Of Blogging and Beaches
I’ve been busy, of course- which explains why, despite my promises, I haven’t been posting here. But there’s a bright side: in the time I was away, I worked on several very exciting projects, one of which I’m pleased to introduce here: keep reading »
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We Blog Again!
Our DSL connection is finally, finally back to normal, and we’re back to blogging! Expect good things in the next few days.
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A blogger’s wishlist
All I want for Christmas…
- A full-featured RSS reader- or two. NetNewsWire for my Mac, FeedDemon for my PC. Sure, I love Google Reader and Bloglines too, but standalone RSS readers are where it’s at for me. Okay, I just realized that they’re both owned by the same company now! Wow.
- A Flickr Pro Account. So I can stop worrying about whether I’ve met my monthly upload limit.
- CSS Mastery: Advanced Web Standards Solutions. Because my “mastery” could definitely use some help.
- A donation to Modest Needs for Leslie Harpold who was one of those that inspired me to get online, and start blogging I suppose, the way I did.
- A link from Darren Rowse. Because I’m a fan- and it’ll do wonders for my traffic, I’m sure.
- An iTunes Gift Certificate. Because I need different types of music to put me “in the blogging mood”.
- Roller Coaster Tycoon. It’s how I relax when I need to stop obsessing about blogging.
- My photo on Time. I mean, is it really me?
- An iPod. Because no wishlist is complete without one.
- To get dugg.
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Dialing up
Because they screwed up our DSL connection, I’m posting this while on dial-up… and not just any dial-up, prepaid dial-up. Ever the sunny optimist, however, I’ve decided to use this opportunity to check on how our sites- and our clients’ sites- measure up against slow as molasses connections. Like, say, if I turn off images and CSS, and get right down to the meat and bones of it all.
Sites of the photo gallery type, of course, are out. But I’m pleased to see that most of our blogs hold up quite nicely on their own. Even some of our forums are working well.
Just something to keep in mind the next time we’re coding.
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Holiday VOX
If you’re not on VOX yet… why not? It’s a million times better than MySpace, a thousand times more fun than Blogger, and their themes just rock. I’m talking about their snazzy new Holiday themes, which jive perfectly with the decor of my house, the baking smells coming from my kitchen, and Frank Sinatra crooning “Frosted window panes…” on iTunes.
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Blogging Rituals
As a writer, I’ve always had my own quirky “writer’s rituals”- from dimming the lights and writing poetry by candlelight, to needing a cigarette in my mouth while working on a newspaper column. I’ve made mix tapes (now iTunes playlists) especially for writing, aptly titled “Songs to Write By”, and have been known to haul out my antique typewriter (circle 1922) at particularly desperate times.
Why, then, should blogging be any different? The simple answer is, of course, that it isn’t. Because I usually blog in the morning, I’ve grown used to sipping a cup of coffee while blogging, iTunes set to my “writing playlist” of choice- right now, mostly Yo-Yo Ma’s cello suites with a smattering of christmas carols- while morning sunshine streams through the blinds from the window beside my desk.
Because today was especially long, I’m blogging in the evening. It’s after dinner, I’ve just had a delicious bowl of my husband’s Fabada, and I so needed the flavor of coffee while writing this post that before I even started, I sent for a tall Gingerbread Latte from the nearest Starbucks. Mmmmm. Not a bad ritual at all.
What are your blogging rituals? Do you have any?
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Good Blogger now Weblog Labs!
My domain name GoodBlogger.be is somewhere in the black hole of Registerfly’s renewal system- I renewed four days ago and the domain is still showing up as expired. Not a word from Registerfly, either- despite my husband’s nagging support tickets.
And so I’m here. In honesty, I’ve been planning to change my domain name anyway- our domains with .be extensions are just a pain to make any changes to- and Weblog Labs, concerned with “The Care and Feeding of Weblogs” is just perfect for me.
It will take a few days for me to get everything set up and pretty again here… but please do check back, and change your bookmark! In any case, once my GoodBlogger.be domain comes back online, I’ll be forwarding it here.
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