The finishing touches to Writeside.net’s new design are now being worked out, so we might say we’re on the home stretch. This belated redesign is based on one of my open source Web designs, called “32 Not Out”. Here’s the original, but you’ll have to wait to see Writeside.net’s avatar. 🙂 ~PD
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A revolution is under way
… at Writeside.net. It will be bloodless, but expect plenty of changes, both superficial and under the skin. To start with, I’m working on a long-overdue redesign. Second, I’m also working on moving the entire site, along with the Books section, to WordPress. The latter will be a long and tedious project. Sigh. Finally, the […]
One more trip around the sun
Well, here we are. That’s yet another trip around the sun ticked off. What’s a birthday without a silly tradition, right? So here’s mine — five things that I did today that I’ll possibly be doing for the rest of my year: Wrote a few pages of a new novel-to-be: Phew, I so really truly […]
2011: New beginnings
It seems like the only lists I’m able to follow are shopping lists. However, that doesn’t seem to stop me from making more — that is, more lists of things to do that I will probably never do. Anyhow, it’s customary to make them during the new year, so let’s indulge. Let 2011 be the […]
The Honest Scrap Award
Gargi has awarded me the Honest Scrap Award. It was such an unexpected surprise that I haven’t had time to prepare my acceptance speech and list of people to thank. (It’s your lucky day.) According to the “rules” of the award, I must list ten things about myself. This is sort of hard, since I’ve […]
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The Timeless Land: The Page-99 Test
“Read page 99 of a new book,” advises the Guardian, “and you’ll know whether you want to read the whole thing.” So, of course, I had to try it out on my books. Here’s p.99 of The Timeless Land: “And you’re miserable here. Perhaps we should build a house on the Portal Road.” Jan smiled […]
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Microsoft embraces Word Press
Guess who’s going the Word Press way? No, your eyes don’t deceive — Microsoft has decided to abandon its homemade blogging platform for Windows Live Space and is going to use Word Press instead. To welcome Windows Live Space bloggers to WP, a simple migration service has been put together to allow bloggers to transfer […]
Some lame photography
Work and health (lack of it) has kept me indoors for a bit, but there was time for some experimentation with my D5000. Looks like it’s going to a long, long path to the City of Good Photos! These were taken from the rooftop of my building (click for bigger versions): And this was my […]
Some musical excitement
There was musical excitement outside my house tonight as part of the winding-down celebrations of Ganesha Chaturthi. This is a big festival in south India, and the past week or so was full of festivities, including decked-up idols carted here and there. Anyhow, I was not fast enough with my D5000, but sometimes the phone […]
DSLR joy
You are now reading the blog post of the proud owner of a Nikon D5000. Call me materialistic; remind me that possessions do not make life fulfilling; tell me that it’s what’s inside that counts… But the truth is, right now it feels pretty damn fulfilling ticking off yet another item on my Big To-Do […]