Brain Enema of a Savage Mind

Random banner musings.

I’ve played musical chairs with the layout and themes of this blog almost more than I’ve actually made posts to it. For awhile I’ve settled on this one, and still have no real plans to make major changes to it. I’ve really enjoyed it’s minalmist look. However when I first switched to it I meant to put some type of banner graphic or picture up top, but kept neglecting it as I hadn’t been sure of what I wanted there.

I was asking myself this again the other day when I realized that not only had I grown used to there being no image, I’ve actually come to like the large empty space. To me it is somehow oddly compelling. While this might change at some point, for now I think I’m enjoying things just the way they are.

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Where did the time go?

Has it really been over two months since I posted? It certainly doesn’t seem like it; normally I’ve not let posting slip that far behind. It would be easy to blame it on having to take care of Gabriel along with the lack of sleep these days, but there wouldn’t be too much truth to that excuse. As with many things I have to chalk this one up to laziness.

So, once again, I’m going to attempt to do a post a day. These might end up being a lot more like microblogging type of posts rather than a lot of long form posts, but hopefully it’s going to jump start things. I’ve really fallen behind in writing of any kind these days. No excuses sounds like a good mantra, but really, can I make it work for the next 30 days (March 4th being Gabriel’s birthday)? I guess we’re about to find out.

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This is just a test.

This is just a quick test to see if the WordPress app for the iPad has fixed the date and time issue that was forcing posts to be delayed, or sometimes to just be plain wrong when feeding to other sites.

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WordPress App Update

I’m not sure why I didn’t try ita while ago, but deleting the WordPress app and the reinstalling it has allowed me to once again access my site from my iPod Touch. It’s annoying that I had to do that (and then reposition all my apps), and it seems like I’m not alone with the problem. It seems their are scores of problems surrounding the most recent release, and it is starting to feel like a lot of us who can’t upgrade to iOS 4 are being left out in the cold not only by Apple, but by WordPress as well.

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WordPress App on the iPod Touch.

I’ve only ever once used the official wordpress app on my iPod touch, and this post makes it twice. I really do want to like this app but I can’t help but feel there are some things lacking about it.

One thing I pick up on right away is the fact it doesn’t list all the tags I’ve used in the past, allowing me to select ones I want from a list. It makes it a touch inconvenient having to remember the different tags that I use as I don’t want to always keep adding new ones, or having to go bag and fix the tags later.
The other problems I have with it are things that are lacking in the writing of a post. Seemingly I can’t use the more tag or split something in to multiple pages. Also missing is an easy way to add links, and especially to shorten them. These are small things, but things that really should be part of a mobile app.

I know the app is a work in progress and it’s not as if WordPress has massive developer resources that they can throw at the problem. Still I’ve seen some well thought out and feature-filled apps released by just a couple of developers so I don’t think it’s much to as to see a WordPress app with a little more usability.

I’ve got some high hopes for version 2.6. Hopefully I’ll be blown away.

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