luminary blur

I still haven’t figured out how to import Blogger posts into WordPress. My iPhone had an attempted delivery at 7:13pm last night. And I have a lot of pictures to go through from the White Sox game on Sunday. Caution: 629 words ahead.

First up: WordPress. I like it. In fact, I love it. Initial impressions were in line with everything I’d heard previously: it’s easy to manage, easy to post, easy to…well, love. And as much as I love the WordPress dashboard, it does not help when a browser crash causes you to lose the extremely long post you’d just been typing for a long time. I guess that’s what I get for using an alpha version of Opera 9.5 but still…I can’t bring myself to use Firefox for anything but the obligatory uses such as Google Docs. So, to avoid using both an alpha version of a browser that I love and a stable version of a browser I love to hate, I’ve decided to try Ecto. It comes recommended by people in the “blogosphere” so I’m running the 20-day trial. Is it worth it? Not sure. This is my first post using it. But I’ve leaned that if I have a desktop interface for a webapp, I’m much more likely to use the associated webapp. Prime example: Twitter. Without Twitterific and now MoodBlast, I’d never post as much to Twitter as I do. But because it’s there, and I see it, I use it. Websites don’t seem to have the same psychological pull.

As for the import issues, I have an idea: use a free WordPress account from wordpress.com. Here are the steps I’m planning on taking:

1. Setup the free account.
2. Import Blogger posts into the free account. (It should work on their server, right? At least that’s what I’m hoping for.)
3. Once imported, export imported posts in the WordPress archive format.
4. Import the exported formerly Blogger now WordPress posts into my installation of WordPress at ben.kwinix.com.

My iPhone is currently in transit in the capable hands of FedEx. I’m being facetious, of course. FedEx blows. It took less than 48 hours to get from Sacramento, CA to Chicago, IL. Then for some inexplicable reason, they decided to forward it to Hammond, IN, where it’s been on a truck since the 3 AM hour of September 15. Now, a full 3+ days later, I still don’t have my iPhone. To their credit, FedEx did attempt to deliver last night. See, I’m having the package delivered to work because I knew someone would be there during the hours that FedEx delivers, which I assumed to be between 8 AM and 6 PM. When did they come? 7:13 PM. What the heck is that about? We had just left. I’m sure the truck was pulling up as we left the lot. Pisses me off. So hopefully the driver took note that the bank closes at 7 PM and is going to come earlier. It’s a little after 2 PM and still no delivery.

I’ve got 187 pictures of the White Sox – Angels game. They’re all loaded into Lightroom and I’m going through them one-by-one. It’s a somewhat tedious process. Some just get a tone curve adjustment and a star rating. Others get cropped. Still others get virtual copied and re-cropped. I’m about 90% done. As soon as they’re posted to Picasa there will be a post here announcing availability.

Now, back to Lightroom while listening to Jeremy from the album “Ten” by Pearl Jam.

written by Ben