I made it all the way through the Movable Type upgrade to-do list for this blog, and then some. It’s no Picasso, but the colors are clearer, the fonts are larger, there’s more navigation, I enabled scheduled posting (cron jobs), and I’ve (re-)installed MT-Blacklist for better spam protection. I also made sure that the RSS 2 feed is prominently advertised on this site; subscribe to that feed, versus the spartan RSS 1 counterpart, and you should get full text, images, and comments for FRL’s entries. Let me know if anything isn’t working for you.
The upgrade I hadn’t planned on was the installation of BookQueueToo, which I found yesterday. I’ve been envying that nifty Typepad “what I’m reading” feature. BookQueueToo provides that capability, with a lot of flexibility in tagging and display, and some nice under-the-hood organization.
The BookQueueToo plugin is mildly buggy; I installed it last night and gave up after an hour of deciphering screen barf, only to find it working this morning, so when it acted funny an hour ago I did something else for a few minutes, and sure enough it began working again. Nevertheless, for the price (free) and the fun (limitless), I can forgive BookQueueToo its quirks. MT-Blacklist may be essential, but BookQueueToo is now my favorite online toy.
BookQueueToo is so fun to use it may get me to review stuff again (particularly since I can link my blog entries to the BookQueueToo squibs). (And why limit myself to books? I buy a lot of housewares at Amazon. I even used Amazon to donate to the Red Cross last week.)
By the way, if you’re wondering if I’m making money from books purchased through Amazon’s links on this blog, that would be true if I had entered my own Amazon Associate ID when I configured BookQueueToo (and of course if anyone ordered books from this site). But I used the Associate ID provided by the developer of MT-Amazon rather than bother developing one of my own. I would REALLY prefer to enter the Amazon Associate ID of some worthy cause–a library or other nonprofit–so if you have one to recommend, comment on this entry or drop me a line.
Posted on this day, other years:
- My essay, "Falling In," a Pushcart nominee - 2009
- Council Resolution on Electronic List Participation - 2008
- O Glorious Day - 2007
- Prepare Ye the Way! FRL on the Move - 2006
- Nat Hentoff: Round Three on Cuba - 2004
- The ListenIllinois E-Audiobook Program: My Ears are Pea-Green with Envy - 2004
Weirdness. The comment box is all the way at the bottom of the page.
Anyway, I just wanted to suggest that you check with your local public library to see if they have an Amazon Associate ID. I believe that LISnews has an ID, too.