So…I had this FABulous introduction written about what the hell my blog name, Idaho Beach, is supposed to mean…but my computer ate it. Really. I swear. Ok. Actually, this big virus, um, Jdbgmgr.exe, cornered me in the hallway and said if I didn’t give him my essay, he’d beat me up in the parking lot at 3.
*Sigh* So the truth is, I lost it. Having spent the better part of an hour and a half tonight fiddling with the minute details of page format and picture layout (Because I’m a design jeek and yes, it freaking matters that much to get my image to display in the header. And yes, it isn’t there yet, but believe you me, it freaking will be.) I finally got around to thinking about posting an actual message.
I figured, it would probably be good to give my potential readers some context. Good start. Pretty easy, too, considering I’d come up with the concept, like, a year ago. Again, I spent the better part of two months designing the site, content and writing the html. Came up with my super-fabulous introduction, organized a photo gallery, and went looking for a free website service. Yeah. They all suck.
I may have a grand time spending hours on end designing html pages, editing graphics and writing self-entertaining editorials, but there is one thing I know that every webposter out there should – there is nothing interesting enough to endure those godforsaken popups or flashy advertisements plastered 2 inches above and below every page.
And thus, Idaho Beach stayed saved on my C: drive for the better part of a year. It survived the ‘blue screen of death’ crash in Jan ’04…I think. I know I saw it recently and saying, “hey, you know, that was a cool idea, I should think about posting that sometime”. And what do you know? Just two weeks ago I was checking out Google for potential job opportunities in the Seattle area (and no, they don’t have any – apparently Google’s in CA with the rest of the cybersnobs who make the state totally unaffordable for regular people.) and happened upon this lovely little blogger tool.
Need a free site to post your thoughts with no html to maintain? BAM! Wanna load free pictures and not diddle with sizing and cropping and size limitations? BAM! Gotta find that poetic introduction about dreamscapes and wholeness of soul? Dude, you’re screwed. Go stand in line with the rest of humanity.
Stay tuned – when I find it, I’ll post it! ’till then, this is what I gots.
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