Comments on: Part of the solution https://www.vianegativa.us/2006/04/part-of-the-solution/ Purveyors of fine poetry since 2003. Wed, 05 Apr 2006 10:20:39 +0000 hourly 1 By: Peter https://www.vianegativa.us/2006/04/part-of-the-solution/#comment-381 Wed, 05 Apr 2006 10:20:39 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=1464#comment-381 Roses, too, yes! A general failure to smell. (But no failure to stink!)

]]> By: Dave https://www.vianegativa.us/2006/04/part-of-the-solution/#comment-380 Tue, 04 Apr 2006 23:10:19 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=1464#comment-380 Keith – You’re darn tootin’. (How come no one says that anymore?)

MB – Thank you. No, I’m still working on scent-marking the blog.

Peter – Cheese? You mean those weren’t roses?

]]> By: Peter https://www.vianegativa.us/2006/04/part-of-the-solution/#comment-379 Tue, 04 Apr 2006 21:32:01 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=1464#comment-379 And I have failed to smell the cheese often so I would know when it was getting old. Thanks for the links to some fresh cheese!

]]> By: MB https://www.vianegativa.us/2006/04/part-of-the-solution/#comment-378 Tue, 04 Apr 2006 18:22:20 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=1464#comment-378 Very nice, congratulations on the move. I like your poem. Perfect for the occasion. Have you peed on all four corners yet?

]]> By: Keith https://www.vianegativa.us/2006/04/part-of-the-solution/#comment-377 Tue, 04 Apr 2006 15:30:32 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=1464#comment-377 Now you have done it. You moved the cheese.

]]> By: Dave https://www.vianegativa.us/2006/04/part-of-the-solution/#comment-376 Tue, 04 Apr 2006 11:03:51 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=1464#comment-376 Peter – I’m glad you like this.

In the next couple of years, WordPress may well overtake Blogger as the free blogging software of choice. WordPress.com aims to introduce a number of newtemplates and keep all the basic services free, so that willbecome a really attractive option to those who don’t want to bother with finding their own server and such.

I can’t take credit for the icon – that was the work of my cousin Matt, a tech guru who is also hosting this blog on his server. I like that it preserves a visual link to my old blog, though I suppose at some point I might try and incorporate the full-size GIf into the stuff at the bottom of the page as well.

There are plenty of templates (“themes”) to look at – check the listing here or here. The leanness of WordPress code might allow Slow Reads to load more quickly out here in slow-modem land. (Not that I’m complaining, understand – it’s not a real nuisance since I can link separately to the blog, and the main page only changes once a month.)

]]> By: Peter https://www.vianegativa.us/2006/04/part-of-the-solution/#comment-375 Tue, 04 Apr 2006 00:37:29 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=1464#comment-375 By the way, I like your icon that shows up in my Firefox address bar!

]]> By: Peter https://www.vianegativa.us/2006/04/part-of-the-solution/#comment-374 Tue, 04 Apr 2006 00:35:21 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=1464#comment-374 Dave, I love it. I use WordPress for my “blogging unit” at school, but I didn’t know it could do all of this. I checked into Ulf Petterson — I wonder who else has these templates? I’m so bored with my own layout.

Congratulations!

]]> By: Dave https://www.vianegativa.us/2006/04/part-of-the-solution/#comment-373 Mon, 03 Apr 2006 21:59:22 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=1464#comment-373 RD – How do I handle it? By ignoring it until it’s almost upon me, then turning my back abruptly on the old. Very Orwellian of me, I suppose (“We are at war with East Asia now. We have always been at war with East Asia!”) but I do tend to live in the present.

Maria – Thanks! I hadn’t thought about the territory-marking angle, but I think you’re right – there must have been some such instinct at work there. Then again, peeing is also a primal response to fear…

]]> By: maria https://www.vianegativa.us/2006/04/part-of-the-solution/#comment-372 Mon, 03 Apr 2006 20:14:44 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=1464#comment-372 Wow … lovely new digs! I love the layout and the dominant grey. And, I suppose, with the pee on the porch, you have clearly marked the territory…

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