Got ourselves a shiny new poll: please vote again

by | Aug 11, 2010 | Journal

Let us know (we promise this is the last poll for a while) which formats you want to see. This is so we can be sure the mini download includes what it needs to, among other things, and we want to be sure we understand what all of you need/want.

Results on the poll are making a certain sense.

by | Aug 10, 2010 | Journal

We are probably going to be able to eliminate 2 formats, .pmlz and .tcr, but we need to add .html. Which saves us a little bit of work. But not much. The reader-situation is still not settling into a handful of formats. The pretty clear winners in the format race are...

I (sob) joined Facebook…

by | Aug 10, 2010 | Journal

Not that I actually understand what to do with it…but it seemed the logical thing to do, since Jane’s on it and Lynn is. The first appearance of things on the Wall was pretty daunting. There’s a lot of completely random stuff. A lot… But if any...

motion on the Gold in Arderin front…

by | Aug 9, 2010 | Journal

The process of writing is, well, a process. It goes for a while, then—it either goes on, or it requires the writer go back and regularize the spellings, or in some cases the names people have, or in some cases give the story the benefit of what the writer...

The smaller bridge supports have appeared…

by | Aug 7, 2010 | Journal

OSGuy made a stealth delivery and two beautiful bridge arches have appeared by the driveway. Thank you, OSGuy! We can now join them with 2×4, paint them, and deck them, and we will have the Lesser Glorious Bridge finished!

Teenaged koi…pond destruction.

by | Aug 7, 2010 | Journal

We cleaned up all the algae. I am going to have to let some grow…because the koi are getting hungry, and we are going to have to feed them often. Bigtime often. What have our darlings done? Well, our largest, white-gold Ari, patchwork quilt Kenpachi, Renji...

thoughts on a tourist accident in the Grand Canyon…

by | Aug 7, 2010 | Journal

…and a teen was very, very lucky. He fell 75 feet, and is in ‘good’ condition in hospital, after having to be lifted out by rescue chopper. There is, incidentally, a sign near the rim that says that that chopper ride is somewhere around 30,000...