Meet the author
I live with my wife, Samantha, in Goodlettsville, Tenn., a community on the north side of Nashville. We attended the University of Tennessee at Martin where we met in 2003. I hold a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications (News-Editorial) from that fine institution. I enjoy watching hockey and football and engaging in informed political discussion. Entirely too much of my time is spent in front of a computer.
I have a personal Web site for two main reasons. First, as a collection of observations of the world around me, intermixed with my own take on how these observations are relevant to anyone who reads them. Second, as a means of contact for friends from college and high school. I cannot stress enough that the opinions expressed on this site are my own and do not reflect any other entity, real or imagined.
My occupation revolves around print media and Web development work for a rental equipment wholesaler. As for shameless plugs, Samantha and I do freelance Web design work in our somewhat meager spare time.
Extra: Résumé | Newswriting Clips | Asides
About my site
I have had various incarnations of a personal Web site dating back to the late nineties. I learned my first bits of HTML en route to a $50 savings bond from a small town bank needing to establish a web presence. While certainly not one of the headline makers or visionaries who change the course of Internet history, I do enjoy creating and managing Web sites. My personal site runs on what I consider an ideal setup.
- Platform: OpenSolaris running Apache HTTP Server
- Scripting: PHP 5.2.6 with a sprinkling of JavaScript
- Software: WordPress 2.6
- Database: MySQL 5.0.41-log
- Photos: Flickr
- Portfolio: Carbonmade
- Hosting: Joyent
- Design Credits:
- "GoGreen" by Stephen Yeargin
- "Nashvegas" by Stephen Yeargin
- "New Folder" by Stephen Yeargin, Samantha Yeargin
- "A New World" by Samantha Yeargin
- "Torn Paper" by Samantha Yeargin
- Desktop: Mac mini (PPC) running OS X 10.5 "Leopard"
- Coding/FTP: Smultron & Cyberduck
- Messaging: Adium
- Background Noise: Last.fm
- Caffeine: Coca-Cola Classic
WordPress plugins
- Akismet
Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not. You need a WordPress.com API key to use it. You can review the spam it catches under “Comments.” To show off your Akismet stats just put<?php akismet_counter(); ?>in your template. See also: WP Stats plugin. - Matt Mullenweg
- Close Old Posts
Closes comments on old posts on the fly, without any DB queries. By default it’s 14 days, change that setting by editing the plugin file. Mine is 30 days. - Matt Mullenweg
- flickrRSS
Allows you to integrate the photos from a flickr rss feed into your site. - Dave Kellam
- Google XML Sitemaps
This plugin will generate a sitemaps.org compatible sitemap of your WordPress blog which is supported by Ask.com, Google, MSN Search and YAHOO. Configuration Page - Arne Brachhold
- Last.fm Feed Reader
An AJAX-enabled feed parser for Last.fm - Stephen Yeargin
- Plugins Used Plugin
This plugin will give you a function to display what plugins you are using. Thanks to Sören Weber for submitting a fix for a display problem. Now sorts by plugin name instead of plugin file name as it had. - Andrew Chen
- Software Versions
Versions of server software returned in post or page content if[version:{software}]or[version type='{software}']tag (2.5.1 or later) is included. Available software:php, mysql, wordpress. - Stephen Yeargin
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