For those of you do not know, which probably depends on how much of a technical inclination you have and how far back you have been reading the blog, but this blog runs on my own hosting solution with an installation of the WordPress blog software running on top of that. This particular setup is great, as it back ends to a basic MySQL database, sets on a very nice Linux host that I have a setup running several other sites on as well. WordPress itself is released under the open source, open license concept, which means as things are thought of they can be added and it is free to use the software, available at wordpress.org for download.
It is possible of course to sign up and run a WordPress based blog on the wordpress.com site, by simply signing up, and starting. It does have some limits on the customization options, but very few. It does limit you ability have a direct domain without paying for it and you are also limited in doing any advertising on the site yourself or at least you were when I investigated sometime ago. This is however, probably the quickest and easiest way to get started Read more…
I lament that I did not get this post up here in a timely fashion. A great horse passed from our midst last Monday, August 18th. Genuine Risk passed away quietly in her old age out in her paddock at Newstead Farm near Upperville Virginia. She was a true champion athlete, beating not only fillies, but famously beating the boys in the 106th running of the Kentucky Derby back in 1980.
