The Bed Song - Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra
No poetry today.
Instead, something a little more… Emarosa.
Revised the site to fit the new outline and even added a bit of audio for funsies.
Posted the first two revised chapters.
All I Know Is I'm Enjoying Today
Take A Minute
For you fine astute internet people, you may notice the site is a little…differenty.
Was out of the loop for a while, and naturally that’s when server issues strike.
Site went down, data was lost, digital epics ala ReBoot probably took place for weeks.
Finally getting the site working again, and working diligently to get it back to it’s former glory.
Ask for your patience with all the little tweaks and glitches until then.
All my best.
Aramis
Change Your Heart, It'll Astound You
Everybody's Got to Learn Sometimes - Beck
Took an entire day, but I re-wrote the Writer’s Desk from scratch.
It is now a legitimate, comprehensive writer’s resource with various references and source materials.
Still, no resource is ever entirely complete, so please let me know if there are any suggestions or recommendations.
Also removed all YouTube links since they didn’t want to play nice.
Now hosting videos directly using straight HTML5, which is a much better (and faster) way to go.
Fully compatible with everything except maybe Ancient IE6.
I feel for those that are forced to use it, but the internets hate it, and it isn’t right to hold back on innovation because Microsoft won’t retire a program well past its prime.
Lastly, added a “Links” section, and did some server-side upgrades for increased stability and security.
Because as Microsoft has shown us, nobody likes out-of-date technology.
The One Who Has His Family's Future at Heart
The Money Tree - Blue October
Did some layout re-design to improve readability and got the playlist section up as promised.
Not 100% on whether it should be one playlist or individual tracks, since the individual layout looks better, but this one is more accessible since you can use the external player (my personal preference).
The Writer’s Desk is next for revision, but I ran out of time this weekend, so hopefully it’ll gone done in between writing sessions next weekend.
For writers who travel a lot like myself, I highly recommend looking into a cloud storage solution if you haven’t already.
Most, like Microsoft’s SkyDrive (my personal choice) and Google’s Drive/Docs are free, and wicked convenient when working from multiple computers/locations.
No more having to transfers seven support docs and modified manuscripts for every writing session, just to check which revisions you made on which and hope you remembered to copy your latest draft.
Also, if working with multiple people, you can add group view/editing access, and I know at least for SkyDrive, that you can also do it by sending regular web links that anyone can access from any web browser (even tablet/smart phones).
Do yourself a favor and check it out.
I Wanna Always Feel Like Part of This Was Mine
Praise Chorus - Jimmy Eat World
Spent the last two weeks conducting an exhausting overhaul, but I think it speaks for itself.
Still a few minor tweaks to fix up, but by and large the major work is done.
Site is now not only super shiny, but also responsive – so it adjusts sizes based on you! (or more accurately, your website-viewing peripheral of choice)
Improved readability quite a bit too, so it’s no longer an arduous death march of burning eyes through lines of text… as much.
And Praise Chorus? Sometimes you just need the classics.
Edit: Caveat – Internet Explorer is still the worst thing to grace the internets.
If you see errors and stuff, blame Microsoft until I’m done summoning the forces of Satan to fix their mistakes.
Or better yet, do the world a favor and switch over to Firefox/Waterfox or Chrome.
Got a Fresh New Kind of Attitude
Death Day - Alien Ant Farm
Living out of a hotel in Germany.
Actually a little cooler than it sounds.
Found some time to do a few back-end optimizations and tweaked the site a bit, so it should load a little faster now.
It’ll be down on Wednesday to support the SOPA protests, and back up that evening.
Also mulling over some ideas for a new layout…again.
I get bored quickly.
Any ideas or feedback are more than welcome.
Edit: Please take a moment to vote for Roaming Cadenza in the Book Cover Art contest being hosted over at Alternative-Read.com.
It’s going on until the end of the month.
We Were Waiting for Our Lives to Start Their Endings
In The Car - Barenaked Ladies
Updated the nifty quote plug-in this afternoon on account of I had some neat quotes to add (that Marcus Aurelius is a real hoot – honest).
Naturally, all hell broke loose and now it doesn’t work.
Working on it, but this podunk backwoods internet isn’t exactly cooperating, so it might be a while before it’s fixed.
On a different note, saw a picture today that reminded me of my puppy. Excellent moral behind it, but I still miss my puppy.
In any case, for all the bloody colonials out there, wish you a happy Thanksgiving holiday!
Edit: One thing I love about WordPress – it functions on relatively simple plug-ins, with some genuinely awesome authors.
Huge thanks to Sedlex for helping me get his quote plug-in fixed wicked fast.
That would’ve been one looong headache that took more time than I care to mention to fix.
And on a site-note: It’s not Christmas yet… it’s not even Thanksgiving.
Why the hell am I hearing Jingle Bells everywhere I go? … and now I have Lissie stuck in my head.
My Dear, Please Open Both Your Ears… There Is Something Not Right Here!
Meet The King (ft. Greta Salpeter and Nic Newsham) - Forgive Durden
Two days of straight coding and layout have pretty much paid off.
If there’s any doubt of that, just check this out.
On the other hand, thanks to the bastards that claim they did anything more than shit together Microsoft Internet Explorer, my entire much-needed writing weekend is wasted and gone.
I will burn the source code for that addlepated excuse of a child’s piss-poor science fair project if ever given the chance. Blood feuds sworn.
That aside, all’s well that ends well, and many pretties came out of it.
Now for the ever loving mercy of the eternal spaghetti monster in the sky it’s time for sleep. x_x
Sweet, merciful enervating caffeinated sleep.
What Better Time to Take a Ride with You Through the Universe Tonight?
How'd You Like That - The Kooks
As always, been working on some layout stuff and re-working the site.
I think it’s coming together nicely, but I’ll keep tinkering with it until it’s all sorts of incorrigible (word of the day) again.
FYI – you can subscribe to posts via the pretty orange RSS feed button in the top right. Much easier for reading updates.
On to things that actually matter: Been reading and writing and reading some more, but Bard’s 2 is coming along.
Long weekend of drafting ahead, but for anyone who’s a person, found a clip of the movie Up by Pixar
If you haven’t seen it yet, stop whatever unimportant things you’re doing and go see it.
Promise you – you’ll thank me.
Edit: Been breaking this page left and right, and I’m not nearly done. But that sunny thing is happening again, so I think a nap is in order. Will finish fixing it later today.
Call and Answer
Call And Answer - Barenaked Ladies
Roaming Cadenza is now available on iTunes and pretty much every major retailer there is. Happy face.
Decided to work on another short story exercise in between editing and drafting for Bard’s II, and put together an interesting short story.
It’s in second person, which if you know anything about writing, is pretty much forbidden.
Not because it’s impossible or anything; just because it’s damned awkward and tricky to do.
Despite that, it’s done-zo until arbitrary revision time comes around. Posted under Short Stories.
Edit: Fixed most of the Internet Explorer issues. Still recommend a real browser, but the site is fully accessible with MIE now.