Hergest Ridge

The separation of Church and State is pending – er, I mean the separation of SimpleBlog and Bytech (keep fighting for the earlier). Today, a whisper of creativity came over me, and on my desk lie the results: a list of potential names. That’s right, SimpleBlog will soon move to its very own domain, and get a new title, too.

Don’t worry, I won’t make you guess at the new location of the blog. A notice with the new address will replace this blog when the move is complete. In the meanwhile, I’ll continue my provocative commentary right here, so stick around!

I’ve added a few new links to the External Goodies section, including my YouTube and Last.fm profiles. You won’t find any vids of mine on YouTube, only favs, but that may change soon. The mod for choosing link order is not doing its job, so links are listed alphabetically and not by order of importance.

Akismet has been busy keeping the blog spam free, and passed the ’10K spam removed’ mark, early Saturday morning. Thanks go to the Akismet folks, for they rule!

With this entry, the total posts for the month is 10. Why is this so special? Because 10 is the highest number of entries in a month since the blog went online over a year ago. With a couple more entries ready for publishing, a new high will be set any day now.

I created a couple new categories for the blog. If you look at the category listing to the right, ‘Hergest Ridge News’ and the ‘Soap Box’ have already been added to the selection. Pending is a section for posts which contain some of the photos I’m busy taking, with a few already used in past entries.

News section is for entries like the one you are reading, for times when I want to alert you to changes and additions. For the most part, it’ll be a utility section.

The second new category was conceived while I was working on one of my upcoming pieces. I realised it will stir some emotions and anger. My first thought was to precede the piece with a disclaimer, but decided that this would set the wrong mood for the article, and that a disclaimer may be perceived as an apology of sorts. That not being the case, but still trying to remain sensitive to you, my reader, I decided that a new section was in order.

The ‘Soap Box’ is a place where I voice personal opinions with the sociological filters turned off, and hopefully an extra dose of tact and civility. In some pieces sarcasm will be the lens that brings my words into focus, and I think you’ll quickly recognise when such is the case.

I’ve yet to decide on a name for the category that highlights the photos I’ve taken and added to my entries. Watch for it in the next few days.

In the meanwhile, I’ve already tagged appropriate posts with the News and Soap Box category tags.

At last the Web Design and Internet Marketing entries have been moved out of SimpleBlog. You’ll now find them over at the main Bytech website, in the ‘DIY Website and Branding Tips’ section. Business and pleasure separated at last… well, at least when it comes to the blog categories.

You’ve asked for it, and here it is: My Official Wish List. You’ll also find a link to it in the main navigation on the right hand side.