habitually probing generalist

This is my new blog, Off the Mark.

It is replacing my original blog …the thoughts are broken… which was hosted at TypePad. Reproduced here, in a different expression is the last post I made [that is, it is edited to make sense in this context], and reproduced in a different manifestation is the entire contents of the previous blog.

I still have to move physically in a couple of weeks, but my virtual move has already happened. Of course, there’s still (virtual) unpacking and tidying up to be done but, thanks to Kurt‘s help, it really went sweetly.

This original version of this will be one of my last posts at my TypePad blog. It will also be an orphan as I will not replicate it in WordPress. I was going to but it doesn’t make much sense. I’ll write a similar one, but from the now “local” point of view. [Changed my mind, sort of.]

My new blog is named Off the Mark. It is currently subtitled …the thoughts are broken… to help others (and me) with the transition. The new name is courtesy of Richard Urban and Walt Crawford [the 1st link in this sentence is wrong. WP is changing it on me and I haven't figured out why yet.]

Here is the feed for it. Please switch any feed you may be subscribed to to the new one. I’m not exactly sure if/when, but I’ll probably kill the TypePad blog in about 4 weeks.

I have no doubt that the layout of this blog will change a bit over time as I get to know WordPress and its capabilities, but it is functional for now.

You are also free to poke around the website at my new domain: marklindner.info. Not really worth it at the moment, but I will be adding to, and styling, it slowly. This blog can be found from there also.

I am sorry to everyone for “breaking the internet” or at least a small portion of our small slice. Once the TypePad blog dies (and I’m not sure how long TypePad will leave it in place once my account expires) any inbound links to it will fail. Nothing I can do about that that I know of. Redirects won’t help because I won’t have control of that “place” to redirect from.

I can probably edit the Carnival wiki and, if not, I’ll send Greg the links to the 4 posts in their new location. Not much I can do for anyone else. If anyone can suggest things I might be able to do to minimize the damage, please feel free.

As for my “there’s still (virtual) unpacking and tidying up to be done” comment above, I am referring to fixing some image issues and doing a bit more checking of things. A lot of the images are showing up right now, but that is because TypePad used absolute URLs. I’ll have to upload all those photos to my domain and edit the links in those posts. [Started on that today, but I have a long way to go still.]

If any of you find anything else broken or that you can predict will break, PLEASE let me know.

And, again, welcome to Off the Mark.