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Shorter posting ahead….
Posts here will likely be a bit more terse over the next bit of time, as I’m hitting a good spot in my current work-in-progress and my favorite author’s new novel just dropped…. Keep checking in, though!
A test! (And a picture)
Nothing really to say here! I’m just trying out WordPress’s mobile app, for those moments when I am away from the computer but am also just DYING to post something. Also, here’s a photo of my street, taken using the … Continue reading →
“All right, Mr. Sulu. Let’s see what she’s got!”
Well, here we are! As noted the other day, I’ve been thinking about permanently moving my blogging operations to this site, and retiring Byzantium’s Shores after nearly twenty years of service. As you might surmise…I’m generally the type of person who, … Continue reading →
A possible technical change….
So, as social media companies exercise more and more control over the content users post, and as those companies employ algorithms that are more and more quixotic in their moderation (I’ve seen people put into Facebook jail for using normal … Continue reading →
A Note on the Lack of Music on this Blog of Late.
You may have noticed that I’ve been posting very little music-related content here of late. That’s mainly because I went really hard-core into music posting the last few months of 2020 (December especially), and this month I’ve been focusing on some … Continue reading →
A quick apology about comments
The way this works is that when someone comments, I get an email at my Gmail address telling me there’s a comment to check. I do, and I publish it if it’s not spam. Every so often that system gets … Continue reading →
Tinkering, complete! (Mostly)
I spent a bit of time this past weekend making a few changes to Byzantium’s Shores, which you may notice if you’re particularly eagle-eyed and you’re familiar with the old lay of the land here. Some of these changes were … Continue reading →
Tinkering under the hood….
I’m giving this blog a much-needed refreshing this weekend, so if things look slightly different, that’s why. Bear with, folks! –Still tinkering….
Ack! An apology
I’ve just discovered that Blogger has again done that thing where it fails to notify me via email that there are comments awaiting approval (a few from my Christmas music posts!), so I apologize if you thought I rejected your … Continue reading →
Twenty years a blogger….
Last week a local person graciously cited me as a creative person worth following online, which was a compliment I greatly appreciated! But what really took me back was the description: Three local blogs:@Jaquandor has been posting content on the … Continue reading →