Darrell Ross

I finally updated WordPress for my website. What did it was helping out my family put up a quick WordPress site for donations. I hopped on the fresh WP install and prepared myself for a lengthy plugin install process… and was blown away by the new search/add/activate interface. I must note that I haven’t updated in years.

Awesome. I recently added a video comment plugin to my site. If you have a webcam (I know MacBooks work hehe), you can now leave me video comments. Really not sure if anyone will use it more than just novelty at first… but there you have it. Also added a plugin which pops up those links to my social networking sites in the upper right corner.

Just completed a move of www.eukota.com and www.darrellandsharyn.com from my friend Doug’s old server to Dreamhost.com. It felt like it took less than a day. I’m really digging the new interface with the hosting and having the DNS and Web Hosting at the same location. Seriously considering moving my registration over too so they can manage everything. I really like their support and their web interface.

I can do a lot more custom stuff here and will be trying some parts out soon.

Reading a bit deeper on the solar power on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands in the mojave desert, it appears only some plants have been scrapped while others will move forward.

This article is (or course) much more informative than the Fox one I linked in my previous post:
http://solveclimate.com/blog/20100104/us-confirms-plans-fast-track-solar-federal-lands-3-western-states

According to the article, it appears Senator Feinstein is still moving forward with designating 1.1 million acres of desert as a national monument thus preventing any construction and preserving the land. This is a win for fundamentalist conservationists. I stand by my previous comments that conservationists should find a way to work together with their newfound environmentalist cousins who have the money and power to take solar energy to the commercial level.