Is anyone out there using separate blog editing software? That is, is anyone using an application to post to their blog, rather than the built-in web interface? If so, which one are you using, and how’s it working for you?
I’m posting this with the 30 day trial for a tool called MarsEdit 2. It seems to be relatively useful, but I don’t understand why it’s better than just using the browser. Has anyone else tried this app? What else is available?
… then I owe you an apology. I took a bit of a break from blogging when I got back from our family vacation travel, and it’s taken me a while to get back into writing. I’m not exactly “re-charged” yet, but I’m ready, so here goes…
As you can see, the widget in the sidebar that was displaying pictures has been disabled. See the text box for the current state of affairs, but never fear, the pictures will come back. I really like the immediacy of taking pictures with my phone and having them show up automatically in the blog. It’s just going to take a bit of work to re-enable them.
Speaking of pictures, I did get my vacation shots up on the web in my Gallery2 site — no, that link won’t work any more; I might replace it with something better at some point. You won’t be able to see them unless you log in, so if you want to take a look you can send me a note and I’ll tell you the password (if I like you. ;-)).
If you do check them out, watch out for The Black Spot. Unfortunately, the CCD on my camera developed a dark spot (while we were in Kingston) that is clearly visible in any of the images where that area is approximately a solid color — like the mist coming off a waterfall, for example. doh! I took the camera to Henry’s when we got back and they happily fixed it for free, but it was too late for the vacation snaps. Oh well.
One of my main “achievements” — if you want to call it that — during my vacation, was to level my horde-side rogue “Caltrop” to 63 [maybe 64 by tonight. ;-)] so that I could get back to playing with the guild on Sunday nights. It was a lot of work — she’s 13 days played — but it was worth it. For those unfamiliar with the game, “13 days played” means 13*24 hours in front of the screen to get her to that level, although some of that was done before my vacation started.
Over the course of my vacation, I got through seven new books — all in the fantasy and sci-fi genres, of course.
One in particular that I had been waiting for was the sequel to The Lies of Locke Lamora, called Red Seas Under Red Skies. I’m not certain I enjoyed this one as much as the first, but I will say that after two full books I still find the mix of grand scope and yet very personal story compelling. I just wish he would drop his habit of trying to fool the reader in the introduction; this time, I actually imagined a better outcome from the confrontation than the author did. Oh well.
I also picked up Lois McMaster Bujold’s The Sharing Knife books. They were a bit too girly for my tastes, but it was probably good for me to read something where the people were more important than the action, for a change.
The rest of the books were just pulp. The sci-fi equivalents of the “penny dreadful” — just what you need when you’re on vacation. Speaking of pulp, has anybody ever seen the E. E. Smith “Lensman” or “Skylark” books in electronic form? It’s been a long time since I read them, and I’d like to ride that particular inertialess drive again.
Whew! I guess that about covers it. Talk to you soon.
Deb, Dennis and I are currently sitting by the falls waiting for the Wednesday evening fireworks to start. I’ll upload a picture of the lights on the falls at some point. They’re very pretty.
Well, so much for posting about our trip while we are on it. I guess I’ll try again tomorrow, but it looks like it’s not working — I’m posting this from the phone. *sigh*
Well, we made it Kingston. The plan for tonight is dinner followed by the Haunted Walk.
It’s good.
That’s all the original post said. I’m still aware enough to know that this was a reference to the last Harry Potter book, but I figured I’d add the context now in case I forget in the future.
Readers of the Deblog — sadly, Deblog has been gone for a long time — already know that Deb is traveling this week, but for the rest of you, this is Deb’s annual pilgrimage to Wisconsin for Meg Swansen’s Knitting Camp.
She heads out today and gets back next Tuesday. As usual, she and her friend Mabel are driving there. Good luck, Deblits. See you on Tuesday.
Just like clockwork, another great Eclipse release is out. You can get it at the Europa home page.
I can’t say enough about how hard the teams have worked this year. I greatly appreciate their effort and I can say, without reservation, that Europa is the best Eclipse ever.
In honour of Father’s Day, when I actually get some time on a Sunday afternoon to do “whatever”, here is a new piece of music:
It’s nothing special — there are lots of problems (timing, reverb, derivative chord progression) — but it was fun to get back into it again.
Obviously, the links to the patch notes are no longer live, but surprisingly the zombie link still is.
Here’s a link to the list of changes in the Shores of Evendim patch for LotR Online:
Follow the links in each part to see parts 2 and 3.
[Aside: Has anyone else seen a horde of ravenous, brain eating zombies go by?]
