I’ve made a few gentle upgrades to the blog - it should look a lot better in Firefox (3.0!) now. Plus I upgraded to WordPress 2.5 - and it’s pretty awesome too. Much more fun to use (of course much of the upgradiness is relegated to the back-end that I see - not the front-end that you see - so you’re just going to have to take my word on this).
I am actually up-to-date for once! We’ll see how long this lasts (likely, not very long - I am lazy when it comes to these things).
So upgrading = picture of cat. I think this is part of the ritual at this point, right? Or they kick you out of the blogosphere? Or something?
Also gentle: Piglet’s eyes. They make me cry, they are so sweet. Look at them! Weep tears of cuteness!
Our cat has been cheezburgered!
…
Without our permission…
Or credit…
Which is kinda less cool…
Still pretty cool though!
Great minds think alike.
Or something.
Now if only the cats hadn’t already started to claw the irreplaceble vintage fabric.
Just because I am, like, the best girlfriend ever, I just re-designed Liam’s website for him. Check it out, it’s extra pretty.
Yeah, you wish I were your girlfriend right now.
Here are my inspirations this time around:
- the colour of a manilla envelope
- vintage office supplies
- Paul Smith’s stripes
- Get Smart
- the Game of Life’s logo
I was tagged (quite a while ago) by Travis:
1) Find the nearest book
2) Open to page 123
3) Type lines 6-8 of said book
4) Tag three others
Nearest book:
Don Quixote by that Cervantes guy
(The very long sentance that overwhelms)Lines 6-8:
True it is, at the second application Sancho fell to the earth: a misfortune that also happened to his master; who, in spite of all his own address, together with the assistance of his good friend, soon found himself stretched at the feet of Rozinante, who had not as yet been able to rise: from whence we may learn, what furious execution is often done by pack staves when managed by the hands of such enraged clowns.
I was actually hoping something less pretentious that I actually had intention of reading was sitting by me. But no such luck.
I’m just tagging Liam for this one. He needs to blog more. This will encourage him to do so.
Back when I actually had the time to be bored this summer, I went on a hunt for new blogs to read.
I love my new finds so much, I sharing them, because they are becoming a major source of inspiration for me (when I can find the time to actually be on my computer doing something other than schoolwork).
These blogs are pure escapism. I could never hope to live the halcyon life these girls manage to create around them. I am astounded by the depth of thought that goes into the aesthetic beauty of every little domestic moment captured in images. These blogs have become my muses, inspiring me to create art from the life I live, by seeing EVERYTHING I create (from the way I make a bed - or don’t - to how I make dinner) as creative in nature.
little birds
Domestic bliss in Portland (my dream town) in saturated colours, glimpses of nature and carefully chosen vintage prints.
a bird in the hand
The literal sister site to little birds (no really, it’s her sister). Just as much about vintage finds, but more about pastel colours and collaged art pieces, and life in San Francisco (a very nice city indeed).
oh joy
How this blogger finds all these beautiful things everyday, I’ll never know. But there’s a wealth of links here to all things design and feminine (especially cute jewellery, fashion, home decor, stationary, party planning and weddings). And it’s all sooooo delightfully girly.
everybody likes sandwiches
I love cooking, and I love food, but I’ve had a hard time finding a food blog that actually offers me something new, and captures my attention.
This one does.
The food is simple, but beautifully captured, and imaginative - and the blog is well written to boot. It’s like an elegant cookbook in blog form! I especially like the focus on fresh in season ingrediants, and things that are relatively healthy.
Or at least, on McSweeney’s website, anyway.
Super-cool Travis!
So I’ve officially been spammed.
Not just a little spam here and there, more like a sudden spam bomb that exploded in my comments.
It’s really not too big a deal. They spam didn’t even make it onto my web-site, because they were pretty obviously not actual human interaction. But, being previously spam free, I had my system set to moderate questionable content, so there was a moment there when my inbox was flooded with e-mails from my admin system. I implemented a handy spam blaster plug-in, and things seem to be going slightly smoother.
But I’m still not pleased.
There’s something about my own private corner of the internet being so fully assaulted that gets me all twitchy.
It doesn’t help matters that this spam was annoyingly un-generic. Every single message came from a different IP, and each message had a unique variety of links. Commercial, non-spammer links too. Telling me to visit sites I normally visit, that everybody normally visits. News sites, movie sites, just generic popular sites.
No poker, bingo, porn or Viagra.
That worries me.
I can’t figure out the purpose of it. According to Google, it doesn’t exist.
It is completely purposeless. It doesn’t sell anything.
It is spam, for spam’s sake.
What’s up with that?
It does occasionally make me pine for the days of ink ribbons.
I hope this helps to heal the scourge that has befallen our once great cyberland.
(via wee me)
I have returned from a pleasant long weekend at the cottage, and I have spent the last few hours perfecting the site. I now have it about where I want it, content wise, but I might spice up the layout a little yet. I think I finally have the hang of this whole wordpress/themes/php thing. It’s tricky, but it makes sense once you get used to it. The default kubrick template that comes with this thing bugs me a little - it is far from perfect. In fact, it’s pretty messy in places. I don’t understand why you would include a button to validate XHTML when your coding is far from valid, but that’s just me.
Also the wordpress nerds who code Plugins and write in the support forums refuse to speak in simple terms and constantly assume you’ve done things that it is far from intuitive to do. Their tutorials are not very informative.
Basically, these people need to learn how to write in English. I will excuse the ones who don’t actually speak English as their first language from this, of course. But still.
Anyway, after much flailing and tweaking everything should be valid, easy to access and delightfully in it’s place. Hopefully.