by jphilo | Nov 21, 2011 | Current Events
Shhh…don’t tell the iWeb people at Apple about the WordPress graphic on this blog page. Let’s keep the upcoming switch from iWeb to WordPress here at Down the Gravel Road between ourselves. The switch should make this site much faster for readers, which is a very good thing.
And the new bells and whistles it’ll offer are nice, too.
My favorite techno-buddy, Ray, has all the incomprehensible-to-my-small-brain details lined up and ready to go. He’s waiting for me to get done transferring blog posts from this blog to the new one under construction. We thought we’d figured out how to do it in one fell swoop.
But no.
So I’m transferring four years worth of posts one by one. The bugs have been worked out (through painful experience), and each transfer goes fairly quickly. But there are a lot of posts, so the whole process is taking a lot of time.
A lot of time.
But, I’m using the hours and hours and hours required for this mind-numbing process to watch DVDs of TV shows on my always-wanted-to-watch-but-can’t-justify-allocating-time-to-them category.
Shows like West Wing.
And Parenthood.
And a BBC series called Monarch of the Glen.
And – hold your breath –
Glee.
Yes, Glee. The show I swore off as a protest against their Madonna-as-role-model-for-young-women episode in the first season. To be honest, the rest of the series was better than I expected. Even though I still have issues with many of the values it promotes.
But wait.
This post is about the blog transfer, not about the TV shows that have made the transfer tolerable. So here’s the scoop: The last of the posts should be moved to the WordPress site by tonight. After that, all that remains are choosing the SEO phrases so search engines will find the blog, and building a few other pages. Once everything is ready to go, the switch will be announced on this blog and Ray will make the switch. Which we’re praying will go off without a hitch.
Wishful thinking, perhaps.
So to be on the safe side, I’m checking the latest Parenthood, Monarch of the Glen, West Wing, and Glee DVDS from the library. Because my web tech issues will pale compared to those of the Bravermans, the laird of the estate, President Martin Sheen, and the glee club nerds.
I call it WordPress de-stress.
Ahhh.
by jphilo | Sep 3, 2008 | Daily Life
Right now my technological skills are as fuzzy as the cute little caterpillar I photographed a few days ago while possessed by a “seize the day” fury. I’m not moving any faster than the caterpillar as I crawl along, trying to figure out why some of you can post comments and view them on the internet while others (including me) can’t. I can see your comments when I get into my web folder, and I can delete nasty ones (something I’ve never had to do) but I can’t add my own comments.
Today, spurred on by my eighty-year-old aunt who has the mistaken impression that I know something about computers, I checked iWeb’s help pages. Then, I followed the instructions they said would fix the problem. This required a lot of calming, cleansing breaths as I tried to remember where I had stored the needed passwords and customer numbers. But I got it done, which is a miracle because I usually forget or lose the passwords and this time I didn’t.
So far, the problem is not fixed on this end, but the instructions said it could take 24 – 48 hours. I’m trying to be patient while I wait. For now, here is my reply to Janet and Mary: I will pass on your birthday greetings to Mom. She’ll be thrilled that you remember her. And Harriet, here’s a reply to the comment you tried to make: My knowledge of computers and Alaskan politics is pretty fuzzy. Don’t look for me to morph into a butterfly any time soon.
by jphilo | Aug 28, 2008 | Daily Life
I’m a bit bleary-eyed this morning. We had an hour long, rootin-tootin midwestern thunderstorm in the middle of the night. The rain was welcome and pretty much guarantees filled ears of sweet corn until the first frost. A short night is a small price to pay for a longer sweet corn season.
Even though I was bleary-eyed, I remembered to take my camera on my walk. I strapped it on and opened the door and there it was! The asparagus fern in the hanging basket outside the kitchen door was sparkling with water droplets. Was I ever glad to have the camera ready! If I’d had to walk clear to the living room for it, the hanging basket might have run away before I could seize the day.
Man, was I pumped when I downloaded the photos – at least until I saw they were technical failures. The colors in the flash shot were too bright and the one without flash was as gloomy and gray as Count Dracula’s castle. But a quick session with the “saturation” slide on my photo software brought the picture to life, so enjoy.
Another technical failure stands in the way for those of you planning to seize the day and make blog comments. Yesterday afternoon, I was unable to reply to your comments using either Firefox and Safari as my browser. I can see your comments when I use my iWeb software to post, but not when I use the internet. Last night there was technical gobble-de-gook at the bottom of each blog page. Today that ‘s gone, but I still can’t get to or add comments.
Email me if you’re having the same problem. I suspect it has something to do with the switch from .mac to MobileMe so it may resolve itself in a few days. If not, I’ll phone Apple after Labor Day. So hang in there, and send me your comments. If you want, I can post them as a blog entry:)
