Archive for 2009

Bloggiesta!

Posted June 13, 2009 under Site | No Comments Yet

Like many others in the blogoverse, I will be taking part in a little thing called Bloggiesta, for both On The Nightstand and Catherine-Haines.com.

What is Bloggiesta? Well, I am actually going to quote the person I found Bloggiesta by, Pam:

What is Bloggiesta? Well it is a special weekend for bloggers from any genre (ie. mommy, movie review, tech, lit, any blog on the planet), to spend some time doing maintenance on our blogs and social networking sites. The post on exactly how to join, and what exactly you need to be doing is located here at Maw Books (the event coordinator). The button you see to the top left is what brands this challenge so make sure to steal that and put it on your blog with your post detailing what it is you need to get done on your blog!

Here are some of the things that I am going to do for Bloggiesta.

For Catherine-Haines.com

  • Update the writing page to include information about Lionheart
  • Redesign the main navigation strip
  • Add and update links on navigation and on the links page

For On The Nightstand

  • Write reviews for:
    • Eyes Like Stars
    • Prophecy of the Sisters
    • Fortune’s Folly (or rather, finish that review)
  • Update my about and contact/review policy pages.
  • Write up that post which explains my coding/styling for the way I set up my posts and reviews (since people have asked)
  • Create that template form for my review format.
  • Edit the background image thing for the ways to subscribe right down in the corner.

General

More will probably pop into my head between now and Friday the 19th. So question is, will you be taking part in Bloggiesta?

I’m Out Of Lives

Posted June 9, 2009 under Personal, Technology | 4 Comments

It seems all I am blogging about here is computer trouble, and neglecting it for everything else. I have been posting somewhat regularly at On The Nightstand though.

This is not me apologising for not blogging, as this post has an actual point to it.

My laptop has used up another life, and it’s choking and gasping and, well, not doing anything, really. And after all of the problems I have had with it, I have finally had enough. Actually I had had enough long before now; it’s just taken me this long to save up enough for the parts to build my own PC. (We have decided to call it Torchwood)

So now I’m looking at Linux installs, since I don’t want to spend 150-200NZD on Windows (XP or Vista) with Windows 7 coming out in October. More specifically I am looking at Ubuntu and its many derivatives. Does anyone have any suggestions versions that would be good for someone who has used Windows most of her life, or ways to make the changeover easier?

Expect a lot of blog posts about my venture into Linux and building a PC in future. But don’t worry – there’s some more writing ones hidden up my sleeve. Especially now that I am working on Lionheart…

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