Category — Blogging

Have done some minor housekeeping here, with cleaning up posts and tags, and also researching an easier to use layout for my main site.+

Will be updating my recs pages as I have time, now that school is back in session and I have my days free.  I have a backlog of fics to read and rec from quite few fandoms, including my newest one, Iron Man.

Have added a Feedburner feed to the blog. I’ve spliced in my del.icio.us links as well as posts from here. The link and an email subscription form is under the heading Various Bits and Drabs.

Upgraded to Firefox 2.0 and waiting for two-three extensions to be updated-Blog This for Firefox for Windows Live Writer, del.icio.us and Furl tools. I adore the new built-in spell checker and like the fact I can add spellings to the dictionary. The default theme is very pretty. I got rid of a bunch of extensions and haven’t missed them-well except for the three I listed above and the handy dandy BBcode extension (which I wish had LJ specific codes for ease of use in commenting and posting)

Listening to: Bahia by 7 Samurai on www.samurai.fm/transeuropaexpress (Mercedes-Benz Mixed Tape 07)

Technorati tags: meta, blogging, “http://technorati.com/tags/firefox 2.0″ rel=”tag”>Firefox 2.0

Listening to: Crimson Phoenix by Atlas Plug on 2 Days or Die

Testing Windows Live Writer with the currently playing plugin and iTunes plugin.  Seems to work so far, though it is a bit slow in updating the song when the song changes.

Much nicer than w.bloggar and seems much prettier.

Remember Gallant/Goofus from Highlights? Somebody slashed them I’ve posted my LJ posts to my Wordpress place and I’ve been getting hits on various posts-Highlander Hanyou and that sporking of that ocular hemorrahge-inducing fic. Lordy. I’m googlable!
I’ve started another place. I call it the Scriptorium and I’ll be posting my fics there once I get done with current projects It is meant to be a writing archive for fanfics, orginal stuff and perhaps essays as well. We’ll see.

I posted my first fanfic, and have been playing around in LJ-land.

LJ Post is the fic.  A drabble exploring InuYasha’s thoughts.

I have an LJ now for those with LJ. Its called The Abbey , so check it out!

LOL.  Sorry couldn't resist.  I'm trying out Flock and it seems VERY useful for those who live in a media-rich world.  Some minor issues-taking forever to load the favorites list (did a mass import of 3K bookmarks from IE, plus 8k from FireFox {most are duplicates}) and a serious lack of themes, but the default theme is pretty and useful.  It had no problem importing about 1,104 feeds from GreatNews and I really like the news feature they have.  Not to mention the handy-dandy blogging client built-in so I can write a post on the fly, or blog a neat post/site I see while browsing about, plus linking to my flickr account and even sharing my favorites/bookmarks.  

I was trying to fix some ill-written links so pictures actually show up and my sidebar keeps getting reset to its default look. Quite irritating. I see they are doing maintenance tonight so perhaps it will be fixed soon.

I've been thinking about switching to this blog from my Blogger blog. I like being able to categorize my posts for easy reference and it looks like they haven't had as many issues as Blogger does. I do wonder how easy it would be to add images to my sidebar, like my badges and stickers.

Testing out the blog via email

I've been rather busy the last couple of weeks. Started back to reading fanfic again plus playing Start Ocean Till The End of Time (I have a serious crush on Albel Nox) and planning out a story/book plus having some ideas for some fanfic of my own. I also got the Fruits Basket series boxset and watched it twice already. I really love Fruits Basket and perhaps they make another season taking into consideration the latest information from the manga.
The voices kill me though, especially Ayame's English voice-so fruity yet posh at the same time, and Kyo's English voice made me roll on the floor the first time I heard him speak.
I think the Abbey will most likely undergo a bit of a change of focus to anime, fanfic, writing, sci-fi, fantasy and gaming with a bit of GTD and organization and a bit of politics for flavor, rather than trying to be a politics blog with just a bit of what I like. I don't have the time to constantly be on the lookout for the shenanigans of those in power and I'm tired of always being upset and outraged. It is bad for my health, so I may just do a bit of commenting on various things that draw my interest instead of concentrating on the topic.