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This is a WordPress blog.

The theme is based on Bernie v1.0 by Bernie (don’t have a good url).

I put together the header art in Photoshop. It is based on the japanese theme of sho-chiku-bai (pine, bamboo, plum blossom) which represents strength, courage, and beauty.

• The photo of pine is Third Generation Pine Tree at Karasaki Jinja By ax2groin on flickr.
• The photo of bamboo is Bamboo leaves by luce_beaulieu on flickr
• The photo of blossoms are mine and are cherry not plum from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

Plugins:

• Akismet
  Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not. By Matt Mullenweg
• All in One SEO Pack
  Out-of-the-box SEO for your Wordpress blog. By uberdose.
• Configurable Tag Cloud
  A tag cloud plugin for Wordpress 2.3 to give you more flexibility with the styling of your tag cloud. By Keith Solomon.
• Google Analytics for WordPress
  This plugin makes it simple to add Google Analytics with extra search engines and automatic clickout and download tracking to your WordPress blog. By Joost de Valk.
• LiveJournal Crossposter
  Automatically copies all posts to a LiveJournal or other LiveJournal-based blog. This plugin was inspired by Scott Buchanan’s Xanga Crossposter By Evan Broder.
• Maintenance Mode
  Adds a splash page to your blog that lets visitors know your blog is down for maintenance. By Michael Woehrer.
• Single Bookmark Category List
  List bookmarks from one bookmark category for WordPress 2.3+. By Azmeen (HTNet).
• Slashdigglicious
  Add user-submission icons and links at the bottom of each post: Digg, del.icio.us, etc. By Robert Tsai.
• Twitter Tools
  A complete integration between your WordPress blog and Twitter. Bring your tweets into your blog and pass your blog posts to Twitter. Configure your settings here. By Alex King.
• Wordpress Gravatars
  Makes use of Gravatars and MyBlogLog Avatars, places Gravatars or MyBlogLog Avatars in the comments section. By Rune Gulbrandsøy.
• WP-ContactForm
  Originally developed by Ryan Duff, modified and enhanced by Douglas Karr.