Coding my WordPress site
With the Christmas slowdown finally underway, I’ve found some time to start diving into coding my WordPress theme. I haven’t coded with much depth since mid-2007 when my journalism started to overtake my programming. I’ve never really dove into WordPress like I dove into MovableType – the blogging…
Enjoying the freedom to write and criticize the boss
During my journey across the Interwebs today, I came across this blog post by my then-Managing Editor Tony Keller: As you’ve heard, Ted Rogers recently put down $15 million towards the renaming of the Ryerson business school. And as you’ll read if you continue reading the above linked-to…
A "tradition" on hold for two years – Christmas Eve at the Gas Station
One of my Christmas Eve “traditions” is on hold for the next two years – ordering snack food through the window at the Shell gas station in Ancaster’s Meadowlands. I have a friend who works for the Hamilton Street Railway and the past couple of years, I’ve joined…
A "tradition" on hold for two years – Christmas Eve at the Gas Station
One of my Christmas Eve “traditions” is on hold for the next two years – ordering snack food through the window at the Shell gas station in Ancaster’s Meadowlands. I have a friend who works for the Hamilton Street Railway and the past couple of years, I’ve joined…
Roger Gillespie named Executive Producer CBC Hamilton
Roger Gillespie is the new executive producer of CBC Hamilton. The appointment was announced in an internal email to CBC staff today. “We are pleased to announce that Roger Gillespie is the new executive producer of our ground-breaking digital service in Hamilton,” wrote Jennifer McGuire, general manager and…
How to file a complaint with the City of Hamilton Integrity Commissioner
UPDATE: As of January 3, 2012, The City of Hamilton now offers this information on their new Integrity Commissioner webpage[box style=”box_gray” type=”download_box”]Updated – download a .doc format of the complaint form:Complaint under section 9 of the Integrity Commissioner By-law[/box]For a $100 application fee, the Citizens of Hamilton are…
City of Hamilton Culture moving to Economic Development, merging with Tourism
The City of Hamilton’s Culture is moving from the Community Services umbrella to Planning and Economic Development where it will merge with the existing Tourism division under EcDev. The move is effective February 6, 2012 and reflects an increasing point-of-view at City Hall of the arts as an…
The Chaser: Politics with Cats
My favourite Australian comedy group The Chaser is at it again. They have a show called The Hamster Wheel One of the segments of the show is ‘Politics with Cats’ which explains “a difficult issue to you in a language much better suited to the modern attention span”…
Quick updates to the CSS and learning shortcodes
To be honest, I really have done much in the way of design on my webblog (blogsite in Hamilton political speak) since 2007. This is the umpteenth post saying I will dive into design again and hopefully it won’t be followed by the same pattern as the previous…
[Guinea Pig pics] My own Joey
A slight change of pace for my blog this morning. Here’s a picture of one of my guinea pigs last night after he found the pocket of my hoodie to be what seemed like a good hiding place. ![](http://blog.joeycoleman.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Pouch_Guinea_Pig_1-300×509.jpg "My Guinea Pig "The Sil" found a comfortable new…