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Where, Oh Where Have I Been?

Time for a confession.  I see that my last post was when I returned from IGHR in 2012!  It is now September of 2013. That simple math means I have not written a post in over a year.  Well that is about to change! Does that also mean that I have not done anything with my…

Trip route marked on napkin starting in Austin, pit stop in Dallas, and ending in St. Louis

Memories from an Airline Napkin

Today I was going through some of my miscellaneous files and folders.  One of them was a folder from a trip to DeSoto, MO in 2007. This is the birthplace of my grandmother, Margaret Helen Snyder. As I was going through this folder, which mostly contained itineraries, maps and cemetery listings, I noticed something that…

My Blog Move and Google Reader

I spent last night moving my blog from Blogger to WordPress.  I finally got everything put back together,sub-domains, dns entries,etc. and thought everything was working fine last night (I guess it was technically early this morning).   I noticed today the Google Reader is displaying old posts.  I assume this happened when I updated the permanlinks…

Motivation Monday – Getting Started with Second Life

I keep hearing about this thing called “Second Life“.  I must admit, I did look at it a few months ago and thought it was some weird role-playing game and didn’t think I would be much interested in it.  But it seems to keep coming up in blog and twitter conversations. There are credible genealogists…