--- Ok, so the DirecTV guy didn't show up until 7:30 last night. At
which point it was dark and snowing.
Great. Fortunately, the man did manage to get up on the roof and fix
the problem. The only problem according to him was getting back on the
ladder afterwards. It was dicey there, apparently. But he survived. And
we got $20 off the price of a service call because the guy was so
frigging late getting to us. But it was all done in time for me to
watch the last episode of Wire in the Blood on BBC America.
I'm bummed this series is ending for the time being. It's really
good. It's intelligent, well written, beautifully filmed (the
production values are first rate!) but most of all it's
believable---even though it appears as if Bradfield is the epicenter of
all serial killer related activity in England. There are job-related
politics. The two main characters, even though they are obviously for
each other, don't fall into bed with each other. It's great. It's got
an "X-Files" feel to it---but without all the conspiracy theory.
Note to Robson: MAKE MORE OF THESE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
The excellence of this show also proves one thing I've been saying ever
since we got the DirecTV at the Cake Eater Apartment: if you don't have
BBC America on your cable system, you're missing the good stuff.
--- So, I'm thinking about upgrading this site. But I can't seem to
decide if staying with Blogger and just paying for the upgrades is the
way to go or if I should just pay for the domain name and move over to
the TypePad software. There are all sorts of things to consider:
1. Cost---it's been completely free so far. Am unsure as to whether or
not I want to pay for people to keep up with their current habit of not
reading this thing.
2. I think TypePad might be within my current
all-things-computer-related-skill set. But I'm not sure. I could find a
way to futz it up. 3. I'd actually have to register for a domain name.
Which is more money out of pocket for something that isn't making me any money to begin with.
4. Then I'd have to figure out a way to transfer the archives of this site. Not to mention what I'd actually do
with this site if I moved.
But if I switched, I could support more graphics, which is something I
think this site is sorely missing. It's very boring---graphically
speaking. Even paid Blogger doesn't give you a lot of options in this
department. Currently when I want to put up a picture I have to get the
husband to put it on his server, he sends me a link and then I post
it---and it usually screws up the template. I think TypePad might be
the solution to this problem: not only would it empower me to become
better with this sort of stuff and to stop relying upon the husband so
much, but it would also make the site more mine
because I'm the one who would be responsible for it. You should know
that he titled all the links to the side because he's the one who can
code in HTML. It would also be easier for me to do PR for this site to
increase readership. It's just been my observation, but the only
Free-Blogger Blogs that are paid attention to on a regular basis are
the guys and gals on the ground in Iraq. No one takes you seriously if
you don't chip out the coin for a real site, in other words. Not to
mention it's impossible to link to one article I've written with
Blogger. They just don't have the option to link to one article: it's
not something they support at all---even on the paid variants. Even
Sully has this problem and he's the most well known blogger to use the
Blogger software. I don't know. I'm thinking about it. We'll have to
see what happens and what the budget can take. It won't happen for a
time, if it happens at all. I'm mulling it over.