November 15th 2005

November 15th 2005
It is a little difficult to figure just where to start writing a blog. The first couple of submissions were testers, to determine how the blog actually operates, set formats (this one is Rounders) and play with other blogworthy settings. For the moment, I am reasonably satisfied with the product, even though the first glitch has already reared its ugly head.



1 Lady at piano/cat on table

Barbara, my aunt in Salmon Arm and one of the few Mac users that I know, receives the blog text in
dark green print on a black background, thus rendering the script unreadable.
My computer shows a dark text on light background, so I have to presume that the Mac is at fault. If anyone else suffers from this affliction, or any other, for that matter, then let me know. There is a “comment” button somewhere near this blog and we should try all the features. I have
submitted a stern reprimand to the blogspot people and await their feedback. In the meantime, Barbara will have to settle for the piano while the cat keeps an eye on the Mac.
Another discovery is that the order of blog updates goes from most recent to most ancient, meaning that someone wishing to read the entire blog from start to finish will have to hit the page down button until arriving at the beginning, then work their way back up the page to get to the end.
One of the selling features of “blogging” was that I would be able to display photos in a more efficient manner than by sending them attached to e-mails. This remains to be seen, since the speed of my connection (this is from home at 53.2 kbps) still has to get the pics to the blogsite somehow. I think that the advantage comes to the reader who will be reading in an HTML format, something that may take less memory than whatever arrives as an attachment in an e-mail. The last little bit of technology that might be of interest is that I downloaded a program that enables me to “create” my masterpieces in Word and then transfer them to the blogsite with the push of a button. I plan to do this right now before proceeding with the summer activity section.
The last item of interest is that captions for pictures may show up in the correct alignment i.e. immediately below said picture at the time of the intitial insertion but get moved as much as a couple of lines away in the published version. Presumably things get resized, text moves around and the caption gets misplaced. Advise on this from anyone would be useful.