Month: September 2011

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Post author By Tim Probst
Post date September 25, 2011
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Here is the St. Louis Fox station’s schedule instead of the Bears-Packers game: Cops, Whacked-Out Sports, and local news. Brilliant! 😐

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Post author By Tim Probst
Post date September 21, 2011
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Dropped five pounds last week. There may be something to this exercising fad after all.

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Post author By Tim Probst
Post date September 18, 2011
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After using Mac OS X Lion on my MacBook, going back to a Windows 7 laptop is really difficult. Not an enjoyable experience at all!

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Post author By Tim Probst
Post date September 17, 2011
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I am naming the coach guy on our elliptical training after my high school track coach, Coach Bell. I can hear him yelling “Run Probst! Run!”

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Post author By Tim Probst
Post date September 17, 2011
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Day 3 on the elliptical trainer for me. Clearly not ready for Program 3. Will stick to Programs 1 and 2 for a couple weeks.

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Post author By Tim Probst
Post date September 16, 2011
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Go figure. I turn on MLB At Bat 2011 on the iPad, and the Cubs give up a game tying home run. Rough year.

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Post author By Tim Probst
Post date September 15, 2011
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Used the elliptical trainer this morning for the first time in a long time. Working on a regular schedule.

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Post author By Tim Probst
Post date September 3, 2011
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Apple’s AirPlay has to be one of the coolest technologies ever invented. Everyone should have an Apple TV to experience AirPlay!

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WordPress Post Formats

Ever since WordPress 3.2 was released, I have been curious about how Post Formats work because the default theme supports them. The theme I normally use with Probstisms does not support Post Formats so I have switched to the default theme for a while to give them a try.

It seems to me that the Status Port Format has potential to be used as a way to initiate both Twitter and Facebook status updates. The Link and Image Post Formats also have potential. My only hesitation is that there does no seem to be a character count in the WordPress post editor so it would be a bit of a guessing game as far as making Twitter status updates look good.

Now, some of you may be asking why I would want to initiate things like status updates and links through my blog. Well, my guess is that Twitter and Facebook will not be around forever. Maintaining so much content on a third-party’s server seems to be a short term solution. On the other hand, my blog uses a SQL database to store content. SQL has been around for a long time and will be around long after Twitter and Facebook become old news. If I can use the blog as an archive for this type of content, I will be able to have all of my posts, updates, and links in the same place.

We’ll see if I can make this work in a convenient way. Otherwise, it just doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to go through the hassle. I will report back soon!