It’s gettin’ there.
August 26th, 2005I hope you’ve noticed the improvements to the blog and I hope they’ll make it more enjoyable to hang out here. Since I can tend to get carried away when I start to type, I’ve started splitting long posts and added a dynamic “more” link to them so you can expand to read the rest of a long post without loading another page.
I also added the fantabulous picture of my svelte self and an email link, categorized and added to the links, added blog stats and significantly beefed up the spam filtering with Bad Behavior. (At the very bottom of the page, you can check the count of blocked spambots. It’s pretty low right now, but those things tend to come in floods when they come so it should be interesting to watch, for me, anyway.)
Finally, the search function now searches posts and comments instead of just posts.
Next items on the list: finish fixing the popup comments layout, get live comment preview working in the popup and add a “quicktags” toolbar to the comments so you can add your HTML formatting with the click of a button instead of typing tags.
Also, I have a friend that is quite a talented designer and she tells me that she’s working on a custom design for this humble blog. We shall see.
Stay tuned and be sure to let me know if you have any suggestions or feedback, good or bad.
Addendum: I forgot to mention that I also changed the “Religion” category to “The Living Word” because I don’t much like the word religion and what it represents. Also, I have a list of topics for that category that have not yet been written, so we’ll get back to more of that kind of content soon.
I also changed the “Religion” category to “The Living Word”
Good choice dude. I agree 100%. (The word religion seems to divide a lot)
I hate that word, too, and think you made an excellent choice to replace it. I’m looking forward to reading what you have been meditating on and what you are learning. You are really getting your blog in order. :) It’s nice to see a face to go with the writing, too. Helps in praying for you, too.
Shalom,
Serena
Can we vote on if adding the pic was an improvement like you claim?
You can’t, Res. Your opinion is irrelevant. But women can vote if they like. I already have a public “yay” vote right above your post and 2 “yays,” privately.. (They know who they are. Thanks, Sweethearts!)
I’m not trying to impress anyone with my looks. I’m certainly not trying to impress men thatta way. Feel free to vote honestly, ladies.
(And I’m still checkin’ the mailbox every day for that LeDoux piece, Res. It’s OK. I’m a patient man.)
Good to see ya back, bud. You’ve been sparse as of late.
The Mother in Law threw out the Casper paper. I’m sorry.
I haven’t been blogging as much, I was wrapping up a job.
That would probably be a good picture if your eyes weren’t rolling up in to the back of your head.
You sportin’ a mullet under that hat cowboy?
Okay, I love what you’ve done to the blog. And I will be checking your stats when I read your blog because I find it interesting as well as you do.
About the picture: It is almost perfect. You look hot in a white hat and black t-shirt. Good choices, both. You need to take another one, just like it, but look directly into the camera this time. You are looking directly underneath the brim of your hat in the current picture. That’s not good. The effect essentially repells the viewer.
For Good examples of headshots look at Vox’s and Bruce Bethke’s. Even though Vox is pushing his chin practically into his chest, he fixes his pupils directly at the camera, or viwer. The result is one tough looking dude that you really want to get to know better. And in brb’s headshot, his brown eyes are like pools. It makes you want to jump into them. I think I liked brb’s face even before I liked his writing. Spacebunny, too. In her glam shot she centered her eyes directly at the reader. Very sexy.
Unless you’re planning to sell clothes, don’t look away from the camera. Invite people into your soul through your eyes.
Are you convinced yet?
So, take another picture. And this time look right at “me” when you shoot it.
Wow, Flicka, sorry! I didn’t take that picture for the blog, I just had it lying around. I also never said it was the best picture of me. It clearly is not. I took it myself in a bathroom mirror, so cut me some slack.
I’ve been thinking about putting up a page of pics of me and my daughters. If I ever get around to that, maybe you’ll find something in there you like.
I like the picture! You look hot in the white hat! Did you miss that statement? I’m also digging on the goatee (sp?). That’s a keeper.
It’s just that it is almost really, really, good. Take one again, just like it. But this time, look at the camera.
I just want to see your eyes. Don’t hate me for it.
Oh! I just read Difster’s comment. He said the SAME thing.
There’s no hate, darlin’. But there’s not much of my eyes to see. You might not believe it, but that picture is probably not as bad as you think. It’s pretty close to how I look. I was looking right into my own eyes in the mirror when the picture was taken. The camera angle messes that up a bit, but I naturally have very deep set eyes.
Diffey said I looked like I was about to have a seizure. I said, “Yeah. But I still managed to get the picture before the writhing began.”