Not A Dollarshort

Redesign

The archive of older dollarshort.org posts will return as soon as I decide what I want to do with the archive of older dollarshort.org posts.

Hey, there's nothing like circular logic.

But, for now, there's nothing like the present!

Can I breathe now?

With the conversion to Movable Type as my weblogging software, I just had to do a full redesign.

Although I do like my new design, I do question whether it was wise to do the entire layout in CSS. "What about that 1% who uses Netscape 3.x?" I ask myself. "Now they'll have to look at an ugly site."

Of course because I'm always trying to please everyone, I'll be setting up some sort of design-friendly solution for those without the latest browsers.

So, now I guess I should give some sort of tour for those visiting the new dollarshort.org. I basically moved everything off of my old index into different sections.

Archives contain the entries grouped by week. Additionally, you can now browse entries based on their categories. The search function will return shortly.

Projects contain the entries that are just a little more interesting than the regular postings. This is the place for my cartoons, video and audio files.

Elsewhere is my list of bookmarks.

About contains information about me and the site as well as the diversions list that was previously on the index page.

Contact is pretty self-evident.

Previously posted comments will be restored sometime later this week. In the meantime, let me know what you think.

Promises, promises.

What to expect from dollarshort.org in the upcoming weeks:

1. Audio entry: Who blocked out all my good childhood memories?

2. Sad Mena returns.

3. There's a redesign a-coming. And I promise, I'll keep this one up for a very long time.

4. Integration of our own homegrown content management system.

So bear with me -- it may get a little quiet around here.

In the meantime, if you've been around these parts for a while, let me know who you are.

Vacation.

I'm off to visit my grandparents.

Posting should resume Sunday night.

Have you read the 48 Blogathon entries yet?

Or all my archived entries?

The morning after.

The party's over. The guests have left. The vacuum is coming out.

And there are 48 new weblog entries for you to read.

Blogathon Last Call.

It looks like I've got the sponsorship of The Daily Ping posse. Thanks Paul and Ryan!

I've been scanning photos for the Blogathon, and to my delight, realized that I still need 23 more. I didn't think this part -- selecting photos -- would be so hard.

This is where my Blogathon posts will be.

Thank You.

I've got five additional sponsors to thank:

Whitney, Sunil, Michelle, Debra Joyner and Miss Kristin (who, by the way, has a really annoying, nagging sister-in-law).

Oh, and I got a webcam. I wanted one for Sew Wrong so I could document my sewing nights and all those times that I go off the deep end and no one is around to see me screaming at my machine.

Using it for the Blogathon makes sense though.

But I'm a bit worried about how I look in the screen captures. I kind of look like the undead -- it's either the lighting or the fact that I've been going to sleep at 3:30 am for the past three weeks. It's quite scary, all the same. Bela. Bela. Bela.

It's tax deductible, too!

Since the 24 Hour Blogathon is only a few days away, I'd like to make a quick plea for more sponsors. The organization I'm blogging for is Guide Dogs for the Blind, a local non-profit "devoted to promoting the human/animal bond" and providing independence for the visually impaired.

Or, you can sponsor Leia. She's blogging for the DFW Humane Society, an organization in desperate need of funds.

The DFW Humane Society is a not-for-profit animal shelter that has no government funding. They are a no kill organization that cares for the animals until they are adopted. Current operating costs are about $400 a day.

All donations will go directly to the organizations so you don't have to worry about anyone getting their corrupt little hands on your money. And why are we participating? We're doing this as a way to support the causes we feel strongly about. It's, as they say, for a good cause. So sponsor one of us. Or better yet, sponsor the both of us. There is no minumum, and even five dollars would be appreciated.

And, as a bribe, my sponsors can expect a little something in the postal mail. Nothing big. Just a sign of thanks.

Postal mail is my friend.

I got, in the mail, the greatest package from Ms. Paula of Perils of Leisure.

It contained two Pixies articles, a CD with the Pixies on a Holland radio show and some of Paula's favorite Throwing Muses songs, and the kicker -- a copy of Radio: an Illustrated Guide by Jessica Abel.

The comic is a behind-the-scenes account of how a This American Life show is conceived and produced and why the show is just so darn great.

Speaking of TAL, the Real Audio of Hitler's Yacht is now online.

In the late eighties, a group of Holocaust survivors towed the rotten hull of an old boat into the sea several miles off the coast of Miami, dropped it off a barge, and watched it sink to the bottom of the ocean. The boat was believed to be Hitler's personal yacht. The story of how it came to be called Hitler's yacht, and how it made its way from the boatyards of prewar Germany to a swampy marina in Jacksonville, Florida, is a long, strange monumentally entertaining yarn which takes up our entire hour.

So much to hear. So much to read. Thanks Paula!

Vive La France!

You know when, for some odd reason, you are compelled to type in an URL to a site that you know of but never really have any reason to visit?

Well, that happened to me tonight.

I just had to visit the website to Bardot A Go Go.

Bardot A Go Go is a club, or rather a night, that features French Pop and Mod. It's at 330 Ritch, where Popscene is held.

It turns out that Bardot A Go Go is having a Bastille Day night tomorrow.

So, maybe, fun me was trying to tell boring me to get dressed up and get out of the house . Oh, and get a pretentious scour on my face because that's really the only way you could fit in at Popscene. But that was its charm. It's the whole Mod principle -- style over substance.

But it's so much fun to dress up.

Here are some dress suggestions.

So, should we go? Ben didn't seem too excited when I mentioned that I wanted to go tomorrow night.

He didn't like going to Popscene that much, either. (See above pretentious f**ks).

Is anyone a regular at B.A.G.G? Possibility of meeting up?