Meta-Blogging: Two Items
As you have probably noticed by now, I have quietly introduced a new feature on this blog's homepage — the randomly changing picture-link in the right sidebar. I don't have a name for it yet; I might go with "Sidebar Sidetrack."
It's inspired by two completely orthogonal predecessors:
1. The old TV show "Murphy Brown," my favorite sitcom during that era. Murphy had a dart board on the back of her office door and in each episode there would be a different target attached to it. Items like an NRA bumper sticker or a picture of William Rehnquist, that sort of thing. But it was different every episode.
2. Utah David (a/k/a "Protean"), who is constantly replacing his right sidebar pic. Always changing, always intriguing.
This creates, however, a bit of a quandary. Between the Sidebar Sidetrack, YouTube's default settings and my recent change to a three-column layout, space is a bit tight, especially if the Sidebar Sidetrack has text. I can only shrink it so much.
So after careful consideration, I am no longer constraining myself to preserving the blog's layout to low-resolution compatibility. The default layout will be 1024x768. Anyone with smaller resolution than that will usually find the right sidebar pushed down beneath the posts. Sorry for any displeasure over this.
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I have created a Google Talk account, user name (of course) "kipesquire." I realize that GT is a start-up IM system and that not many people are using it yet, but perhaps Google will eventually incorporate it into Blogspot templates. (I can't use Yahoo messenger with the blog because it is reserved for, let's just say, other online activities.)
If anyone on GT ever wishes to chat, don't hesitate, I always love to hear from my readers.
It's inspired by two completely orthogonal predecessors:
1. The old TV show "Murphy Brown," my favorite sitcom during that era. Murphy had a dart board on the back of her office door and in each episode there would be a different target attached to it. Items like an NRA bumper sticker or a picture of William Rehnquist, that sort of thing. But it was different every episode.
2. Utah David (a/k/a "Protean"), who is constantly replacing his right sidebar pic. Always changing, always intriguing.
This creates, however, a bit of a quandary. Between the Sidebar Sidetrack, YouTube's default settings and my recent change to a three-column layout, space is a bit tight, especially if the Sidebar Sidetrack has text. I can only shrink it so much.
So after careful consideration, I am no longer constraining myself to preserving the blog's layout to low-resolution compatibility. The default layout will be 1024x768. Anyone with smaller resolution than that will usually find the right sidebar pushed down beneath the posts. Sorry for any displeasure over this.
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I have created a Google Talk account, user name (of course) "kipesquire." I realize that GT is a start-up IM system and that not many people are using it yet, but perhaps Google will eventually incorporate it into Blogspot templates. (I can't use Yahoo messenger with the blog because it is reserved for, let's just say, other online activities.)
If anyone on GT ever wishes to chat, don't hesitate, I always love to hear from my readers.
Posted by Kip on
24 February 2007
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dolphin (www):I still had Google Talk on my computer from where I looked at it ages ago, but I just opened it tonight to add you, and can't for the life of me figure out how to add you only to "invite" you (which I don't guess I need to do since you are already on it). If GT is planning on going anywhere they might want to make it a bit more user friendly.
2.24.2007 7:38pm
