You mean besides someone actually writing for it?

But seriously, in trying to get myself motivated to start blogging again I did some upgrades to my blog. First order of business was upgrading to the latest and greatest Wordpress. Which of course broke some things. So after an evening of putting it back together, I actually replaces a lot of the custom plugins I had installed with native features inside Wordpress. Very nice.

Enough with the internal stuff. There’s some shiny new stuff in the sidebar. Like a link to my Facebook profile. After reading about it Wired, I decided I had to find out what I’ve been missing. I’ve connected with a few people (mostly college buddies), but I still haven’t figured out what all the hype is about. Maybe I just don’t get it.

The other big sidebar item I added was my “Recent Music” list. This feature is powered by last.fm, a collaborative music site. Basically you listen to music in iTunes (or on your iPod) and it gets pushed out to last.fm (and now, to my blog as well). It is collaborative because it examines your musical tastes and compares it to other users to try and guide you to new music you like. Basically, I’ve figured out that I like crappy music.

That’s all the changes for now. I’m still looking for a way to list what I’m currently reading and stuff of that nature, but I’ll solve that problem another day. For now, let’s hope that the biggest change is new content in a more timely manner.

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