Thursday, June 23, 2005

Neal strikes again What good is this entry without a link? But it's at the NY Times, so will the link go away? Do I copy the piece in here, or is that illegal? Can I host it on the blog server? What are my options here? 7:55:55 PM    comment []  trackback []

I've forgotten I've forgotten how to do anything having to do with this weblog. I've forgotten how to edit the booklist. I've forgotten how to edit the blogroll. I've forgotten how to do categories. Help! I've almost forgotten how to do links, and I certainly want a simpler way of doing them. They should be automated (I have a QuicKey (actually a YoupiKey) that puts in the HTML expression, but I want the copying and pasting to happen more automatically too). The one task I've dreamed up for Automator so far didn't seem doable (open Network Diagnostics with its little green lights and move it down to the righthand corner with only the lights showing. There's no move window or grab command that I can discover. Do I have to wait for the book? No, there are websites. ugh ugh ugh.) 7:54:14 PM    comment []  trackback []

The Mountain Goats If you haven't heard "Tallahassee" run right out and buy it. Or ask me for a copy. I just bought my third (to mitigate the unvirtue of making those illicit ones). 7:33:23 PM    comment []  trackback []

"Small pieces loosely joined" That, followed by "Everything is Miscellaneous." Not what I want to hear. The world as Trivial Pursuit. And another thing: the American Zen is somehow depressing compared to the twinkly-eyed Japanese version: "It is what it is." "You gotta' do what you gotta' do." "What goes around comes around." Why does this sound so utterly dreary? 7:22:12 PM    comment []  trackback []

Hunch My hunch is that all 4 test posts are going to land. Here's hoping. I want to get back to the weblog just as a place to keep my notes flowing. It's relentlessly chronological, which has at least one virtue: no messing with time. (At least at the level I'm operating at.) I just ran across my first personal [wiki] [Bill Seitz's] and I suppose that's the next place to go. But it's [Ugly!] even though more forgiving, spread out, accommodating. Don't know if I could accept that (although it's hard to think you can't change the font, and then the layout. What are the tools here? Can VoodooPad post to a weblog? What's the editor? Dave's new OPML editor will do exactly what? Something's happening... 7:19:04 PM    comment []  trackback []

Test post from MarsEdit on the laptop Test post from MarsEdit on the laptop 7:10:44 PM    comment []  trackback []

Test post from Laptop Radio webpage Test post from Laptop Radio webpage 7:10:01 PM    comment []  trackback []