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March 26, 2012 Jamie Thingelstad

MediaWiki Template Get Hostname

I was working on a template for one my personal wikis and needed to get the hostname for a given URL. Using the capabilities of the Parser Functions extension for MediaWiki I whipped up this template. I figured others may find this useful so here it is. The first version has a …

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March 25, 2012 Jamie Thingelstad

Got my Nice Ride token. Excited to use the green bikes.

March 25, 2012 Jamie Thingelstad

Green Hat

This morning Tyler and I made a donut run for the family. He was digging his green hat.

Toddler in a green bucket hat and dark jacket holding a Winnie the Pooh stuffed animal while standing on a concrete driveway Toddler in a yellow and green bucket hat and dark jacket sits in a patterned chair holding an open book at a coffee shop Toddler in a two-toned green and yellow bucket hat and colorful clogs standing beside a large black and white cow statue outside a brick building
March 23, 2012 Jamie Thingelstad

At the theater for Hunger Games. It’s a teenage zoo here.

March 23, 2012 Jamie Thingelstad

😊

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March 17, 2012 Jamie Thingelstad

Listening to Coldplay! 🎶

March 17, 2012 Jamie Thingelstad

9 yards of mulch distributed. Will push it around tomorrow.

Large piles of wood chip mulch on a concrete driveway beside a fence, with a wheelbarrow and shovel nearby.
March 17, 2012 Jamie Thingelstad

Second wood project started. Oooph. 😊

Backyard concrete driveway scattered with wood chips, a stacked Woodhaven firewood rack along a wooden fence, and an open garage nearby.
March 17, 2012 Jamie Thingelstad

First wood project of the day done.

Stacked firewood on a metal rack with a black cover beside a wooden fence and a slatted bench in a backyard.
March 16, 2012 Jamie Thingelstad

9 yards of mulch and a third cord of firewood coming tomorrow. I’ll be sweating and dirty.

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