WordPress updates are sooooo simple

I have to say (knock-on-wood) that using the WordPress Automatic Update feature is awesome.  So far I have experienced no technical difficulties by simply pressing the “Automatically Update” button, then after a few seconds, performs the steps below and “viola!”, it’s done.  Why can’t other software be so simple to upgrade? Downloading update from http://wordpress.org/wordpress-3.0.3.zip… Unpacking the update… Verifying the unpacked files… Installing the latest version… Upgrading database… WordPress updated successfully…

December 11
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Stanford football

October 31

Stanford Cardinal vs. Washington State Cougars college football game – October 2010 Stanford won but it was a lot closer than expected.  Great seats – 2nd row!

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A “cloudy” future for document capture

Hearing a phrase such as “cloudy future” immediately conjures up bad thoughts and gloom-and-doom scenarios.  However, in the case of document capture “cloud computing” is bringing extremely positive change.  In this post I would like to break down the basic components of “cloud computing” and explain how document capture into “the cloud” is appealing for several reasons including scalability, interoperability and usability.  Simply put, the “cloud” = Infrastructure + Content…

September 14
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