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.

Chocolate coconut coffee cake

Posted on July 5, 2010 by Kathy

This is a variation on my favorite muffin/coffee cake recipe. The main changes are the addition of cocoa powder and increasing the sugar. It is wheat free but does contain dairy and eggs. I am eating seconds of it still … Continue reading →

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twentyten

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Kathy

OK, just had to mess around with the new default theme for WordPress 3.0 — picked a seasonal image from my photo stash and cropped it to the header image. Picked a second image to make the featured image of … Continue reading →

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WP 3.0

Posted on June 19, 2010 by Kathy

I have done three of five needed upgrades so far today. Only issue I have seen so far is that I needed to redo the widgets in the default theme on an site hosted on Earthlink. That one is a … Continue reading →

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culture of cheating

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Kathy

This happened years ago, but it still bothers me. I was asked to meet with an untenured professor in the department where I worked. Dr. X had not so far shown much scientific aptitude, so I thought this meeting was … Continue reading →

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Spring!

Posted on March 16, 2010 by Kathy

It seems to have happened so quickly. Most of February’s snow and ice is gone now. The warm rains melted the ice cornice from the side of the house, apparently no damage, whew! As the snow retreated in the front … Continue reading →

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