Ken's Sandbox

Facelift Update and Wordpress Wrapper Framework

I have settled on a new theme, Atahualpa. I can’t pronounce it or remember how to spell it, but so far it is proving very flexible, easy to work with and has a great support forum.

So, a little about what I am planning to do with it (and wordpress).

I see a need for sites that [...]

A Face lift

I’m in the process of doing a little face lift on the blog. I’m looking at doing some plugin development so I just upgraded to the latest Wordpress. Next, need to find a theme I like. I will try to keep it at least functional during the process but it may be different every time [...]

The Only Phone Number You Need

I have had a Google Voice account since before Grand Central was bought out by Google. Like a lot of things, I signed up, played with it a little and then let the account sit there gathering dust.

Last month, Google opened the system up to allow users to set Google Voice as the default voice [...]

Tiger Woods Commercial at Bandon Dunes

While Tiger Woods was playing practice rounds at this year’s British Open a few of us from Bandon got to participate (i.e. stand around a lot and freeze our butts off) in the making of one of Accenture’s newest commercials. A friend said he saw the finished commercial on Fox News. It is also one [...]

Do you tweet?

Over the last couple of years twitter has become one of the mot popular social media phenomenon in the history of the web. I know several agents who have twitter accounts but have not seen them using it much for business. I just ran across this article which is one of the best discussions of [...]

A Little Search Engine Help

I get asked a lot about search engine optimization (getting your site ranked high in the search engines). I just found this blog post and a cheat sheet that covers the basics very well. Read to the bottom as some of the comments are very good. I’ll definately be using the cheat sheet as a [...]

Golf is not a Game of Perfect

I have a love hate relationship with golf. I have said that when they come up with a 12 step program I am going to quit (either that of methadone for golf). I guess golfing and being a perfectionist don’t go together.

A friend of my mother loaned her a copy of this book. I picked [...]

Adding the Google Translate Widget to OSCommerce

When we first installed OS Commerce for our ReloadingInternational site we tried installing and enabling several languages. Since the site is targeted at “international” customers, we thought this would be great.

The problem with that is, any custom pages have to be translated and maintenance got to be a nightmare any time a page changed. It [...]

Free Jetboat Tickets

Earlier this summer I won a free pass for two for a Jerry’s Rogue Jetboat trip up the Rogue River in a golf tournament. We took the 80 mile trip to Agnes last summer and it was great fun.

Until now I have held onto the hope that we would be able to do it again [...]

How is the Water?

I live outside the city of Bandon and our water source is a shallow well. Over the past 6 to 8 weeks we have been having some water quality issues. For the most part a little sediment in the toilet bowels and occasional smell to the water has been inconvenient but tolerable. I visited the [...]