This is my first original post in Wordpress. (Older posts before this, are imported from blogspot) Sorry for no blogging for 2 days. I was busy moving my blog from Blogspot to own hosted Wordpress. If you are able to read this, means it has been a success! I have plenty of things to share with all of you. So stay tune!!
Merging…recently a number of services are merging. This morning, when I wanted to login to MyBlogLog, I was told that the server is updating so I couldn’t login. After some time, I tried again and show this:
Why migrate to Yahoo! IDs?
There were a few reasons we did this:
- Primarily this was done because most of our customer support issues were related to customers having trouble logging into the site. We found that by using the uber-secure ID system that Yahoo! uses, we could offer you more efficient logins, deeper security and faster customer service. We also found that by chasing lost emails, misplaced passwords and scrambled reset codes, we were sacrificing valuable development time, which equals less cool, new features for you.
- This change also allows us to be introduced to millions of people who are already using Yahoo! IDs by making integration on other Yahoo! properties much easier.
Using Yahoo!’s existing ID system to manage MyBlogLog logins allows us to focus on growing the community.
Oh~ so this is it. In order to become better, more and more services are merging. Yahoo! Photos is gone for good and they have Flickr. You realize that two strong forces in the Web, Google and Yahoo, are really something! Merging services to provide better experiences for their members.. Blogger, YouTube are now Google’s. Yahoo is catching up as well… I believe there are more to name for both of these forces in the near future.
Merging seems to be a good thing, don’t you think? (Well, in certain aspects, it is not as profitable as expected.) I think it is also the time for me to merge my Blogspot blog with my Wordpress blog. I’ve always wanted to have a hosted Wordpress blog. Currently in negotiating status. But don’t worry, I will still be using my domain name - www.xiaoyenzi.com
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LiewCF wrote a review on his blogging workspace. It’s freaking cool to see the workspace of a problogger or full time blogger. LCD monitors, laptops, printers…all looks so professional. Hey, have you ever wonder how my blogging workspace look like? Well, it’s nothing special but at least I feel like sharing with all my readers here.
First of all, I would like to tell you that, I blog both in the office and at home. At home, my blogging workspace is a little corner in my bedroom. It is also the “server room”, as the router modem is also located here.
This is my main blogging workspace. A very limited space, as you can see. I use my laptop for blogging and designing purposes.
And behind this, I have my desktop PC. It’s my alternative blogging workspace. Although most of the time, I use this PC for download and gaming purposes. However, this PC works as a server for network printer or file sharing.
Really nothing special, no LCDs, no subwoofers, no all-in-one printer/scanner.. All these peripherals are real old.
And this is where I blog now - the place I blog in the day time during weekdays. In other words, my office.
So, these are my blogging workspace. How about yours?
By the way, this is what my lasap keyboard looks like:
Not clear enough? Let’s zoom in…
That’s a gamer’s keyboard. Notice the W E A S D letters are gone? If you play games like CS or DotA, then you should be familiars with those keys..and look at the almost-gone F G H and gone J K L letters? that was caused by playing O2Jam..lols…It was Orange’s actually..I like the feeling of pressing that keyboard, so I take it home with me.
Do you still remember the BlogDay 2007 Event I posted earlier? Yup, today is 31st August! The BlogDay! And I’m gonna introduce 5 new blogs which I found interesting to all of you here!
[1] AprilCherrie
Blog URL:
www.aprilcherrie.com
Author:
AprilCherrie, a Malaysian Chinese girl who loves anime, surf the net, taking pictures. Found that she shares almost the same interest like I do. Surprisingly, she plays MapleStory and O2Jam too! She works with Astro as web developer and also accept freelance job.
Blog Nature:
It’s more about the author’s life style, anime/comic, games, food - a variety of food, and many more. Lots of original good pictures included and kinda entertaining. Very sweet layout! AprilCherrie, sounds like Apple & Cherry, which is me and my sister. Interesting blog!
Snapshot:
[2] Cherry-Mix
Blog URL:
cherry-mix.blogspot.com
Author:
Cherry, my real life sweetie little sister. I’m the one who encourage her to blog. Her main blog is cherry-fruitie.blogspot.com, which I helped to modified the layout. And later with a bit of teaching, what a fast learner she is, she started another new blog, which is this Cherry-Mix, by modifying the layout all by herself. A good start for a person with designer dream.
Blog Nature:
Be warned! A very girlish blog! Very cute and attractive colors. Sharing of very original things/photos of her own. Creative in writing blog entries too! If you like cute stuff, this is definitely for you! A quite new blog, so it takes time to have richer content.
Snapshot:
[3] LeeChien
Blog URL:
leechien418.blogspot.com
Author:
LeeChien, my old schoolmate back in high school. We used to be classmates in our Junior year and later we were no longer in the same class during our Senior year just because we were in different streams. She started her blog just few months ago, sharing lots of interesting pictures, which will keep you always entertained. I’m glad that she got influenced by me a lot inthe blogosphere! And because of blogging, we become closer.
Blog Nature:
Simple, clean and nice. Although the blog is still young, we don’t want a good blog to die down. So show some support by visiting her blog frequently. If a blogger get good support, he/she will produce better blog, in sense of quality, in the future. A worth visiting blog!
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[4] The forgotten Milk
Blog URL:
terababy.blogspot.com
Author:
terababy, a cool tech guy from Beijing, China. He’s a software engineer, Web 2,0 guru and a LifeHack fan. He is a free man doing his own business at home and focus on flexible Information Management System. He had developed big software projects and loves to spend time with his beloved wife and cat when he’s not in front of his computer. So sweet!
Blog Nature:
Also quite a young blog, but really useful and informative for those who want to customize blogs, or other hacks. I found this blog when I was browsing for blog hacks. Basically, a clean design and really good information, even though it is a new blog. Very nice blog!
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[5] Free Photoshop Downloads
Blog URL:
freephotoshopdownloads.blogpsot.com
Author:
Justin. Can’t find any introduction about him and he is new in Blogger, according to the Blogger profile.
Blog Nature:
Why am I introducing this? Because I love Photoshop. There’s hell lots of Photoshop blogs out there but why this? Because this blog is new! And I like the articles, eventhough there’s only 2 posts. Guys, this is a real new blogs. I actually came across this blog in YouTube, where Justin posted a tutorial vid there. I bet in the future, this blog gonna have more useful information for Photoshop lovers. Bookmark it today!
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