to my circadian rhythm and sleep patterns. Its currently about 8:15 PM here in US eastern time, yet my body…

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