Teh Interweb & Blogging
Wists Wish List
I’ve been exploring WordPress a bit, creating extra pages and setting up new features. While I was playing around, I set up a page with the 20 most recent items that I’ve added to my wish list at wists.
You can check it out here.
The reason I’m sharing is not because I’m trying to surreptitiously [...]
Gravatars
I’ve been quite happy with WordPress. There is something I miss about Blogger though: the avatars. I like seeing somebody’s picture or a cute little image when they leave a comment.
It turns out I could bring that functionality into WordPress with gravatars. If you don’t have one (and it looks like most [...]
From Blogger to Wordpress in 365 Days
Well, today is Making it Lovely’s first anniversary and here we are with a shiny new publishing platform!
A lot of people have asked about the process and the decision behind switching from Blogger to Wordpress. I’ll get into all of that, but first…
Thank you!
This has been a truly wonderful year, and I’m so grateful [...]
Working on WordPress
My blog’s first anniversary is fast approaching (January 9), and I’m hoping to move to Wordpress on that day. Switching everything over and working on the redesign is challenging, yet exciting. Wish me luck.
Take that, Blogger!
p.s. Let me know if you want a sneak peek. I could use some feedback.
The Living Room: A 3D Rendering
Wow. Um. This may be the dorkiest thing I’ve done yet.
I’ve created a 3D rendering of my living room (to scale), which I populated with furniture, animated, set to music, and uploaded to YouTube.
Enjoy:
Shopping Soundtrack, Anyone?
Squeee! I’ve just stumbled upon the most wonderful collections of 50s/60s shopping mall music!
There’s this:Retro Shopping Volume 1 - Music to Buy Toasters By
And this:Retro Shopping Volume 2 - Shopping Spree
Any of those songs would make a fitting soundtrack to this little video (found via Jenn Ski’s blog):
Slideshow
I may be the last person to know about this (probably, since it’s connected to MySpace), but you can make a slideshow at slides.com. I made one from my flickr photos of when we first got the house and it was empty.
*edit*
Hmmm. I was all excited, but the slideshow is really teeny [...]
Friday’s Flickr Fix
Ez from Creature Comforts just started a new flickr group: Friday’s Flickr Fix. “This group is about finding inspiration by juxtaposing (putting side by side) two or more of your flickr favorites to make a statement or tell a story.” Here’s my first submission:
The first photo is from Liquid Paper, and the second [...]
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