OK it’s time for the "State of the Blog Address"

The old blog: "Book of the Mad – A cursor dipped in X", is gone.  Actually, it’s still out there because I don’t know how to delete it, but it won’t be updated any longer.  I moved all the entries to the new address and renamed the blog to compliment the new website. If you saw the site in the last few days you’ll notice that I’ve taken great pains (yeah – it did hurt) combining the blog with the old web page.  Once I got the old page uploaded and working I decided I wanted it to be more than just a page linking to the other pages of the site.  The fact that one of the links on the old page was a link to the blog*spot blog was especially bothersome.  I knew if I spent some time figuring out how the blogger template system worked I’d be able to come up with something I’d be happier with.

I spent two whole days working with a custom, from-scratch template that I was very proud of.  Until, that is, I tried to read some of my old posts.  The archive pages were all screwed up and things generally looked kinda wonky.  I did a quick Google and found Blogger Templates, finally deciding on the minimalist design.  All I wanted was for the guts of the template to work correctly so I’d have something to learn from while customizing it.

And here we are.

Now I have an inspiration to update the blog more often as well as a nice convenient place to introduce and advertise any new pages I come up with.  (The links are over on the right)

Tags: announcement, blogging