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Site Theme update

Posted on 18/02/2013 by Michael Coyle — No Comments ↓

Over the weekend I changed the theme of the blog. For those interested, the previous theme was Skeleton from Simple Themes. It’s a free, open source, responsive HTML5 theme based on the skeleton framework. The new theme is called Responsive from ThemeID.…

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A forum experiment

Posted on 05/11/2012 by Michael Coyle — No Comments ↓

I installed a forum here on the blog as an experiment. You can access it via the menu at the top of the page, or at the following URL: forum.oplopanax.ca My idea is to foster more discussion from SAR members…

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ch’átyay katlaoz

Posted on 22/08/2012 by Michael Coyle — No Comments ↓

Some relatives were in town and we visited the Squamish Lilwat Cultural Centre where I found my favourite plant. Very nice icon, kind of captures the prickly nature of the plant quite well. I’ve also seen the name spelled Ch atiyay but…

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On the end of the year and old and new things

Posted on 31/12/2011 by Michael Coyle — No Comments ↓

Another year end approaches, and the disease of looking back over what you’ve done tempts me. But first a picture from today’s events, where the old and the new went out in the snow for a day together. This year:…

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A Call for Participation

Posted on 29/12/2011 by Michael Coyle — 2 Comments ↓

I’ve been getting feedback. Yes, from time to time someone will approach me and let me know that they like some of the posts I wrote. This feels good; sometimes I think nobody’s reading. However, blog writing is mostly a…

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Movember

Posted on 03/11/2011 by Michael Coyle — No Comments ↓

A few years ago by partner’s dad died of complications from Prostate Cancer. It’s a terrible disease. Those that know me also know that I’m usually transitioning from bearded to bare and back. This month, it’s for a cause. If…

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Move to WordPress

Posted on 06/10/2011 by Michael Coyle — 3 Comments ↓

The blogging wars are over, and WordPress won, deal with it. At least that’s what I tell myself. There’s lots of choices in the blogging world, but for a basic blog like what I write, WordPress is where it’s ad.…

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