Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Ever since we switched hosts, I’ve been relishing the feel of WordPress. Under the GoDaddy regime, firing up the word factory was a joyless, trudging experience, as far as the UI was concerned. Now, I look forward to each login, so great is the draw of a snappy, responsive web experience. There was a time when I would first type each post into a Word doc, then paste into the Press, which was grossly inefficient. Well, no more! No more. All that’s left now is to renovate the image you see above, and I’ve commissioned Mo.net for the finest in handcrafted JPGs. You deserve nothing less, after all.

I’ve made some minor tweaks to make this site slightly more mobile-friendly, and even stating as such invokes a deep sense of nausea within me. You know where I stand with my smartphone. I continue to find the battery life of iPhones reprehensible. The constant connectivity continues to grate as well, and accordingly I’ve pared my data plan back to the 300 MB tier, which should be interesting. I long for a time when mailboxes were firmly rooted to yards, rather than wielded and furiously thumbed.

There are some positives, of course. For one thing, it is an essential prop, allowing you to blend in easily and grants you disengagement, should the need arise. Ironically enough, because I always keep iOS updated, I still end up searching for firmware updates I know aren’t there, during moments like these. The device, too, is super-convenient as a conduit for content consumption. I seldom turn on the desktop, in fact, and I’ve even considered purchasing an iPad, until I came to my senses.

And with that, it’s time for sleep. I’m traveling into the big, scary city tomorrow with the Professor for a business dinner, and I’ll need my wits. I also find myself waking at ungodly hours on weekday mornings, solely for the aim of physical exertion. I’ve made a horrible mistake! Never meant for it to happen. But exercise is now the norm, rather than a rare, hallowed event.