Flynn's Paws: My Thoughts, My Gripes

Tag: templates

  • FlynnsPawsMe is back online!

    20220930-2334. I’ve been getting email notifications that my website is burping. Currently, my tummy hurts and probably from eating a good supper.

    But that’s besides the point: I read the online documentation rather quickly and figured that my only other option was to revert back to “the more minimal, default […] theme”.

    So instead of showing excerpts, this current theme shows the full text in the front/home page feed instead of clicking “read more” and then viewing the full text in a “single-post” template.

    Since hardly any entity bothers to read my stuff, I’ve decided to present my amateur blog in DARK mode! That’s correct! The background is darker while the text and links are lighter!

    The theme colors are simple lighter green, darker green, black, white, grayish. So to make things simple and consistent, the background is black while the text is gray and links are lighter green.

    Voila! I almost lost my customized header and footer. Thank goodness I remembered to “save” each “group” as its own “reusable block” which renamed uniquely as “header-group-by-flynn” and “footer-group-by-flynn”.

    I made the mistake of deleting two of my original “Templates Parts” that were Added by [username]. So now the “Templates Parts” section shows my two new uniquely renamed customizations.

    I was going through each of the Templates to make sure the Footer and Header were consistently the same when for whatever reason I deleted the original customizations.

    Thank goodness I had several of the Templates already opened in separate window browsers where I could save the Footer and Header as its own reusable blocks.

    Whatever. I really should do a video or podcast as a practice walk-thru of how confusing and yet exciting Gutenberg blocks can be used creatively.

    I’ll be my own “video gal” like my favorite podcaster who is continuously plagued by his own “video guy” messing up stuff.

    That’s all. FlynnsPaws. Hehe. 20220930-2355.

  • Weekly Photo Challenge: Hope

    http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/weekly-photo-challenge-hope

    Here is a photo of a walking cane made from an Acacia Koa wood of Hawaii:

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    Posted from WordPress for Android

  • Creative Manifestos

    How many times have you looked at a quote and thought, “Okay, now’s my time to write something memorable”? There were many times when I should have thought of that memorable quote in the first place.

    Where do you find inspirational words? Usually I find those inspirational words online, such as the lyrics to “Bless “The Beast” And The Children”.

    Better yet, what’s your favorite quote that you’ve written yourself? I wrote my own epitaph. Or better yet here is a new quote by moi called “The Nephilim“:

    Let not your bodies/hearts be spoiled/troubled by the poisons/traps of this world.

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    http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/creative-manifestos/

  • How do you define your identity?

    My cultural heritage is supposed to be a “Chinoy,” meaning I am Filipino who looks Chinese! However, I was born and raised American.

    Just as we were about to leave the McD restaurant off Brokaw, we overheard the regular homeless guy complaining loudly about being kicked out of a grocery store.

    This was after I was describing (aloud) how wonderful it would be to design a grocery bag with rhinestone and a monogram with “MOM” emblazoned on the front.

    The tall Chinese guy (who seemed to be also a regular) hollered back at the deeply, tanned white guy (with a narrow face and thick bottled-eyeglasses): “Go sue them”.

    The homeless guy hollered back: “I am American! I don’t sue anybody.”

    There you go, folks. I too am American and won’t sue anyone. Perhaps, “the Donald” needs to do something about FOREIGNERS!

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    “when exactly did someone sit down and consider the alternatives?”

    Let’s see. As of yet, the boy has not returned my text message about their third wedding anniversary gifts of a dozen pink roses by Maw and a greeting card signed by Paw yesterday. I can tell the boy is a henpeck and refuses to tell the twit how she has hurt the feelings of her mother-in-law and disrepected the traditions of her father-in-law.

    “How can a person define their own identity? Is it good to do this? Why or why not?”

    A person can define their own identity by how clueless they are in a multicultural society. Those “traditionalist” who continue to practice their heritage will never adapt/adjust to the progressive movement of change, which is supposed to be good for everyone. If these FOREIGNERS live in America and wanted to leave their oppressive countries, WTF are they still complaining?

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    http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2011/12/29/define-your-identity

    Posted from WordPress for Android

  • Are you good to people you don’t know?

    Are you good to people you don’t know? How, when and why (or why not)?

    Generally, I have been know to be good to people I don’t know. However, I can piss off people whom I sensed is naughty, such as the twit’s niece. Long ago, she came over and I told her to help her aunt and the henpeck. She barely lifted up the hammer out and looked all weak. Then the twit and her talked together in the room; while I told the boy that I don’t like her.

    Usually, my face will show great disdain with my frown face — squinty eyes and downturned mouth and flairing nostrils. I really force myself to smile at strangers who are faking their sincerity. My smile will come forth when only good-natured characters are genuine.

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    http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2011/12/28/good-to-people/

  • Don’t Box Me In

    Yesterday, our AT&T voicemail access was “mysteriously” disabled for Paw. I don’t know what happened. This unresolved issue went on for two hours from around 3:30pm to around 5:30pm and through five phone representatives. I tried downloading the online tool for technical resolution but the questions didn’t fit my issue.

    Prior to noontime, I tried to forward ALL voice from the landline to my cellphone. The first and second try online went smoothly. But then I encountered difficulty navigating the AT&T U-Verse webpages. I had to submt a survey with ALL low ratings to each question because I’d get pages to login and 404 errors thereafter!

    So by comparing AT&T with WordPress, I find the former has too many CONFUSING links! WordPress, by far, is much user friendly. I too do NOT like clutter. I get impatient with too much detail, which could explain why I asked for a refund for my Premium Theme last night.

    Collasping the left sidebar menu of my Dashboard also when I edit my blogs via my cellphone which has a SMALL screen. That’s why I prefer auto-fit for any webpages!

    As for my personal desktop workspace. I make a habit of closing ALL unused windows and keep at least two windows open — one IE9 and Firefox 9.0. (I read last night that Mozilla is in league with Google. Sell-outs!)

  • Is there a cure for stupidity?

    Is there a cure for stupidity? Nope.

    “Stupid is as stupid does.” ~Forrest Gump

    If you had a million dollars to reduce stupidity where you live, how would you spend it?

    I first would round up the stupid ones of all ages, put them on a train and haul them to FEMA camps for indefinite detention. But that’s only a fable story.

    An alternate solution could be: Just don’t have children and abort the ones that will be known to have defects. And use the ones with disabilities to do simple tasks for businesses.

    Another alternate solution could be: Let them live and continue to fool them into believing that everything is fine and dandy and that a savior will come (after thousands of years) to save the day and night.

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    http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2011/12/10/is-there-a-cure-for-stupidity/

  • What is something you always talk about, but never do?

    I always talk/blog about how to improve others. Yet, here I am not doing much to improve my life/style. The notion of “change” is often on my mind. And I believe in karma and the fact that I’ve pretty much given up on myself and others.

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    http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2011/11/29/something-you-always-talk-about-but-never-d/

    What is something you always talk about, but never do? Why is it often on your mind? Why does it never happen?

  • When do the ends justify the means?

    First, I do NOT understand what is this English phrase “the ends justify the means”.

    Second, it is the means that justifies the ends, not the other way around! After all, the ends cannot be reasonably predicted and the course of the means depends on many choices/factors.

    Think along the here and now and whatever outcome/s may/may not manifest.

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    http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2011/11/25/when-do-the-ends-justify-the-means/

  • Blogging for the long haul…

    I am most produtive at night when all the house chores and other activities have been completed. I can realistically write very few thoughts nowadays. My notes via the “Memo” apps of my cellphone help to remind me of mundane events but the inspiration to blog about anything worthwhile has lost its spark, magic, enthusiasm — almost like going through a mid-life crisis.

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    http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/blogging-for-the-long-haul/

    Ask yourself, when am I most productive? And how much can I realistically write? Get a blogging buddy… keep a notebook with you and jot down ideas, phrases, story lines the old school way…don’t force it.

  • What would you do with a year if your goal was to become wise?

    I’d travel around the world and go to that far off place where they have those pieces of wooden records read by old people to the traveler. It is said that the readers are waiting each arrival and are meant specifically for that individual. Neat. Then based on the broken English and interpretation, I’d like to become wise.

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    http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/what-would-you-do-with-a-year-to-be-wise/

    If you had the resources to spend a year doing whatever you’d like, and you chose the goal of becoming wise, what would you do with the year?

  • 20111110-Trying Themes

    This time I trying a new WordPress.com theme:

    Bouquet by Automattic

    Bouquet is an elegant, simple theme inspired by the beauty found in flowers. Notable features include two floral schemes, a responsive layout structure that adapts to smaller devices, a right sidebar, a full-width template, support for post formats, custom background, and custom header. Read more about Bouquet →

    Tags: blog, craft, journal, nature, outdoors, photoblogging, photography, clean, curved, earthy, flowery, natural, outdoorsy, simple, sophisticated, blue, pink, white, light, one-column, two-columns, right-sidebar, responsive-width, custom-background, custom-header, custom-menu, full-width-template, post-formats, rtl-language-support, translation-ready

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    There are two theme options of flowery header images: Pink Dogwood a default in pink and Forget-Me-Not in blue. There is only one sidebar widget, which I won’t use for now because my “Hello Word” page, which is a “Sticky Post” will serve as the “Table of Contents” or a “Sitemap” and provides the “Archives” and “Subscription” links, too. Only five of the most recent posts are displayed. The width of the contents auto-fits for smaller screen resolutions, which reveals a time-stamp from the hover over the date.