Mine Road

Mine Road has officially been updated to WordPress 2.0 and comments Have been re-opened. Lets hope the new version of Spam Karma combined with the new WordPress keep the spam to a minimum. I’ve also changed the design up a bit by modifying the Kubrick template to fit my needs. I’ll be adding some other hacks here and there throughout the next few weeks in order to get everything exactly how I want it.

I must say that I really like the new features in this version of Wordpress. The WYSIWIG editor that is installed by default is pretty nice. It has enough features to make posting easier but not overloaded and trying to act like a full fledgedweb based WYSIWIG like FCKeditor. The ability to drag, stretch, and collapse many of the options within the admin is also very nice. Don’t want that positioned there? No Problem! It’s all very Web 2.0.

I’ve also installed a new Livejournal updater plug-in. As Livepress has not been updated for Wordpress 2.0 nor seems to have any plans to do so I switched over to the Livejournal Cross Poster. It was a breeze to set up compared to Livepress (3 hours, yes… you read that right). I will have to do some tinkering with it though, I think. I like that it refers people back here to post comments but I think you Livejournal only people should be able to post in LJ if you want!

If this new version continues to treat me as well as it has for the last few hours I’m going to be one happy blogger indeed.

It’s late so I’ll most likely keep this short and sweet. I finally sat down yesterday to nail down this years new years resolutions and I felt I needed to post them on here. I think by writing them down where people “might” actually read them I’ll feel a little more accountable with them

Resolutions 2006:

• Be more organized (yes, I know cliche as possible)
• Hike, Bike, and Fish more… this is really to get outdoors more in general. I was at one of those huge outdoor with my family a few weeks back and realized how much I miss those activities.
• Get on a regular sleep schedule. If any of you know me really well you know that my sleep schedule is about as wonky as can be.

I know the list is short but I think that by keeping it this way I’ll most likely be able to keep them. Well I’m off to work on the “sleep” resolution.

Happy New Year Everyone! Be safe, but make sure to get into, at least a little bit, of trouble!

I decided to brave the evils of a dial up Internet connection and spend the night at my family farm tonight (it’s amazing what lengths you will go to in order to get home made cookies). I’d put up some pics to show you the place that inspired this domain but I left my digital cam at home and it’s being flaky anyway. It always amazes me how much productivity will increase when you are placed in the middle of nowhere for short periods. Tonight I sat down to finish a logo for a client and actually managed to not get distracted from the task at all. If you know me then you know that this is a rare feat. I generally tend to take mini breaks a good bit when I’m working. If you can’t tell there really wasn’t any point to this post. I just felt like putting some words to screen for some reason. Oh well I guess that just happens sometimes.