Category: General

This site, as you currently know it, is probably about to disappear. I need to seriously rework the code for the page layout, I need to clean up the CSS, and I want to be able to add something like the CSS style switcher so that I can tweak the site easily in the future.

One question though… of the skins that I had available, which one did you use? White with thumbnails (default), gray with thumbnails, white or gray with full images from Pixelog … You can see most of them on my old skin selector page, if that helps.

Personally, I’m leaning towards the dark gray one that was designed to showcase the photos from Pixelog. I’m just not in a white mood right now. Gray really seems to fit it better.

So speak up and share your opinion.

More tweaking, tweaking, tweaking. I finally figured out how to make comment pop-ups in WordPress. But I’ve actually gotten used to going to a full page for the comments. So now I’m having another debate.

Comments in pop-up windows? Or just open a new window like the WP default?

At least the Cookie Crumb posts seem to be working right now – I just need to give them an icon that is better than a dot.

Sigh. I’m a Libra. I don’t do decisions well. What is your opinion?

As I am sure you have noticed, I’ve been offline for the past few days. Wedding errands – including getting our marriage license, a swim meet, the Lager Rhythms CD Release Party, a lot of yardwork with my parent’s AMAZING help, and a shower thrown for me by the people that I used to work with all added up to being a lot to do with very little down time, and no computer time. Such is life.

It was nice to come back online and read about MT’s clarification on several points. If you haven’t read it yet, you should. Their response to the feedback (flack?) they received over the new license is very helpful. It clears up all of my issues – I use 4 blogs to power this one site – and that counts as far as the license terms as one blog. Yeah!

Also, they have removed the confusing clause about the CPU issue. If you host with Blogomania, this is no longer a concern. “The single CPU usage statement was not intended to be in the license. It has been struck from the license, and everyone who has downloaded Movable Type 3.0 thus far can officially consider this change retroactive.”

I do still have one very minor problem that I can’t find addressed anywhere. All the posts I read tonight emphasize that it is a Developer’s Release, and that if you are sailing along using MT 2.661 happily, don’t upgrade. This release is not meant for you – it’s meant for the techno gurus of the world that want to build plugins for it and so forth. That’s all fine and dandy – but why did they pull the download page on the MT site that allowed you to download the 2.661 version? What if a newbie came along and wanted a stable consumer release instead of a beta Developer’s Release version of the software? They are stuck. It’s beta or nothing at all. It’s trivial, but it’s still bugging me.

However, I probably won’t move my blog. Heck, I still haven’t upgraded to 2.661. I know, I’m bad. I have ties to WordPress obviously, thanks to PhotoMatt. However, I just don’t have the time to devote to a migration right now. After writing my previous post, the more I thought about it, time truly is money. I would miss out on a lot of other things (which would ultimately cost me money) if I took the time to upgrade. That makes the $35 or so for the license fee look a whole lot better. (I can now use the minimum license with 5 active blogs and 5 authors, current intro price of $69.95, and I’ve purchased 2 keys in the past, so I got $45 off the price.)

It just hit me by surprise (just like everyone else), and when you’re in the midst of planning a wedding, every nickel counts. You have sticker shock about just about everything around you, so the logic of “it’s good software and worth paying for” isn’t the first thing you think about.

My apologies to Ben and Mena for the knee-jerk reaction, and my thanks to them for all of the clarification. I’ve purchased my MT 3.0 license. I’ll install it sometime after the wedding; hopefully a less beta release will be out by then.

I was so tired yesterday, I could barely form a coherent thought. I guess that is a good sign though – we had a blast during Rannie & Jay’s visit!

We met up with them at Kavah Kane’s at about 4:30 in the afternoon on Thursday. We walked around downtown Houston, and picked spots for Rannie to take engagement photos in – I need to get the wedding website set up, and they will add a great touch!

After our photo shoot, we headed back to Kavah Kane’s and met up with Kathy, Tom, Elaine and Angela. We hung out there for a little bit, then walked over to the Flying Saucer for the “Pre-Pre-SXSW Kick-off Party – where Houston is the place to be!” We had a wonderful turnout! It was great to get to meet a bunch of new people and have a chance to hang out with people I have met before. (I’ll add a ton of links later – I don’t have them all handy right now!)

We stayed out pretty late, but that’s ok – some things you only get to do once! (Well, ok – twice, since Rannie will be in Houston for the wedding at the end of May.) We had a great time during their visit, and I’m glad we had a chance to host them on their road trip across the U.S.

Earlier this week I was trying to think of profound things to share about my birthday – but the day is here, and I have nothing. Another year has passed, with many changes. Many good, some bad, and I’m grateful for all of it.

Tonight Mike is hosting a Birthday BBQ for Kathy & me – her birthday is 8 days from now, so we decided to share the celebration. I am looking forward to spending the evening with our friends! I think that’s why I feel so scattered right now though – lots to do before 5pm!

Also, I spoke with Kymberlie this morning and she confirmed what I read at Trish’s site earlier – she has a pulmonary embolism and had to go through some really hard tests last night. She said she is feeling better today thanks to the blood thinners, and of course they are keeping a close eye on her. I’m so thankful that they found it before it caused any damage. I’ve passed on everyone’s well wishes to her, and she was really touched.

Many, many thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes! I really appreciate it. The weather is gorgeous outside, wish you were here to celebrate with me! Happy Birthday wishes to Andre, Courtney, and Jason and everyone else celebrating this special day with me!