A couple weeks ago I bought a beautiful new softcover ruled Moleskine, and wow, I love them. With this one I’ve started writing down quotes and passages — …
The Archives: ToTM
Note: This isn't quite functional yet, but I'm working on it... :) -bmc 4.5.08
1. Commonplaces
I’m tired. :) Life’s pretty busy right now with the show and all (and we’re going to try selling some scripts to see if there’s any market for them, …
3. Old and new
Time for a change. Yesterday while watching general conference, I got an itch to redesign this blog. Here’s what it used to look like:…
So, I’m doing Script Frenzy this month. I would blog about it on here, but I’m trying to move most of my writing/art/etc. posts over to Blank …
Today, my friends, marks the third anniversary of Top of the Mountains. It all began with my post on Germanic languages, and the rest is history. (In …
While being sick is driving me stir crazy, it does have one big benefit: time. I’d rather be well, of course, but since I seem to be doomed to …
I thought I was getting better. Bzzzt. Last night my health rappelled down to a new depth — then the rope snapped. I don’t want to say …
Out with the old…
Last year I wrote 355 blog posts, which seemed like a lot until I went back to my 2006 New Year’s post and found that I …
[Sorry about the blog being down for most of today. Bluehost migrated my sites to a new server running PHP 5, and that messed up a few things. …
10. A quickie
I’m not entirely sure why I haven’t started blogging again as frequently as before. I think it’s because of a few projects that have been pressing on my time …
11. Things to come
Consider this a teaser trailer. One of the reasons I’ve been blogging less frequently the past couple of weeks is a writing project I’ve been working on, and while …
12. Comment issues
Hmm, WordPress marked three recent comments of y’all’s as spam, and I’m not sure why, seeing as there weren’t any links in them. They’re back up now, but until …
13. A birthday party
Top of the Mountains turns two years old today. It’s come a long way, I think, from those first baby-step posts to where we are now, with over eighty …
For those of you who don’t use a feedreader (and if you haven’t ever used one, I recommend trying Google Reader), you can now subscribe to this blog via …
It’s funny how the stuff you write years ago can become so embarrassing. I’ve been going through Blank Slate, sweeping the dust under the (lush oriental) rug, tidying …
I just finished my last paper of the semester. All that’s left is a final in my Middle English class tomorrow afternoon. And considering that the midterm took …
I discovered Snap Preview Anywhere five minutes ago while reading TechCrunch. Go ahead, move your mouse over either of these links. See? Very cool. …
18. Comments feed
I’ve moved the comments feed to Feedburner, so it’s now this:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/TotM-Comments
[tags]Feedburner, blogging[/tags]
It’s that time of the year again. Brimful of stress, pounding headache, welcome to panic mode. :) That was a sardonic smiley-face, by the way. ~sigh~ I’ll …
So last week when I was trying to upgrade WordPress, I forgot to reactivate the FeedBurner plugin, which means the last handful of posts didn’t show up in the feed. …
21. Metathoughts
I made a cursory attempt to upgrade to WordPress 2.0.5 earlier this morning. Failed. It would get stuck loading the front page, randomly, and so I decided to …
I’ve finally gotten around to implementing a mullet-style layout on the front page and a long-tail archive. Here’s what the mullet looks like, as you can also …
As you may’ve noticed if you read the blog directly instead of through an aggregator, I’ve been messing around with the sidebar. It’s still way too long, though, but …
24. Smatterings
Today I want to talk about change. Two cents, to be precise. Or non cents, depending on your perspective.
But really, I’m in the middle of a passionate love/hate …
I’ve added the new LibraryThing search widget to my increasingly unruly sidebar. :) (One of these days I’m going to redesign my WordPress theme so the sidebar isn’t so …
26. Hello, world
I don’t seem to be in much of a blogging mood lately. Guess it’s because all my energy is going to Beyond and my work projects. I’ll be …
Apparently my post-with-a-really-long-name kind of messes up Internet Explorer’s positioning. ~sigh~ Have I mentioned how intensely IE is the bane of my existence?
Well, the easiest way to solve this …
For those of you who comment regularly, you may want to consider registering (there’s a Register link in the Meta section of the sidebar, near the bottom). All …
So I think I’m going to start another blog. ~gasp, shudder, sigh~ I’m not entirely sure yet, but I think it would be fitting to have a graphic design …
30. The opinion page
It’s gameshow time. Well, not really, but I do have a question for y’all. (For the uninitiated, “y’all” is the plural of “you.” As in, “you all.” …
I’ve made some slight cosmetic changes:
Moved the time up to the byline area (it used to be down with the categories)
Edited the Simpletags plugin to add the Technorati icon
Revised the …
For those of you who come to the blog site itself (rather than reading it via a feed), you may have noticed a few slight hiccups this afternoon with the …
Living a double life ain’t easy. So, this morning I’m issuing a press release, concerning the merger of Top of the Mountains and Bookland. Bookland’s assets will be …
34. Ajax comments
No, the Greek warrior actually has nothing to say. But I have added
Ajax commenting to Top of the Mountains, so that your comment will appear on the …
35. Floods
Remember not too long ago when there were seven posts in one day? That’s probably going to happen again soon. I keep a to-do list of post topics …
Hmm, according to How Much Is Your Blog Worth?, this blog is worth $3,387. Um, yeah. Whatever. In comparison, Slashdot is purportedly worth $8,115,827. I’ve …
Raindrops on roses, and whiskers on kittens…
Wait a sec. Sorry, Maria, but that just isn’t me. Except for the raindrops part — I do love rain. Anyway, …
38. Men only
Check out today’s Non Sequitur. :)
[tags]comics, Non Sequitur[/tags]
39. Too much stuff
I never thought I’d hear myself say this, but not having a laptop is kind of nice. Not only is my backpack lighter, but I no longer have to …
40. A short survey
Just out of curiosity, what kinds of things do you come here to read? Or rather, which subjects are you most interested in? A mostly silent audience makes …
Today I was thinking (hmm, it feels like I always start posts with “I was thinking”), and the happiest times in my life have been when I’m doing something for …
I’ve decided to retire Digital Bridge. I’ll leave it as is, but from now on any of the posts that would’ve gone there will end up here instead. …
I really thought spring was here. After all the flipping back and forth between days of sunshine and days of snow, I was convinced that we’d finally made it …
Well, the Apple hardware buyer for the BYU Bookstore said this about my laptop:
I expect that the video card is part of the main logic board on this computer. In …
Came across WeRelate, a cool new wiki for genealogy. Talked about it in We’re Late! on the Beyond blog.
[tags]wiki, genealogy, WeRelate[/tags]
So it appears the new design doesn’t quite work in Internet Explorer — the sidebar doesn’t appear until after all the posts. Not good. While I’m figuring out …
Well, my laptop is still pretty much dead. I’m in one of the Mac labs on campus, with my laptop booted in target disk mode (which makes it a …
48. A new look
If you’re visiting the site itself and not reading it via an RSS aggregator like Bloglines, you’ve probably already noticed the new look. (And if not, go check it …
49. More on the rats
Well, the good news is that by resetting the PRAM I was able to boot up and get into my machine. The bad news is that the trackpad is …
50. Rats, bigtime
I spent a couple of hours earlier this afternoon working on a new look for this site, and almost had it done, but when I turned on my Powerbook after …
