Idiot. Proof.
Well, I’m kind of excited. I’ve been blogging for a long time. In fact, it’s almost been 3 years. And while Vox and Blogger and all of those were great, recently, I’ve felt obscenely confined by their design rules. So, I’ve done what I always wanted to do. The Beach Tent is now free and clear of constraints…and has landed at it’s very own domain name (whatever that means).
But what’s funny about this process is that I think it pretty much is a metaphor for the way I go about my daily life. What easily could have been a 10 minute process, I turned into a six-hour journey into how web site management works. While I now know what FTP means (and I’m angry about it) and I know how to set up a database in c-panel (this just makes me furious), last night the light went on too late and I realized that because I am who I am, I turned a simple, easy process into the behemoth of all productions.
But it did render me this in the end, which I’m thrilled about. I’m really not changing my schtick or my handle. But I am going to consolidate. Instead of trying to find blogs to fit all of my categorizing needs, I’m just gonna write about all of it here, and put my pictures up, and generally take pride in the fact that I’m now the proud owner of a “domain” (which makes me sound lord-like, actually).
You’re free and welcomed to be my serf whenever you like. Give me a couple weeks to really get things settled…and then we’re off to the races again.
July 19th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
Yeah! I agree that my web design and construction process includes repeatedly spewing strings of celebratory and profane words at my computer. The new tent is looking good.
July 19th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
Oh man. The joy of actually getting something to work has been unparalled. Unfortunately, though, that is far between long stretches of profanity-laden verbal assaults. My next new excitement will be figuring out how to get my own pictures into all the headers.
When I figure that one out, I’m buying myself a beer and a night off.