Author Archives: susan

BLOGGING: Yeah…

Posted on February 14, 2009 by susan

…the other design was just too shy.

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BLOGGING: Tags

Posted on February 14, 2009 by susan

This is too funny; still unused to the format here at WordPress posting I tend to forget to select a category and that’s why if you’re following via feed you may see a lot of updated posts. But this: Not … Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Wide Sargasso Sea – Simple Eloquence

Posted on February 14, 2009 by susan

Before the fire that destroyed her house, the narrator had a friend with whom she shared a good part of her life. They had parted in an argument that grew nasty with racial name-calling and we wondered if the bond … Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Methods of Communication

Posted on February 13, 2009 by susan

While I’m settling into the WordPress format and repairing whatever mistakes I’ve made along the way, I’ve also made up a new home page for the Mac, one I’d set up a long time ago but never got into. Netvibes … Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Wide Sargasso Sea – Symbolism

Posted on February 13, 2009 by susan

With the mood set early on as one of quiet hatred and fear, Rhys gets us involved in dramatic action as the house is set afire and the mother, her new husband, her two children and the servants must escape … Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Wide Sargasso Sea – Setting Up

Posted on February 13, 2009 by susan

While there are several pages of an introduction to this, I didn’t read them. I’m stubborn about learning about a work on my own and only rarely do I seek out information as listed in research or forewards or even … Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Moviemaking Fun

Posted on February 12, 2009 by susan

Spent a good part of today playing with the animation service over at xtranormal–free for now, but I’m sure these good folk will be charging soon. I’ve made three mini-movies so far, actually five but that’s just because you can’t … Continue reading →

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BLOGGING: Whew.

Posted on February 11, 2009 by susan

Well that was a messy upgrade to WordPress 2.7.1 and it almost had me give up not only WordPress, but blogging altogether. After three weeks of intense work on migrating Spinning and Hypercompendia from Typepad to WordPress, redesigning the stylesheets, … Continue reading →

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BLOGGING: Update on Redirect

Posted on February 10, 2009 by susan

Well that didn’t exactly work out as planned; even though I officially deleted the original Spinning, the files and permalinks remained because I had a new weblog named spinning, or maybe because the permalinks still linked to the spinning files … Continue reading →

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BLOGGING: A Possible Redirect

Posted on February 10, 2009 by susan

Couldn’t redirect traffic from Typepad to WordPress for the weblogs so while I deleted the old Hypercompendia blog, I’ve been reluctant to delete the old Spinning. Without an easy method (one I can do myself) of fiddling with the Typepad … Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Up Next – Wide Sargasso Sea

Posted on February 9, 2009 by susan

Hate to admit it, but the initial off-the-shelf appeal of this book was its slender size. I really need to catch up on my reading and this novel by Jean Rhys looks like easy reading. I need to get more … Continue reading →

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BLOGGING: And Communicating

Posted on February 9, 2009 by susan

Learning a lot about the various methods of internet communication; learning a lot about the people who use them. “Georgia” is a warmer, more welcoming font than “Lucida Grande” so I’ve made that change at both weblogs. I find that … Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Notes of Change

Posted on February 8, 2009 by susan

Watching the Grammys. Thom Yorke of Radiohead’s a strange little dude, no? A very interesting blend of generations here, McCartney, at sixty-six not lookin’ too bad, and Stevie Wonder who’ll always look and sound as great as ever. The Jonas … Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Neuromancer – Facing Facts

Posted on February 8, 2009 by susan

There’s no reason why I should force myself to read something just because it’s listed as one of the 100 books of all time and a must read. But there’s a reason why these books are listed as such, even … Continue reading →

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BLOGGING: Update on the move

Posted on February 8, 2009 by susan

Was easily able to fix the missing logo (not visible in Windows) by sending the image to a PC and then uploading it into the header from there. Of course I rushed back to the Mac half-expecting to see it … Continue reading →

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