A while back, I documented the trouble I had using MacJournal with WordPress. I have never gotten the silly program to work with WordPress. Ashame, really, because MacJournal is a nice looking application. This week I purchased a copy of the Back to School bundle from Mac Update. MacJournal, and about 10 other applications, came with the bundle. Nice set of software. Some time this weekend I’m going to try and get MacJournal...
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Sappho is one of my favorite ancient poets. I’ve found some wonderful pieces by her, and also some good quotes. This one is probably my favorite: “Here cold water babbles through apple branches, and roses keep the whole place in shadow, and from the quivering leaves a trance of slumber falls; here a meadow, where horses pasture, blooms with flowers of spring, and the breezes gently blow.” ~Sappho Related Images:
Continue reading...Doctor Who: Journey’s End
(If you haven’t seen the episode, fair warning: here be spoilers.) The saddest thing about Journey’s End is the contrast between the Doctor having a TARDIS full of friends and family and the end scene where he is alone in the TARDIS. If you watch Confidential for this episode, the people at BBC say that the Doctor is at his most powerful when he is alone and that he is a tragic character....
Continue reading...Remembering an Exhibit
A while back, the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History had an exhibit about Stabiae, called In Stabiano. (Stabiae was a small resort town near Pompeii and Herculaneum when Vesuvius erupted in 79 C.E.) The exhibit was widely advertised on television and online. I managed to be in Washington, DC, on a business trip shortly after the exhibit opened in 2005. The Smithsonian is supposed to be one of the best museums in...
Continue reading...Fun day at work
Today was a lot of fun at work. I spent most of the afternoon working with my fellow tech writer on a user guide. We walked through edits and made updates. I am probably strange but I had a ball doing it. Even when we have our own strange head-banging sessions, I enjoy working with him. We finished up the user guide towards the end of the day. Nice way to head into...
Continue reading...Blood Ties Fans in Variety.com
Blood Ties fans are fanatical about their show. According to SaveBloodTies.com, fans raised about $1500 to post an ad in Variety. The ad runs this week. I found a copy of the ad running in Variety’s Award Central: Way to go! Here’s hoping that the ad gets some much-needed attention and brings our show back for another season! Related Images:
Continue reading...Open Office: Using Page Styles to Create Unique Headers
A lady on a mailing list I’m on asked if it was possible to have secondary header that was not used on the first page. In Microsoft Word you can use section breaks to divide page sets. Each section break can then have it’s own header and footer text. If you remove a section break, the header and footer are removed. You create unique headers and footers in one document in Open Office...
Continue reading...Not for the faint of heart
Denis McGrath, blogger of Death Things on Sticks and writer of several Blood Ties episodes, posted a video of Mr Olbermann ranting against President Bush. (I would have posted the video here, but had trouble embedding the code.) Fair warning, before you press play: if you like Bush, you won’t like what Mr Olbermann has to say. I might be against the war in Iraq, but since we are there, it should be...
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What are the implications of writing for another blog?
Continue reading...Blood Ties Campaign: Recycle for Sight
Besides being a devout following, Blood Ties fans are proving to be resourceful in both giving back to the community and creating awareness of their favorite show. In their latest campaign listed on the Blood Ties Fans Give Back blog, Blood Ties fans are encouraging fans and other people to donate eyeglasses and sunglasses to the Lions Recycle for Sight program. This campaign is most likely inspired by Vicki Nelson, one of the...
Continue reading...Save Blood Ties Web Site
Press release from the Save Blood Ties web site. It’s nice to have once place with unified information about all of the difference campaigns to save this great show. Central website to save Blood Ties launched A new website, http://www.savebloodties.org, was launched last week and is intended as a central resource for fans to work together and bring the show back for a second season. From my time in the Blood Ties fandom...
Continue reading...WEBook — Writing en mass?
Here is an interesting idea: WEBook. According to the web site, the purpose of WEBook is to: WEbook is a revolutionary online book publishing company, which does for the industry what American Idol did for music. (Modestly speaking, of course.) Welcome to the home of groundbreaking User-Generated Books. WEbook is the vision of a few occasionally erudite people who believe there are millions of talented writers whose work is ignored by the staid...
Continue reading...Hope for Blood Ties?
If you’ve been watching and waiting for an announcement of a new season of Blood Ties, you aren’t alone. Hundreds of fans all over the world are waiting for this show to be renewed. Just do a search for Blood Ties and you’ll find plenty of entries in your favorite search engine. E!Online has a recent rumour column that has BT fans enthuseds : Angelina in Washington, D.C.: Any new news or rumblings...
Continue reading...Blood Ties Fans Bite Back
Campaign to save Blood Ties! Check out the link below for more information. Related Images:
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The script supervisor from Blood Ties is selling her scripts on eBay. If you want a piece of an incredible TV series, here is the chance. Kinda sad seeing these scripts on eBay. Reading the item description is depressing–especially if you have been wanting a second season. Related Images:
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