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updating wordpress

20 Tuesday Jan 2009

Posted by in blogging, computers, geekiness, internet

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Can anyone help me with this?

I have three self-hosted WordPress blogs (azahar-sevilla and the two tapas blogs) that are running on a very old WP version and I would like to upgrade them to the present 2.7 version.  I was given some very helpful information by Pauline, who informed me that because my version is so old (2.2.2) I would have to upgrade in increments. She also sent me this link so I could download the in between versions (2.3 and 2.5). And then I came across this support forum page in which whooami explains the steps needed to recover a blog after a failed upgrade, which also explains how to upgrade in imcrements.  But I can’t seem to get it enough to dare making the changes myself. And this kind of needs to be done before I can start with this week’s “baby step tasks”.

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sprouts

24 Wednesday Dec 2008

Posted by in blogging, food & drink, friends, games, holidays

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sauted-sprouts

Sautéed sprouts with pancetta & pine nuts.

Don’t these look fabulous? (click on image to enlarge) They were prepared by the lovely and talented Wandering Coyote as part of a sumptuous solstice feast. You can check out the entire dinner menu on  Retorte , WC’s  blog of culinery delights (warning: do not go there when hungry).

For those of you who (like Nog) would rather stick hot pins in your eyes than eat a sprout, knock yourselves out with these…

Attack of the Sprouts

The Sproutifarts

slow travel

22 Monday Dec 2008

Posted by in blogging, culture, food & drink, friends, holidays, photos, trips

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Slow Travelers go to Europe to experience different cultures and lifestyles, but they do it differently than most tourists. Instead of staying in hotels or B&Bs, they stay in vacation rentals – apartments, cottages or houses that you rent by the week. Staying in your own temporary “home”, even if just for a week or two, lets you experience a place more intensely because you get involved in the community where you are staying. You shop for groceries and supplies in the local shops, stop at the same cafe every morning, see the people in your village or neighborhood each day.

About a year ago I was looking at the Live Traffic Feed on Sevilla Tapas and saw that someone had visited from a place called Slow Travel. So I went and checked it out …

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