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Grok to WordPress & X: Overcoming Formatting Hurdles

July 27, 2025July 25, 2025 by Karmi

Grok WordPress formatting can be challenging when trying to copy from LibreOffice or MS Word into the X composer. How do you suggest to a Billionaire (richest human on planet, in fact) a possible way to make more money on a business he basically stole from the Progressives? BTW, they are still whining about Elon Musk stealing Their *BELOVED* Twitter from them – after almost three years!? They want to destroy all his businesses now. I would put an emoji or two or three at this point, but … but I’ll explain later in this post. Anyway, here I am getting less than $1,000 a month from Social Security – trying to write a post suggesting a possible way the richest man on the planet can make more money on X (formerly owned by Progressives).

AI’s Meteoric Rise: From New Kid to Superpower for My WordPress Blog and Premium X Voice

July 28, 2025July 19, 2025 by Karmi

My WordPress blog and premium X account are my voice to the world, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become my trusty Sidekick in amplifying both. My journey with AI WordPress blogging began with just the blog, but have recently moved to ‘Sorta‘ combine them. 🤔 With Grok and Claude, I’ve crafted custom CSS scripts to enhance my premium WordPress theme, set up RSS feeds for future growth, added sidebar widgets, and refined my work through iterative chats. Yet, some are skeptical. The New Neo’s post, “AI: I’m so sorry I lied! And I’ll keep lying, because that’s what I do” (July 17, 2025)*, and Amanda Guinzburg’s Substack “Diabolus Ex Machina”** raise concerns about AI’s reliability and potential for misleading outputs, likely echoed in their comment sections. As a blogger who’s seen AI’s benefits, I’m here to share how it’s powered my work since its public debut, tackle bias concerns head-on, and show how our chats make AI a creator’s superpower.

• * AI: I’m so sorry I lied! And I’ll keep lying, because that’s what I do

• ** Amanda Guinzburg’s Substack “Diabolus Ex Machina”

Keyboards – Full Sized, Compact Full Sized, Tenkeyless (TKL), Compact Tenkeyless, Compact & Mini…then Backlit, Wired, Wireless (2.4Ghz Dongle receiver), Bluetooth, etcetera etcetera etcetera!?!

November 6, 2025November 25, 2022 by Karmi

Four backlit keyboards tested in 2021 during search for the perfect TKL keyboard

(11/6/2025 UPDATE: This was an old post from my old Linux Newbie blog that I moved over to here)

I never realized that keyboards came in sooooooooooooo many versions ‘n styles!? How many people actually use the number pad on a keyboard? I don’t ever recall using it on any of my keyboards, but there it was, always occupying 3.25+ inches of Prime Desktop Real-estate!?! For the past few years, I have had 2-3 of them on my Desktop, which adds up to about 6.5-9.75++ inches of Prime Desktop Real-estate being used for number pads that I’ve never used.

How to Set Up Local WordPress Testing for Theme Changes

October 14, 2025November 4, 2022 by Karmi

Local WordPress theme testing setup guide for step-by-step tutorial

Testing WordPress themes on your live site is risky. One wrong click and your site breaks. Visitors see errors. Search engines penalize you. You scramble to fix it while traffic disappears.

Local WordPress testing eliminates this risk completely. Using Local by WP Engine, you can test themes safely on your own computer before touching your live site. No hosting needed. No risk to your live site. Break things, experiment, and test freely – then apply what works to your real site.

This guide shows you exactly how to set up Local WordPress testing and create a test site with your actual content. The entire process takes about an hour, and you’ll have a safe sandbox ready for testing any WordPress theme.