Twitter Updates for 2009-12-31

• Time to do a little more blog configuration and posting. #
• Ok, I’m not sure the twitter sidebar is updating on the new blog. Let’s give it a try. # Read more »

Switching from Wordpress.com to Wordpress 2.9 (part II – Unexpected Future Costs)

There’s a catch with everything these days, right?  Well, the “free” version of Wordpress (.com) isn’t exactly free if you want to make any upgrades in the future.  They don’t exactly have banners up mentioning stuff you might have to pay for down the road.  I first discovered this by trying to register a domain name…  It didn’t say anything about paying until the end of the process.  I discovered later, however, that you can go to the “upgrades” tab to see what each product costs.  Here’s a list of stuff you might not of thought about, but might end up paying for later: Read more »

Switching from Wordpress.com to Wordpress 2.9

Well, I decided to go ahead with the transition.  I waffled for a while, but came to the conclusion that I would really enjoy learning how to work with the PHP and CSS scripts.  There are some definite differences (and similarities) between the two platforms, so I’ll try to break down some of the details for you. Read more »

CSS: Upgrade or Headache?

I decided that I wanted to give the CSS upgrade feature on Wordpress a try, because I didn’t like the size of the tiny default font…  And I am interested in changing a few other things on the site in general.  I managed to change the font to a reasonable size and reduce the size of the “posted by:” and date stamp text to make room for the larger titles.

I am completely experimenting with the process, so my first action was to download and save the a template of the original CSS for the theme I am currently using.  I saved it to a text editor and used it for reference.  When I located a line of code that I wanted to change, I pasted ONLY that line into the CSS editor in Wordpress.  That way, I could always tell what I was editing, and I was fairly certain that I wouldn’t mess up anything else.

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Just A Little Format Testing…

Just thought I’d let anyone who happens to be visiting right now that I am messing with the Wordpress CSS layout. It could get a little funky, so please be patient!

Blogger Import to Wordpress Clean-Up

I just couldn’t stand some of the import issues I found after transferring my blog from Blogger to Wordpress, so I am in the process of fixing them. Initially, I thought I could ignore them. I discovered a few new types of problems and made my best effort to begin fixing all of them. Here are a couple issues addressed:

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Musical Injuries Series: Post 3 – “A Glimmer of… Consolation”

So, it affected my confidence and my grades, but it would also change the course of my musical career.

Strangely, as confident as I was about my trumpet playing in the beginning, I never saw myself as a professional musician. I did, however, begin to develop a passion for music composition. If you believe in fate, you might say that my injury was basically just a catalyst for my compositional career… And you would not necessarily be incorrect. But before we get there, it should be noted that it was also the start of my experiences in choral music. Read more »

The First Thing I Don't Like About Wordpress

I found that Wordpress has enabled a feature that puts random “related” links at the bottom of posts… Except these links aren’t really related at all and some can be objectionable. Since I’m new to Wordpress, I’ll just provide you with the URL to a post that has some very good information about the subject:

http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2008/04/26/alert-possibly-related-posts-feature-on-wordpresscom-blogs/

The second thing I don’t like are the tags it puts (hundreds of them) at the bottom of posts… Since I imported from Blogger (where they were hidden) they look a little ridiculous and don’t seem to make much sense. I’d edit them out, but I don’t have that kind of time right now. Read more »

Formatting Issues

FYI, Wordpress has an awesome import feature that allowed me to import all of my previous posts from Blogger… All-in-all, it’s a great feature, but there are a few formatting issues that are troublesome. For example, it kept a lot of the fonts and colors and pics, but it messed up some of the spacing. I haven’t decided whether it is even worth fixing yet. Anyway, please don’t let it distract you too much.

One other thing, the layout in general is experimental… So, that might look different from time-to-time.

Under Construction

This is the new location for Music Tech Talk. I will set up a redirect from Blogger to Wordpress when this site is ready. Thanks for your patience.

Musical Injuries Series: Post 2 – "Positively Devastating"

Musical Injuries Series: Post 1 – "Ego and theTrumpet"

Introduction

This is the first post in a series of posts that is intended to discuss and document my experience with musical injuries, their physical and psychological effects and my path to recovery and/or acceptance. Since I am in the recovery/acceptance phase, I will combine all of these areas in my description from time to time. For now, I will start with a little background information. Read more »