The press of words… in WordPress

Posted on September 5, 2007 by lewisshepherd

Fact: My Requirements & Research Group at DIA was asked to provide an assessment for the Intelligence Community’s Intelink blogging system – whether to stay with the original software adopted in 2005, or move to something a little more capable. We recommended WordPress, which has just been officially turned on.

Analysis: Getting ready to use WordPress as my own personal standard blog software here (used Blogger before)… imported some of the old stuff, yet it imperfectly stalled and wouldn’t cough up all of the old stuff. Came up with nifty new name for the blog. Composed nifty new banner/logo.

Hmmm… now just need to write content!

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War-Zone Tourist

Posted on February 4, 2007 by lewisshepherd


Looking out over the DMZ into the drab proto-industrial North Korean villages along the border.

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Back Behind the Iron Curtain Again…

Posted on February 4, 2007 by lewisshepherd


Just to see what life is like on the other side of the table, I visited North Korea for a short period of time. Things were pretty quiet over there, though I did get a little hungry.

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North Korean Observation

Posted on February 4, 2007 by lewisshepherd

More than fifty years of an uneasy truce have been witnessed from a short distance by intently impassive North Korean soldiers….

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"So, picture yourself looking through MacArthur’s aviator glasses…"

Posted on January 28, 2007 by lewisshepherd

Our DMZ guide, an Australian Defence Forces officer serving in the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission, would be great at shadow puppets.

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James, Ron and I.

Posted on January 28, 2007 by lewisshepherd

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"Try to stay away from that area over there…"

Posted on January 28, 2007 by lewisshepherd

Overlooking the DMZ

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King Ripper

Posted on January 28, 2007 by lewisshepherd

“King Ripper” could be a Seventies longhair-band name, but in fact this is James King (L) and Ron Ripper (R), my two local traveling companions and ever-present guides.

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"Is that a cloud or a very old MiG?"

Posted on January 28, 2007 by lewisshepherd

Touring the lovely Panmunjeom area, within the DMZ.

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"Driver, head north"

Posted on January 28, 2007 by lewisshepherd


I arrived in Korea not far from MacArthur’s Inchon landing spot – which I asked to have pointed out to me as we drove around the Peninsula. The map book in my sedan was entirely in Korean (of which I am of course completely ignorant), which certainly tested my ability to read just the geographic aspects on the page. The only Korean word I know is “barbecue” 🙂

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