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WordPress Plugins and My Week in Review

National Museum of the American Indian

WordPress Plugins

JavaScript Pull-Quotes – This is one of the cooler plugins I’ve come across lately. It pulls out text I select, and highlights it in a larger font on the left or right side of the post. I’m hooked on using it, and I hope readers have found it fun and visually appealing.

My Week in Review

Another day, another dollar. I started out this week by taking advantage of the beautiful Springtime weather we experienced in the DC area Sunday (Earth Day). I took the metro to The Mall, and visited The National Museum of the American Indian, as it was the second travel writing assignment I received. Of course you’ll have to wait for me to write and re-write the piece before getting my take on the newest museum to join the Smithsonian.

Prism on Copper ScupltureAlong with the warmer weather and longer days, I’ve begun to increase my daily exercise. I tend to hibernate like the mighty grizzly during winter, thus allowing my cholesterol to creep up, and my quadriceps to atrophy until I have the knees of a 60-year old. Part of my motivation to build cardio endurance this year (vs. muscle strength) is to ensure I’m not huffing and puffing on the treks, in the mountains, and at  the high altitudes I encounter in 2008.

I ended the week by reimbursing myself $1,155.10 out of my Health Savings Account for the first stage of my dental implant. The money (which was employer contributed in 2006) covers about 1/3 of the total cost. Initially I was going to pay the first half myself, and use the HSA money to cover the second half this Fall, however it’s been irking me that I’m paying off my bill piecemeal, and I’d rather not have it hanging over my head the next two months. Oh, and I received my first payment from Google AdSense today! I’m sure it’ll be another year or two before I see that happen again.

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Dave - who has written 997 posts on Go Backpacking.

Dave Lee (Editor-in-Chief) blogged his way around the world from 2007-2009, and then started Travel Blog Success to teach others how to do the same. When not writing, he can be found salsa dancing, and lamenting his untimely departure from Medellin. Follow him on Twitter @rtwdave

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  • Thanks for the informative post.. and thanks for adding our comment to the blog. I am subscribing to your feed so I don\'t miss the next post!
  • I guess I misread -- you're saying it _doesn't_ show up in feeds. That's a bit more what I would have expected.... :)
  • Stephen -

    You're welcome!
  • Aw, yer makin' me blush. :*)

    Glad you like the plugin. The funny thing is I had no idea until just now that the pull-quotes showed up in RSS feeds! I'll have to check out how that works to see if I can allow for some control of that....
  • hey, thanks for that. so you are the one...
  • Just added the pullquotes plugin a few days ago as well and I'm loving it. I had been using just CSS before, but that way it showed up in the feeds. This is way cooler...
    Congrats on the AdSense money!!
  • I had noticed the plugin effect doesn't show up in my feed, however if that's the tradeoff for ease of use, I'm in no rush to fiddle with the CSS (I'm fairly challenged in this area anyways).

    By the way, I subscribed to your blog's feed today!
  • You always find the coolest plug-ins, Dave. I was looking at your pullquotes all this week wondering what was up. Thanks for the write-up.
  • Dave, that is one sweeeeeeet plugin. I feel that it may be making an appearance on my next post!
    cheers n don't go spending all that adsense wonga at once!
    Nath
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