Is it Monday already? Do we have to go back to work? Really? *sigh* Ok, fine. Whatever.
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Author: Christine
Christine is an Avenger of Sexiness. Her Superpower is helping Hot Mamas grow their Confidence by rediscovering their Beauty. She lives in the Heights in Houston, Texas, works as a boudoir photographer, and writes about running a Business of Awesome. In her spare time, she loves to knit, especially when she travels. She & her husband Mike have a food blog at Spoon & Knife.
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Real Film…
The latest entry at Pixelog was taken with my mighty, small, wonderful Kiev 35A. I got mine from eBay, not the store I linked to, and it’s so fun to use! I originally wanted one because I read feedback that the results are supposed to be very “Lomo-like” – and I don’t have the funds for a Lomo, so Lomo-like is a good thing.
I’ve never seen Lomo pictures in person – I’ve only ever seen them online. My prints from this camera zoom and pop, so much more than the digital images on the CD made from the film. My co-workers were all stunned over the fantastic colors when I shared them at work.
Now I just need a Lomo so I can compare the two. Someday. For now, I’m enjoying this little camera gem! I am also really enjoying my new skins – I love being able to see the Pixelog photos here! And it should make it even easier for you to comment on them. An added bonus! I made this one my selected skin. Which one is yours?
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More New Skins…
I’ll just keep adding to this post as I keep adding new skins to the site.
:: This skin is just like the other new one, minus the photo from Pixelog.
:: This skin is like the default template design, with the most recent Pixelog photo at the top.
:: This skin similar to the default template – just a lot more gray. Of all of them, I think it’s my personal favorite of all of the new skins.
Well? What do you think of them? The suspense is killing me!
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Clean and Fresh!
The new skin is available, but for some reason I can’t get the background to show up on the index page, and I have some random div tags that need to be moved around. I’m about to beat my head on the keyboard over this background not showing up though – I just don’t get it! CSS makes my eyes bleed! Augh! It was working just fine in my test page! (Any CSS gurus have a clue?)
Update: I gave in and added the background to the body tag. It was done using CSS before in the test page though, so I can’t figure out why it won’t work now. Gah.
I mentioned a few weeks ago that I’ve been working hard to weed out the spam I was getting. The first step that I took was to set up my e-mail accounts as IMAP accounts. You do this by adding a new account just like you would set up a POP3 account – except most e-mail programs ask you what type of server it is and you select IMAP instead of POP3. That’s it. Easy as can be!
What makes IMAP really wonderful is that I use two (sometimes three) different computers. With IMAP I get the following perk:
:: Your mail is left on the server – so you can get it anywhere.
:: If I read the mail on one computer, it’s flagged as read when I pull up the IMAP account on the other computer.
:: When I send e-mail, it’s stored with the IMAP account and I can access it on all the computers.
:: Same thing for draft messages.
:: Sort your mail in to folders? The folders are available everywhere, with the mail sorted just like you want it. (You might have to sync to get the new folders.)
There are some down sides – one of the computers I use has somewhat slower access, so there is lag time waiting for the mail to load. The tradeoff of having my mail marked as read, etc.? Worth it for me!
One thing to note: If you accidentally download your mail as POP3, it will be downloaded. Next time you go to your other machines, it won’t be there. I discovered this the hard way.
I’ll be writing a much longer post on this for ScriptyGoddess soon, but I have to finish my research on it. For now, Stanford University has a handy page about your first day with IMAP that is a great read.
IMAP doesn’t get rid of my spam, but it allows me to set up a folder for the spam that got away (the ones that Spam Assassin didn’t catch) which, because it is on the server, can be used to “teach” Spam Assassin about the spam it missed. Anything helps!
IMAP is what makes Info Aggregator so cool. If you read something on one PC, it’s marked as read on the other. Delete a news item because you’re not interested? Deleted when you come back on the other machine. And when you log in to your account on their site, you can read your feeds online through the “webmail” option. Feeds Everywhere! I couldn’t ask for more!