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Eight Reasons I Recommend WordPress

Published December 25, 2008 at 2147

I use, recommend, and develop almost exclusively on the WordPress platform. I have my reasons…

Website Drama

Published December 12, 2008 at 1939

Do you know what a Euphonium is? It’s okay most people don’t and this article won’t help. While I don’t tell you what Euphonium is, I do cover what’s new with me in the past week which was quite a bit.

Wordpress: Comment Author Styling, Revisited

Published October 8, 2008 at 1759

I’ve been a bit busy this past few days with a gig creating a Wordpress site for a client. Admittedly, this is the type of gig that I could have gone with a free theme from Wordpress and been done with it, but I don’t have a ton of experience creating themes for Wordpress, so [...]

Personal Typing Speed Record

Published September 30, 2008 at 1619

I just went and took an “official” typing test with a staffing agency. They gave me a fancy certificate to show off and everything! Anyway, despite the too-low and not adjustable chair, the cramped keyboard, and a flickering monitor I still managed a personal record.

98 gross words per minute (WPM)
95% accuracy
83 net words per minute [...]

Arizona & Oregon top corrections employers

Published August 28, 2008 at 2319

Continuing the search to find my purpose.
Parole & Probation
While looking through the Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) online, I found this table:

State
Employment
Hourly mean wage
Annual mean wage
Percent of State employment

New Mexico
1,220
$16.12
$33,520
0.153%

Arizona
3,460
$19.38
$40,310
0.131%

Oregon
2,030
$22.10
$45,960
0.121%

Washington
3,000
$23.52
$48,920
0.107%

This table is showing that Arizona, Oregon, and Washington have some of the highest concentration of parole/probation employees. What [...]

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