Category: General

Happy “other” Anniversary wishes to the Girl & Geek! (Just look at their “about” in the sidebar… you’ll understand!)

When adding photos to the Pixelog I have been setting the dates to the date the photo has been taken. That’s ok at the moment because there aren’t that many pictures in there … but soon the most recently added photos will be considered “old” because they have dates of last summer, and they won’t show up at the front of the Pixelog. Which leaves me wondering how to handle it. I’m thinking that I should just add it initially with today’s date. Then when it rolls off of the 10 most recent list (which is how the thumbnails across the top are generated) I will modify the date to actually be the correct date. Would that make more sense then? So you don’t have to hunt for the newest things I have added? Or the alternative is to just place below my notes on the photo the date the picture was taken. And leave the MT generated date as the date I added it into the site. Is any of this making sense to anyone besides me?

I also changed the “Next” and “Previous” navigation around, so it’s more intuitive. Jennifer had it set up … well, similar to how it is now, and she was right in thinking it should have been that way. So now when you click “next” you are really seeing the “previous” image. Clear as mud, right? Trust me, it’s better that way.

According to Duhhhbya, “If people want to fight terror, do something kind for a neighbor.” Yes, you two can help fight terrorism in America by devoting two years to voluntary service. Service which will “harness the power of citizens to help prepare their local communities for the threats of terrorism.” All that kept flashing through my mind as I read the article was visions of Hitler’s Youth. Maybe it’s lack of sleep. What does helping my neighbor have to do with fighting terrorism? Am I supposed to suck up to them so I can work my way into their home and make sure it’s not a bomb factory? And I get his political agenda of ” ‘compassionate conservatism’ in which volunteers at all stations of life would reach out to struggling citizens”. Matter of fact, I agree with it to some extent. But I don’t see what that has to do with stopping terrorism. Just seems to me like using a national tragedy to get his agenda passed. And it bugs me. Another thing to add to my long list of things about him that bug me. Yes, it is Duhhhbya specifically; I am about 70% Republican in my thinking, although I don’t vote based on party lines. He, on the other hand, grates on my very last nerve. “A moment we must seize to change our culture”. Uh huh. Whatever.

I keep looking, I keep waiting … they said 10pm EST … OH LOOK! The Bloggie winners have been announced! Off to see who won!

Well, I am happy to see some of the winners and … others … well, I voted for someone different. Either way, I am sad to see that Robyn, Dawn, The Mighty Geek and Hoopty didn’t win. I was very happy to see that MovableType did win, and I can honestly say that out of the 3 blogging systems I have used I will be sticking with this one. I have no complaints at all about it.

A *big* congratulations to BluishOrange who is also “from Houston, Texas, where they poison the water and the cockroaches eat small children” She won the “Best Designed Weblog” category, which I chose last night to sponsor with a prize. I have read her off and on over the past year (no reason for the “off” time other then there are a lot of blogs to read!) and have always enjoyed it. It’s nice to see a “hometown girl” win it. Congratulations, Alison!

It’s been a long day at work and it isn’t over yet, but I needed a little break. I started to peek at the blogs that I haven’t had a chance to even look at all week, and then I look at my stats. In there I discover that So Very Posh has made the Pixelog her Aortal of the week! THANK YOU Lynda! I have never been an Aortal pick, ever – so it totally made my day!

While following links around, I came across CD’s site. It’s beautiful. I love the layout. I love how the image flows into the page. I love that it made me laugh hysterically when I opened it full screen on my 1600×1200 resolution monitor and it says on the side of the image, “your screen resolution is way too high”. Completely cracked me up.