Founded in 2007, random buttercup is a modge podge of what goes through my brain at any given moment.

disclaimer. The opinions and views expressed here are my own, and in no way represent the positions of my employer or organizations to which I belong, i.e. what I post is my opinion and mine alone, unless otherwise noted. I neither regulate nor approve reader comments here, and am not responsible for the content in comments (other than those made by me) or other online content to which I may link.

the powers that be. random buttercup is powered by WordPress using a variety of plugins (listed below) and a theme created by Small Potato and slightly modified by yours truly. Hosted by Web Hosting Buzz, it’s 100% made with a Mac running OS 10.4.11 and Windows XP. Software used includes Adobe Photoshop, Mac OX 10.5, Windows XP, Parallels, CyberDuck, Firefox, IE, and Safari. Plugins:

• Akismet
• Collapsible Elements
• CR Post to Ping.fm
• Collapsible Archive Widget
• Compact Monthly Archive
• Clean-Contact
• Multi Column Link List
• Exec-PHP
• Feed Link Widget
• Status Updater
• Facebook Posted Items
• Official StatCounter Plugin
• SRG Clean Archives
• ShareThis
• Simple Flickr Photos
• SimpleModal Contact Form (SMCF)
• Twitter Tools
• Theme Test Drive
• Twitter Tools – Bit.ly URLs
• Ultimate Google Analytics
• WordPress Mobile Edition
• WPtouch iPhone Theme
• FollowMe
• Wordpress Video Plugin

a work-in-progress. My current list of the stuff on my to-do list for the site includes:

• organize other interests page, and add more links
• create photo album & video functionality for the picture, picture page.
• update snaps page
• add a favicon
• update colophon/about this site page/section
• add licensing info
• update footer
• smaller line spacing
• make SEO friendly (or at least try)
• add back-up spaminator

license. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0