she's just saying...

doggone blog gone

IF U CN RD THS it means my blog is back up. It just disappeared again today for no reason. I'm getting really fed up with blogger.com.  It might be time to switch to typepad. What a hassle.

A post a day?

Blog advice writers (I still think the word blog is silly) admonish new bloggers to post every day, especially at first. Of course, that begs the question of whether you have anything new or interesting to say every day. I'm finding the activity of blogging is changing my perceptions of my day. I'm always thinking: "Maybe I should blog about that." "Would that make an interesting post?" "Quick, where's the camera? I have to get this for the blog!" It's definitely an example of the act of observing changing the thing observed.

I don't know yet whether this is a good thing or not. But it's something to keep my mind busy while the rest of my life is seemingly stuck on hold...

Anyway, off to entrelac! Sounds like a quote from a bad adventure movie.

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I hate Blogger.com

OK, spent another three hours getting my blog back up after it went into hyperspace. Blogger is the most user-unfriendly, obtuse program. Once again, as my father always said, there's no such thing as a free lunch. Or a free FUNCTIONING blog site. As JulieLoves2Knit can testify . . .

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blog hell with a silver lining

(Not to mix metaphors...)

I have been messing with blogger.com (where my blog is hosted) for THREE hours this morning, as my blog wasn't showing up anymore. It appears to be a pretty glitchy program, but I finally got it to work by re-publishing, changing formats, going to the google apps server and messing with my DNS info, etc. Now I have to go back and add a bunch of widgets back in.

All I can say is that again, I learned more stuff. Who knew I'd be messing with HTML and DNS redirects three weeks ago? I guess that's what you have to do with computer/web work - sink endless hours into it until you've seen and figured out most of the problems.

Incredibly frustrating, though.

The only good thing is that my boy brought me some breakfast while I was at the computer. It was reheated tea and an undertoasted english muffin slathered in butter, but it was wonderful. Sometimes they can really surprise you, and in a good way.

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There's someone out there!

So exciting - I'm starting to get comments on the blog! It's like passing little notes in class: who's it from? what does it say? Thank you to those who've responded - it's nice to know I'm not sending my puny thoughts out into the void. This whole blog thing has been a great diversion from the work front and a great learning. I recommend it to everyone!

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OK, now what???

So. I was able to figure this thing out. I'm a little late to the blogging world, but I appear to have gotten there. Not really sure why, yet . . . Someone told me I should have a blog, so now I do. But do I have anything to say?

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