I finally did something I was planning to do for a long time. I have created an About page and Contact Me page. They are linked to from the navigation bar at the top of all pages. I have also moved links to my CV and Family tree into the About page.
Month: April 2005
36 Ways to Enhance Your Blog’s Credibility
With blogging blossoming all over the web, many people might be interested in how to improve their blogs. “36 Ways to Enhance Your Blog’s Credibility” is a list of (obviously 36) things one can do to improve one’s blog. There are some really good points, which are obvious if you think about them. But many people just don’t. Like yours truly.
Update: changed the URL and the title according to Steven’s comment.
Update: fixed the URL once again. Hopefully it’s the right one now.
Garden State
Over the course of the last two days I did manage to watch “Garden State“. Unfortunately I had too many breaks to truly enjoy it, but I am glad that I found time to finish the film.
Directed by: Zach Braff
Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Cast: Zach Braff, Kenneth Graymez, George C. Wolfe, Austin Lysy, Gary Gilbert, Jill Flint, Ian Holm, Peter Sarsgaard, Alex Burns, Jackie Hoffman, Michael Weston, Christopher Carley, Armando Riesco, Amy Ferguson, Trisha LaFache
IMDB raintg: 8.0
My rating: 8.0 [rate 8.0]
On web design and my blog
Once in a while I stop and think about the reasons for changing the design of my blog.
My first reaction to such self query usually results in insults to myself. It has been some time since I noticed the design of any other site. This is mainly caused by me using RSS aggregator to read most of the websites on my daily menu. And with RSS the design of the actual site does not mean much anymore. All of them appear the same and exactly I want them to.
But I wouldn’t have had a blog if I’d only insult myself. Thus I continue.
I am updating and improving the design for a few reasons actually.
- There are still a whole lot of visitors here who don’t use RSS at all or use it to get the notifications when I post new items. They all come to the site with their browsers.
- First timers. Almost half of all the visitors on this site are coming here for the first time and will not return.
- Historical reasons. There are some services, like archive.org which store the pages as they are. It is interesting to compare different stages of my blog evolution after some time.
- Themes and perfectionism. I always wanted a professional website. I couldn’t make it myself because I am simply not a webdesigner. And I didn’t want to pay for it. Yet. Modern CMSs allow me to use themes developed by other people, who know what they are doing.
- Boost of activity. Every time I play around with the maintenance part of my blog, I tend to use it more afterwards. I start posting more often and my posts get longer. I generally consider this to be a good thing.
Resume: as much as RSS is important in my daily surfing and in the lives of other people, there are still reasosn to pay attention to the look and feel of the website itself.
As if he is riding a motorcycle
Maxim has discovered a new play for himself. It looks like he is riding a motorcycle, find the perfect motorcycle for you at Shoppok! . When I lay him down on his back to change his diper, he would stretch both of his hands up, perpendicular to the surface of the table. Than he bends his legs and squeezes his fingers into fists. He than twists his right fist exactly the way he would do it on a motorcycle when using accelerator handle.
His hands move a little and often together, while everything else is motionless. Very much like with a real motorbike indeed. Only the sound is missing, but, I’m sure, he’ll get to it pretty soon.
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