Archive for the ‘Site’ Category
Site news, updates, lamenting about spam; also if it’s only part of a post about something totally else.
Cancer and Music
Yes, I’m one of those that have encountered cancer well before it was supposed to happen. Twice. And, yes, I’m not as bad off as other people, but having cancer really screws with your psyche, even if you want to prevent it from doing so. I have no idea if there are any readers left [...]
Vrrrooom (Site Update)
Considering the posting speed of the past years, I’ve done a virtual Speedy Gonzales since January 1st, getting this site switched over to a new framework and tweaking it here and there. This is just a quick update to also let those readers who access this site via a feed reader know about some changes [...]
Going “Elemental” … in 70 Minutes!
A very happy new year to all you faithful readers, if you happen to be “Google noise” or not. For me, personally, 2009 was a good year in regard to getting some excellent new releases, reissues and awesome boxed sets and I do certainly hope that 2010 won’t fall far behind. If you are reading this via your feed reader of choice you should maybe drop by quickly to have a look at the new livingwithmusic.com. Yes, new (once again).
Shortly before the Christmas holidays, which I spent with my parents in our rather cold and rainy former capital, I was literally tripped up by “Elemental”. Sounds mysterious, but it wasn’t. While desperately searching for a Wordpress theme that is updated regularly, has a rock-solid base and good support, “Pro Theme Design”, the makers of “Mimbo Pro”, suddenly popped up on my screen and, to be quite honest, a small 454px x 284px partial screenshot of “Elemental” hooked me before I had a chance to breathe.
Observations 10-2009
It’s been a while, sadly enough, but if you have followed the erratic course of this website over the years, it probably didn’t come as a surprise at all. Real life just has a way of continually getting in the way all the time, especially if you have both a stressing day job and an extended family rife with illnesses and diseases. We’re all not getting younger and, boy, ain’t that the truth. What I used to pile onto my desk for a night’s worth of work today takes me a week and my energy line seems to have someone leeching off it continuously. At the moment, when I seem to have the time to sit down and write or update this or that, I’m just too tired, throw on some mindless BluRay disc … and pass out before the studio’s logo has had enough time to pop up on the screen.
Observations 04-2009
Mosaic, Benny Goodman, Ian Gillan and … My musical life has been picking up quite a bit lately after having been in a bit of a limbo for all too long. As you might recall, I wrote about not having bought anything for quite a while – and I’m planning on keeping that up – [...]
Observations 02-2009
For the first time in 2009, I had a look at the statistics for this (rather lifeless) site and, alas, I have more readers than ever before. My Google page rank even increased (go figure). I guess it’s the “curse” of any site that was once updated more or less regularly to get all comfy [...]
WordPress 2.5.x a Major Disappointment
Yes, I had another post first planned and then ready, but my change to WordPress and then upgrading to 2.5 and 2.5.1 has been such a nightmare that it has negated each and every reason why I changed over to this “blogging” platform in the first place. It seems as if every fix that is [...]
Picking up speed …
Well, livingwithmusic.com has been online again for a little over a week and things are beginning to run smoothly … finally. There have been – and continue to be – a couple of bumps in the road to full functionality, but although I am, perhaps, the only German without a driver’s license, I still have [...]
WordPress: Spam Magnet
I should have been prepared for it – and I was (… sort of) – but I was still completely taken aback by the huge amount of spam version 2.0 of this site attracted within minutes of having been switched live. I’m not kidding you when I say that within the first hour or so, [...]
Version 2.0
Actually, this is version 6 or 7, but I lost count. All that does count is that I’m done and can finally switch this thing to a “live”state. I’ve covered the problems I experienced – both health and web design wise – previously, so I won’t go into all of that again. Suffice it to [...]