The new version of WordPress has a lot of features built into it, and one of those features is the ability to use Gravatars. These are small pictures, or avatars, which are associated with your email address and will follow you around the web. Whenever you leave leave a comment on a blog that uses [...]

Tonight I took the plunge and went ahead and upgraded the WordPress software which runs this blog. WordPress 2.5 has many new features, however almost all of them are behind-the-scenes so readers should not really notice any differences. However, if you find that something no longer works, please let me know either in the comments [...]

I’ve been playing around with a new graphics program called Paint.NET. It’s free software and does a lot of the stuff that Photoshop does without costing a million dollars. Anyway, here is the logo:

What do you think? Please leave suggestions/comments/ideas in the comments. I’d really like to hear some feedback on this.
Thanks
2/29/2008 - UPDATE: I [...]

I’ve updated WordPress to version 2.3. As a result, the Headline Images plugin, which created the images for the post titles, no longer functions. So, the post tiles are going to look quite plain for awhile until either the plugin is updated or I find a replacement.
If you see any other problems, please let me [...]

I made some behind-the-scenes changes to the blog today. I was originally going to completely change the look of the blog by installing a new theme, but decided against that drastic of a change for now. However, I have removed a few of the Sidebar Items and replaced them with other things.
You’ll notice there is [...]

I’ll be upgrading the blog to the latest version of WordPress. During the upgrade, the blog will be unavailable.
I promise I get this done as quickly as possible.
UPDATE: The upgrade is complete and appears to have been painless. If you notice anything amiss, please let me know at the email address in the sidebar.

I’ve upgraded the WordPress software, so if you notice something that isn’t working, please let me know.
Thanks!

I have installed a new plugin on Conservative Dialysis called Favatars. This plugin will search for your favorite icon file from your blog when you leave a comment or trackback to a post and provide your blog’s URL. If found, it will place your blog’s favorite icon right next to your name on your comment [...]

I found a WordPress Plugin the other day and have installed it here on Conservative Dialysis. The plugin is called Popularity Contest and was written by Alex King. What the plugin does is rate the popularity of each post as compared to the other posts on the blog. Each post’s popularity is computed and the [...]

This is going to be a post which will be interesting only to fellow techno-geeks. So, I have placed most of it below the fold. If you aren’t a geek, feel free to pass this post up.

This morning I converted the software used to maintain this blog to WordPress 2.0. The conversion was virtually painless, with the trouble coming from my mistake of uploading images as ASCII text.
Most of the changes are under the hood in nature, so you shouldn’t notice any changes. One of the most noticeable changes is the [...]

A few design tweaks to tell you about:

Post Titles: I found a nifty little WordPress Plugin called Image Headlines. Simply put, it rocks. I converts the text of your post title (or any other text you desire) into images of any True Type Font you choose. I think it makes the posts look better.
I’ve [...]

After a lot of work and study, I have converted this blog to WordPress 1.5.2. As you may remember, I tried to do this awhile back but was unsuccessful. However, after taking a look at the new version of Movable Type, I decided to give WordPress an all-out effort.
A few things will be broken [...]

The transition to Movable Type 3.2b is compete. After a few problems with the Main Index Template, all now appears to be well. Regular blogging will continue shortly.

I’ll be upgrading the blog software to Movable Type 3.2, beta 5. During this process, the availability of the blog may be spotty until the upgrade is complete.
I apologize for the inconveniece, but I just have to have the newest toy to play with!