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New Twitter Name

To all my Twitter followers, and those not yet following me: Twitter lets you change your user name, so I did. Instead of the very long and misspelled “urbaneexistance,” I am now @jamessocol. Shorter, easier to remember, more meaningful. If you were following me, Twitter says you still should be,

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Computer-Related Injury

I am attempting to stave off full-blown carpal tunnel syndrome. I’ll try to line up a guest post but I will be avoiding typing as much as possible for a little while.

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The New Blog

I made myself sit down today and finish work on the blog design. I am very happy with how it came out. This design is a hybrid, pulling elements from some of better-looking sites and blogs. The three-column layout was inspired by Felicia Day’s “Flog” and Problogger, the thin

Design

Skinning(/Leatherworking)

I’m (finally) working on the new theme. It’s obviously a work-in-progress, so just appreciate the effort for now. I’m starting with the default WordPress theme by Michael Heilemann. I’m not going to lie: I really dislike this particular theme. The look, though bland, is fine. What

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organization

Of course, as soon as I get around to doing the redesign, I decide I don’t quite like it. I’ve decided to reorganize this site and another one, to separate the blog/webzine-type sections and the professional/portfolio-type sections. The two will still be pretty closely related and

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redesign!

So I finally got around to doing the redesign. I based this somewhat on WordPress’s site and default templates, because they were a great example of the style I wanted: a more web-professional look with a print-inspired feel. I’ve heard rumors and whispers that, while serif fonts are