June 23, 2003

Caesura

Just a note to my Loyal Readers: Pete, Tiger, Victor, Pixy Misa, et.al., even though tomorrow is my day off, there is a good chance I will not be blogging because I have another paper due for one of my classes, and I cannot wait another minute to dive into the new Harry Potter book.

So, stop by tomorrow to see if Order of the Phoenix is more compelling than my compulsion to blog!

(Cool...a cliffhanger! just like Frank!)

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June 20, 2003

Site Insight

I have been thinking about trying that new-fangled "blogrolling" thingee, but have been reluctant to try it for two reasons:
#1 The instructions on installing it look moderately complicated, and I can only tackle one moderately complicated task per day, otherwise my brain overheats. Since I am fresh off the triumph of uploading pictures to my blog, and still procastinating tackling importing my blogspot archives, as well as a couple of site tweaks that I want to try, I have been putting off attempting to install it.
#2 This is a more philosophical reason. Some sites that I have been to have such long blogrolls that they practically need to be continued on the next page. I don't really like the look of that, and I don't understand how someone can have the time to regularly read all the blogs on those interminable lists. So my blogroll has an entrance requirement: your site has to be interesting enough to make me go into my template and risk its total destruction by hand-entering the code to link to your site. Now, the blogrolling thingee would take away that element of risk, and reduce the honor associated with being on my blogroll, since any old blog could pass the one-click risk-test.

So, Loyal Readers, what do you think? Shall inclusion on my blogroll remain an honor, or should I put "get blogrolling" on my to-do list?

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June 19, 2003

Girls Just want to Have Fun Part Two

Hurray!!!!! I uploaded a pic to my blog!!! Woo-hoo!!! Set off the fireworks!!!

Okay, okay, I'll settle down (but I am excited...this is another giant leap for technologically-impaired womankind!)

I have to do another one!!!!

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This is me modeling my new coat...I was a little younger than I am now.

That was so cool I have to do another one!

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I always call this picture Victim of Torture...(because my hair is not naturally curly, that's why!)

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June 15, 2003

A Note of Thanks....

Yes, Glenn, I am simulcasting...mostly for Pete, since he seems either too busy to check out the new PP, or else is so totally repulsed by the whole teal/salmon thing that he's still reading (and commenting) at my blogspot blog....

(I love you, Pete! You will always be my First Loyal Reader and Commentor!)

Anyway, now that the evil papers have been slain, and my Assistant Manager is due back from vacation tomorrow, I should have a little more free time to finish up the move to MT.
I'm still packing things up at blogger, and rearranging the furniture at MT, so pardon the mess....

Anyone who likes the fact that I am now using moveable type, please go to Ambient Irony and thank the unbelievably generous and thoughtful and kind Pixy Misa for not only setting me up with MT, but also stoicly enduring being pestered with my neverending stream of "How do I...(insert stupid question here)?"

Pixy, you are the BEST and I will taunt anyone who says otherwise...

And as long as I am acknowledging my Loyal Readers, I would like to thank Captain Michael Singleton, not only because he was the first Loyal Reader to ever email me, but also because were it not for men like him defending our country from all threats foreign and domestic, the world would be a scarier place today. Captain Singleton, thank you for your sacrifices on our behalf.

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June 13, 2003

Speed Blogging

Just a quick note to tell all my Loyal Readers that I copied and pasted my old blogger posts to one long post dated June 1.

Just click on the June 1st on the calander, and scroll down to the date you want to read (if any).

I know--it's more labor intensive for you than for me, but I will do it right one of these days, once Steve is back from vacation and there are no huge projects due for class.

Now go read Frank. I'm sure he's more interesting than I am anyway!

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June 12, 2003

Opinion?

Okey dokey, if you have any comments on the decor, please leave them on this post.

And if anyone knows how I can get rid of that annoyingly bright white behind my blog title, I would appreciate advice.

Thanks!

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Random Thoughts

One of the little things that can make life seem too unfair sometimes is having to make coffee before you've had coffee.

Another is waking up early on your day off, just because your body is used to getting up early.

A third is a chilly drizzle too early on your day off before the coffee is brewed.

I could go on, but I think the coffee is done.....

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June 11, 2003

Geek Wedding

Cool!!!!! I have colors!!!! Hurray!!!!!!

This is kinda fun, now that I know where to fiddle.

I have no idea what CSS even means, tho.

Now I need to figure out where to change the white background of the whole page.

I wish I had more time to play!

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June 10, 2003

It's Geek to me

Ok, so I found webmonkey's list of color hex codes for html. I still don't know where to put them.
Maybe it's the sleep deprivation effecting my brain power.

Pixy!!!! Help!!!!!!

Hey...does this thing have spell check?

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Remedial Geek

See, this is what I was afraid of...I am trying to read the online instructions for moveable type, and I can't find anything that tells me how to do what I want to do.

For example, while the fonts are perfect, I would like to change the font colors. I would also like to change the background color. But I cannot figure out WHERE this is supposed to be done. I'm assuming one of the templates, but which one? and where do make my alterations? and where do I find the color codes?

The manual also doesn't say where the links go. IP banning is very useful, I am sure, but I am technologically impaired!!!! I need that little button to put the italics tags in for me!!!!

On the other hand, it is WAY cool to have titles to the entries, and if I could just figure out how to do the basic stuff (like where to paste the site meter code etc) I think I could like this ....

But they need to get me a book...Moveable Type for Dummies would be just fine.....

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Trial and Tribute

Thanks, Pixy! I have no idea what the heck I am doing, as I just got home from another 12 hour day at the movies. So I am just typing in an attempt to see if I can make a coherent sentence. Now I think I will post this and see what it looks like.

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