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New look for segacs.com
November 22nd, 2009
So, how do you like the new look?
It’s the latest in the long list of changes that have been taking place around here. The first step was my move to my own hosting at segacs.com after Geocities closed. Now, the bigger news is that I have officially migrated from Blogger to Wordpress – a move that was long overdue.
Shiny! New! Features! include:
- Improved post navigation by calendar archive, keyword search, categories and tagging
- Inline commenting, including threaded comments
- Post pages – finally! – with proper permalinks (yeah, I know, that’s so 2005…)
- Improved RSS feeds
- Updated look and feel
- … and more still to come!
Needless to say, you’ll want to update any old permalinks that you still had lying around. Redirects from old segacs.com links should be working, but I can’t do anything about broken Geocities links, unfortunately. So please update them on your end.
The actual blog migration has been a real headache, and is the result of weeks of behind-the-scenes work. And I’m not quite done yet. You may still notice some broken links or images, and I’ll be rolling out a few new features and still tweaking the look and feel in the next little while. But, I’m up and running (and I am feeling quiet proud of that accomplishment, being something of a technical neophyte and all).
Got any feedback on the new look? Any Wordpress tips? Feel free to share suggestions and advice here.
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Ch- ch- ch- changes
November 3rd, 2009
I’ve got the new hosting for segacs.com up and running, and the migration of this site is more or less complete. Most links should work, though if you encounter any broken links, please let me know.
The next step will be a complete design overhaul of this blog. This template dates back to the blog’s launch in 2002, and it’s embarrassingly outdated. I’m considering migrating to Wordpress, although I’m a bit intimidated by the theme customization process. (For someone who works in Digital, my actual coding skills are minimal and woefully out of date.)
Whether I stay with Blogger, move to Wordpress, or go with a third option, the redesign is bound to be a big project, and I probably won’t start on it until after NaNoWriMo is over. Meanwhile, if anyone has any design ideas or suggestions, feel free to send ‘em along.
End of an era
October 26th, 2009
Geocities has officially closed. For the most part, this happened with a whimper, not a bang.
You can continue to access this site for now, but stay tuned for updated information within the next few days as I look into a few different hosting options. Wherever I go, I’ll probably continue using the segacs.com URL, so if you haven’t already updated your bookmarks, you might want to at this point. You may find some broken links and images during this transition period, but hopefully these things are all temporary.
I was going to write a lengthy nostalgia post about my first websites back in the mid-90s with animated GIFs and blinking backgrounds and wallpaper… but I’ll spare you.
The Internet Archive Project has preserved a lot of Geocities sites, if you’re looking for something from the distant past.
Finally able to publish
January 14th, 2008
Blogger’s FTP has been down for the past few weeks, which explains the lack of posting recently. A few of the retroactive posts should be up now. Let’s hope it stops being so tempermental and continues to allow me to post… starting with this one.
Problems with comments
April 6th, 2007
Just a note to say I’m having some temporary problems with the comments. They may not be working for you right now, and your antivirus software might be giving you a message about a malicious script. Rest assured that this is a glitch, not a real virus attack, and I’m working to get things resolved soon.
Some of you may be wondering…
October 4th, 2006
why blogging has been so light lately.
Well, it has to do with a rarely-mentioned topic on this blog: Real life. I just started a new job, and things have been pretty hectic.
That’s my excuse, anyway. The truth is, the only news I can bear to watch these days is the faux-news of the Stewart and Colbert variety. I’ve been getting headaches again when I try to watch anything else, so it’s time for a breather.
If you are intent on getting the blood pressure to skyrocket, however, I suggest checking out the links in the blogroll on the lefthand side of this page. Meanwhile, I’m still around and posting, but expect things to be spotty for a bit until I get back on track. Thanks for your understanding.
Toronto-bound
September 16th, 2006
Heading westward to the Big Apple Big Smoke tomorrow, for a few days. Try not to miss me too much.
What’s in a title?
July 30th, 2006
For those of you reading me through an aggregator, I finally got around to fixing my template tags. Post titles should show up properly from here on out.
Fluff
July 11th, 2006
Sorry for the lack of weightier posts since my return to blogging. You surf over here looking for Gilad Shalit or North Korea, and instead you get treated to googling and hockey talk.
Well, I make no apologies, but I do have plenty of good excuses.
For one thing, it’s bloody hot outside and, by extension, in here. Too hot to think, let alone rant.
For another, I’m still not caught up on the main news headlines since I’ve been away, let alone on all the zillions of bloggers who have been covering them. The travel bubble is all-encompassing, and it’s ironically easier to learn about what’s going on “out there” while “in here”.
Besides, the news is kind of like a bad soap opera: stop reading it for a few months and pick it up again, and you’ll realize that nothing much has changed. Same shit, different day. Frankly, it’s exhausting.
So I’ll probably be blogging about fluff for a while yet. But hey, it’s summer, we can all use a little lighter fare these days, right? If not, you know where to go for your servings of meat.
