Author Archives: Kathy

About Kathy

Perl, MySQL, CGI scripting, web design, graphics following careers as an analytical chemist and educator, then in IT as a database administrator (DBA), programmer, and server administrator. Diagnosed with Mitochondrial Myopathy in 1997.

table test

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Kathy

This is a demonstration of a plugin for constructing and editing tables without having to deal with HTML code. I actually have all these plants, you can see photos of some of them on my home page and here in … Continue reading →

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don’t be evil

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Kathy

Although this is my main blog (imported into Facebook and other social networking sites via an RSS feed) I set up one on Blogger too. It was for the usual reasons, to figure out how things work. So there was … Continue reading →

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Twenty Ten fun

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Kathy

I am trying different options in the new Twenty Ten WordPress theme, so don’t be surprised if the site appearance changes from visit to visit. In particular I am looking at: Using a child theme for customizing The new menus … Continue reading →

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Butterfly

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Kathy

Guess I got lucky again, took this in my parent’s yard on July 12. I tried to get a photo of the underside of the wings too, but it flew away. We are in the middle of summer now. The … Continue reading →

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Registration closed

Posted on July 17, 2010 by Kathy

For a number of years I have been getting a very large proportion of spam registrations to real people. So it is with regret that I have decided to close WordPress registration on this blog. You may still subscribe through … Continue reading →

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