Books update March 29, 2005
For all of you reading this through Bloglines* or other news aggregators, or for those of you playing along at home who wandered off in search of tea while I was writing about something that was of no interest to you, like curling or knitting or my idea of a perfect, yet totally geeky birthday, and started thinking about what else you could do in the kitchen while you were there and missed the saga of my “Books I’ve Read” site - to update with Blogger or not to update with Blogger?
*whew* That was a long sentence.
Anyhoo, I’ve taken decisive action while putting off working on my taxes or anything else productive. I got rid of the Blogger version because it was too much aggravation, and have gone back to the good ‘ol plain HTML version.
But now that I think about it, how will you know when I’ve updated it, or posted a new review? Maybe I should have done like Julie and made a blog for my books**.
Nah. You can just come here and check it occasionally. They’re personal reflections on the stuff I’ve been reading, and I don’t mind sharing it with y’all.
Right! Where was I? Updates! Yes, I finally got around to posting an “About” blurb, and several more reviews. I’m up to mid-February now, and will be posting March’s list sometime after Friday. The total number of books I’ve read or listened to so far is 26. Plus! I made a button for it an put it on the right, below the TSF button. Easy to find, easy to click on!
I didn’t do any reading tonight - I watched Scrubs and The Office (US) instead. Tomorrow night is Lost and Godiva’s, the new show on Bravo! about a restaurant in Vancouver.
*All 8 of you. No, wait - 7 of you. I’m the 8th. Yes, I subscribe to my own feed. How else would I know if the feed is actually working, or that I’ve spelled something simple like “is” as “os”?
** Note to Julie: I like the title! Please post a review soon!
How’s your technical savvy? Enough to get you to install MySql, PHP, IIS and use Wordpress on your own puter (if you have cable or adsl)?
If you go to regular html I just wouldn’t think to check the site as often.. :/
I recognize all those words, but wouldn’t know what to do with them if confronted with them in a dark alley
It’s not this site that’s going to HTML, it’s the book review site.
A belated happy birthdday, Rebecca.
I was reading about your hobbies on Mud Radio last week, and I didn’t lose a single listener. I tried to read it like James Earl Jones (with a lot of heavy breathing). I took some editorial liberties with the knitting segment, went off on a rant about how I wish someone would knit a cardigan with pockets. It was touching.
Phillip
I will post reviews soon, I will! I only just recently set the second blog up. I’ve been sick most of the week
And before that busy fighting with my new Rogers website (Geocities - ugh, don’t think it will last long), which, FYI is *not* live yet. I don’t keep track of the date I finished a book (which I should), and I’m certainly not as prolific as you, but I’m trying my darndest. Now if only I could learn to knit (I do know what “frogging” means…I think).
julie
Hee
I have several patterns for cardigans, but just not enough of any one kind of yarn to attempt it. Also, my grandmother gave my sister a book of sweater patterns for men from the 1950’s. Very funky, very retro, very certain my brother-in-law wouldn’t be caught dead in any of them 