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As a quick update, I’ve been riding my bike several hours a week now, and I decided that maybe I should start blogging about some of the experiences I have. The past couple months, I’ve been writing posts here about my favorite routes around Southern California, posting some pictures of things I see and experience on my rides, and in general writing about cycling. I might even start reviewing some of the products that I’ve acquired over the past few years.
The blog was originally started as an entry in a contest to win a bike (how could I pass up the chance at a free bike?), but since I didn’t win that contest, I’ve decided to tweak the purpose and content of the blog a bit. My goal is partially to help myself remember my favorite parts of riding around Orange County (and occasionally San Diego), but also I want to encourage others to ride bikes. I hope you enjoy it.
As a side note, I’ve also updated WordPress to a cleaner, awesomer new version (2.8.5). This change is probably transparent to you readers (all three of you).
It was a much simpler fix than creating a widget. I just edited the sidebar.php file of my wordpress theme to include my Last.fm chart. The only tricky part was to make sure that the chart code was inside an unordered list, which was inside a list item for another unordered list. The WP sidebar is weird that way.
Music of the Moment:
Sæglópur
Sigur Ros
I’m currently working on developing a widget for my sidebar (over there ->) that will display my weekly top artists chart from Last.fm. I also want to eventually have a database containing information about my DVD and CD collections. So keep your eyes peeled my friends.
Music of the Moment:
Just Let Go
MAE
This is a fresh installation of WordPress (a wonderful little content management system designed with blogging in mind). I decided that I don’t get enough use out of my website so that needs to change. Currently I have been browsing the WP themes pages looking for the perfect theme, but I can’t seem to find one that exactly meets my specifications. One might suggest that I simply design my own theme, which would be a valid argument; however, I am picky, and my tastes change frequently enough that by the time I get around to completing a theme that meets my standards, I might have changed them.
So for the time being, we’re sticking with this one.