It was 80 here today. Yet we still have a pile of month-old snow out in front of our house.<\/p>\n
Well, all good things must come to an end. Or so the cliche tells us. This blog is going to die a quick, unsympathetic death in about a month. Don\u2019t worry, I\u2019ll still be blogging and filling your free time with the genius that is me, just not here.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve been frustrated by many aspects of Typepad over the last six months or so. Some trouble posting perfectly legitimate files. A couple downtimes. An apparent focus on business blogging needs rather than those of us who are just dorks writing in our pajamas. Seriously, if I get one more e-mail telling me how to improve my business through Typepad\u2026 So, with my account coming up for renewal next month, it seems like a good time to shut this down and depart for greener pastures. Or at least a different pasture.<\/p>\n
I picked Typepad two years ago because Blogger sucked, I wanted some freedom to make my blog look pretty, and I wanted more reliability. I didn\u2019t mind paying for a blogging service when I was posting at least once a day, if not more. But now that I\u2019ve scaled back my writing a bit, I can\u2019t justify the expense.<\/p>\n
Blogger has improved, thanks to Google finally sinking some money into it. But it still kind of sucks. They offer the same generic themes they\u2019ve always had, and I\u2019m too lazy to learn any HTML to create my own. I investigated three other free services, including the free service offered by Typepad. It is verrrrry sexy. Nice to look at, easy to navigate, and probably more reliable than the other platforms. But, it has two fundamental problems: 1) it doesn\u2019t support Safari, my browser of choice, for posting and B) in order to comment, you must be a member. It\u2019s \u201cfree and easy\u201d to join, but I didn\u2019t want all of my loyal readers to have to sign up for an account just to add your comments. Especially since that means you would get e-mails from the hosting company each month.<\/p>\n
I thought about rolling the dice and learning how to code myself, either using Moveable Type or WordPress. But that would mean dropping money on a hosting plan, and the whole idea is to get away from that. And did I mention I\u2019m lazy?<\/p>\n
In the end, I picked WordPress\u2019 free service. I\u2019ve been playing around with it for about a month, and it seems like it will work. I\u2019m still stuck with their skins, but they have more to offer than Blogger so I can hopefully vary them from time-to-time. There are a few limitations that are annoying, but I can live with them. Best of all, I can import all my posts from this blog into the new one, so we won\u2019t lose any history. I\u2019m not sure if the comments will come with, but hey, you know what you said. Perhaps I\u2019ll read back and repost some of the greatest comments hits from the past two plus years.<\/p>\n
Next, came the struggle of what to name the new blog. I wanted it to be something kind of clever, easy to remember, yet semi-anonymous. I thought I had a really cool name, but I decided it wasn\u2019t terribly clever after all, and it was confusing to type in correctly. So I picked one that all of you should be able to recall quickly but gives me some anonymity. Oh, and it lends itself to a few catchy little acronyms. MMMM, acronyms!<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve been double-posting for about a week, just to test skins and whatnot, so you\u2019re welcome to go check it out at anytime. I\u2019ll probably blog here through Good Friday, then export all the historical files across and shut this down. So go take a look:<\/p>\n
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It was 80 here today. Yet we still have a pile of month-old snow out in front of our house. Well, all good things must come to an end. Or so the cliche tells us. This blog is going to die a quick, unsympathetic death in about a month. Don\u2019t worry, I\u2019ll still be blogging and filling your free time with the genius that is me, just not here. I\u2019ve been frustrated by many aspects of Typepad over the last six months or so. Some trouble posting perfectly legitimate files. A couple downtimes. An apparent focus on business blogging needs rather than those of us who are just dorks writing in our pajamas. Seriously, if I get one more e-mail telling me how to improve my business through Typepad\u2026 So, with my account coming up for renewal next month, it seems like a good time to shut this down and depart for greener pastures. Or at least a different pasture. I picked Typepad two years ago because Blogger sucked, I wanted some freedom to make my blog look pretty, and I wanted more reliability. I didn\u2019t mind paying for a blogging service when I was posting at least once a day, if not more. But now that I\u2019ve scaled back my writing a bit, I can\u2019t justify the expense. Blogger has improved, thanks to Google finally sinking some money into it. But it still kind of sucks. They offer the same generic themes they\u2019ve always had, and I\u2019m too lazy to learn any HTML to create my own. I investigated three other free services, including the free service offered by Typepad. It is verrrrry sexy. Nice to look at, easy to navigate, and probably more reliable than the other platforms. But, it has two fundamental problems: 1) it doesn\u2019t support Safari, my browser of choice, for posting and B) in order to comment, you must be a member. It\u2019s \u201cfree and easy\u201d to join, but I didn\u2019t want all of my loyal readers to have to sign up for an account just to add your comments. Especially since that means you would get e-mails from the hosting company each month. I thought about rolling the dice and learning how to code myself, either using Moveable Type or WordPress. But that would mean dropping money on a hosting plan, and the whole idea is to get away from that. And did I mention I\u2019m lazy? In the end, I picked WordPress\u2019 free service. I\u2019ve been playing around with it for about a month, and it seems like it will work. I\u2019m still stuck with their skins, but they have more to offer than Blogger so I can hopefully vary them from time-to-time. There are a few limitations that are annoying, but I can live with them. Best of all, I can import all my posts from this blog into the new one, so we won\u2019t lose any history. 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