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Gibraltar sports a town square officially called “John Mackintosh Square”. My grandfather’s generation called this square “el martillo” (the hammer) in reference to the auctioneer’s gavel, as this was the place where public auctions were held. El martillo was the place where my grandpa’s generation would meet, and solve the world’s problems over [...]
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I totally Dig Twitter!!! I am a Twittering fool. There, I said it. Twitter is a micro-blogging platform that allows you to shoot out little and regular updates of what you are doing, thinking, etc. People get to “follow” you and your twitter updates (Tweets), and you “follow” others as well. [...]
Quick blogging nerdery update
26Nov08Hi blogosphere! I’m back!
After having sported a polished premium theme for my blog for a few months, I am temporarily reverting to the stripped-down basic white theme that I used to have previously. The reason for this is that my blog’s premium theme was so labour-intensive, with manual edits of several fields, [...]
This post is only going to appeal to hardcore nerds out there so feel free to skip is if your concept of keeping up with the times is to have a cellphone.
After having sported the minimalistic “all white” theme for my blog for some time now, I have redesigned the blog using a wordpress theme [...]
The art of the Business Card
05Aug08Taking a cue from the "Master Schmoozer" himself I went ahead and had some business cards made for myself / my blog that followed his own words of wisdom:
For once, a business card that cuts to the chase and is readable. Hallelujah! So I asked him to make business cards for me. Take a look [...]
Blogging’s lowdown
14May08Blogging is a passion of mine. I believe that this is the writer’s hour. With the technology that we have at hand, a regular guy, sitting at Starbucks with his laptop can change the world. Such is the power of the written word. I can influence 30 to 40 people speaking [...]
The time is ripe for bloggers in the Kingdom of God. Bloggers are modern day scribes. Jesus foretold of this day when He said that He would be sending prophets, wise men, and scribes in the end times (link). Some want to jump into the blogging bandwagon, fascinated by the hype [...]
Blogging nerdery post
20Mar07In one of the most significant maintenance sessions in its almost two-year history, wildoxgib.com has had an under-the-radar overhaul that was well-past its due date. Complete nerdery possessed me on my lunch break the “IT support department” and the following cool stuff has been accomplished:-
Updated platform: Wordpress, the blogging platform that I [...]
Linkage love
19Mar07Every now and again two wholly complementary entities end up together. This has now happened and the divine encounter between Quentin Miller and wordpress has made the blogging world is so much the richer!
Today we cast the spotlight on the “Re-Leaf Pub” (link). This pub serves “as a literary roadhouse and [offers] the [...]
Customer announcement
01Mar07This blog is experiencing a lean cows season at the moment as the blog author (Blother / Blauther?) is currently taking a few days off work in order to catch up on some DIY at home. Your prayers are highly appreciated (For the safety of those around him!!!).
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The multi-lingual Wild Ox
07Feb07Friends, the wild ox blog has become international at the touch of a button! On the top of the blog, you will see a row of flags - clicking one of these will translate the blog into the language selected.
Important disclaimer: This blog is officially presented in English, the translations are done automatically by [...]
John Baw has a little MySpace
11Jan07Well the social networking bug has finally caught up with me. I have opened myself a myspace blog/profile account. Yes folks, wildox is on myspace at http://myspace.com/wildox I have only just updated my profile etc., and can boast to having had 49 visits. This is traffic folks, and in the world [...]
Ever wanted to publish your own book? In the past, the first-time author faced a massive startup hurdle, that of having to order at least a 1000-copy print run of their book. That could cost thousands, with the inevitable result of many would-be authors having stuff to write but putting their projects on [...]
One of my favourite teachers, Pastor Bill Johnson of Bethel Church, Redding California, teaches that one of the secrets of strengthening yourself in the Lord is to treasure God’s spoken word over your life. When we feast on what God has done, is doing, has spoken or is speaking, we build faith and enourage our [...]
Library feature added to blog
14Dec06In a breaking story that we are following exclusively …..Wildoxgib.com has now been fuly kitted-out with a library feature. This neat feature also appears on the right-hand sidebar of the blog (Sorry for you IE users it seems that the gremlin has stolen the show for you) and contains books that I have recently [...]
Calling Tech Support….
12Dec06(…which is me by the way) I have been battling a blog gremlin for some time now (Nasty critter!). It seems that my blog appears perfect in Firefox (As one can expect!) but the right-hand sidebar is missing when viewed with Internet Explorer! I am at my wits end!!!
Now who still [...]
Side-note: I just realized that my blog was totally warped when viewed by Internet Explorer. Those of you who insist on using that lame thing for the Internet, you have my apologies (But not my empathy) - If you [must] use Windows then at least use this browser to surf the net. Your PC gremlins [...]
Savouring life
16Oct06So, we took off for a wedding in Seville, Spain on Saturday. Our good friends Fernando and Marissa Morales saw the first of their tribe get married. Israel Morales imarried his lovely bride Isa, and as of now they should be on their way to their honeymoon in the Mayan Riviera. [...]
The penguin and me.
06Oct06Yes my friends … the inevitable has happened. I have fallen in love … with a penguin. After a long on-off relationship with it, after much walking-out and steps of faith , the penguin now lives with me. Who would’a thunk it? Tux now inhabits and manages the bowels of my laptop, and my desktop [...]
Celebrate the silence.
29Sep06To my faithful band of blog readers…The blog is not dead! Let me just put you at ease from the start. Due to my study commitments (more specifically the dreaded ASSIGNMENT # 2) I have instructed my blog to meditate for a while and soak in the ethereal realm of contemplative limbo. I know that [...]
