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<This post is cross-posted between my old blog at Windows Live Spaces, and my new one, at Averbuch.net>
With my transition to Averbuch.net, a few key settings will need to be updated on your end, depending on how you follow my postings.
- If you just visit the web site: Change your bookmarks to point to http://averbuch.net
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If you follow the RSS feed: Change (or add) http://averbuch.net/feed/ to your RSS reader
- If you like receiving email when I post, click here to signup.
- If you read my postings on Facebook, I already updated the link, so you have nothing to change here.
Please contact me if you have any questions about changing over or something doesn’t work for you.
NOTE: I will no longer be posting at http://averbuch.spaces.live.com again; all new postings will go to http://averbuch.net only.
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<This post is cross-posted between my old blog at Windows Live Spaces, and my new one, at Averbuch.net>
I’ve been thinking about moving off of Spaces for a while, for a couple of reasons:
- More flexibility in hosting (i.e. stats tracking, plugins, etc…)
- A lot more theme choices
- I wanted to host fully on my domain name, http://averbuch.net, rather than just having it as a redirect.
- Microsoft locks down a bunch of functionality in the name of security, but this significantly impacts my ability to explore and play with various technologies.
- I wanted a server to do some exploration with Ruby on Rails.
During the President’s Day holiday yesterday, I spent time exploring various hosting options, and ended up setting up a plan at http://hostingrails.com, which had the price I was looking for (including coupons), along with providing Ruby access, WordPress, ssh/shell access, and a bunch of other exploratory needs.
I’ve got the new site up, so I am going to switch everything over there; you’ll just need to switch over once, but don’t be surprised if I change the look and feel a bit over time as I explore various options and plugins.
My next post will describe how to get setup on the new server.
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I just realized you can automatically import blog postings onto Facebook notes - so if you are on Facebook, all of these postings will be cross-posted on there, under the “Notes” category, as they are posted. Of course, they bulk-imported the first bunch once I got setup.
By the way, if you are on Facebook, and are not marked as my friend, feel free to add me; if I know you, I’ll accept. If I don’t, I’ll ignore…. http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=694272115
Steps to do this if you have a blog and are on Facebook - posting since it took me a while to figure this out:
- Log in (duh!)
- On the upper-left side, under applications, click more
- Click “Notes”
- On the right side, under “Notes Settings”, click “Edit Import Settings”
- Type in the RSS or ATOM feed of your blog, and check the “this is my blog” checkbox.
- Click OK.
- Confirm the preview matches your feed
- You are good to go!
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(this post was written while I was flying and will be posted once I get online later- actual written time, 7:25 PM, Dec 11)
I am no good at FreeCell. Never have been. My goal for the rest of the flight (or as long as the battery lasts) is to get better.
Solitaire, I can win that (on the PC) often enough. FreeCell - not at all. Is it even possible?
Frustrating. (Then again, I haven’t played it in years; just remembered it even existed).
