- Ajax back end
- auto upgrades, plugin installs, etc
- posting from my iPhone

So now you’ll hopefully see more posts from me. I’ve also decided to more fully integrate my Twitter posts into this blog, so expect some one-liners you have otherwise missed if you haven’t been following me at this link.

In other news, I have a load of dishes to finish, a toddler bed to construct, and dinner to plan. So I’ll catch you on the flip-side…

I’ll probably stick with WordPress (though I need to upgrade to the latest version), but the template is just not meeting my needs. This being my final semester in my web design program, my final project is probably going to include putting together a new WordPress template. So I’ll probably use that experience (along with the Flash programming experience I’ll have by the end of the semester) to start from scratch.

If you have tried visiting this blog regularly and wonder why I don’t update more often, it’s because I’ve been posting links and notes over there. If you know me personally, become my friend on Facebook, and you’ll see a lot more activity there. If you don’t know me well enough to befriend me on Facebook (I try to keep it to actual acquaintances), here’s another option: I’m also becoming more active on Twitter, so follow me there if you like. While I haven’t touched FriendFeed, my sources tell me that you may be able to aggregate all the stuff that I post everywhere. While that’s a fairly scary thought, I don’t suppose I can stop you.

I went ahead and posted a Twitter widget here and a YouTube widget on my Video page (click the Video tab above). I don’t think anything else will be changing here before, say, May. But who knows. You may want to keep your eyes open.

In other Jayhawk championship video news, the same friend who shot the #2 video also put together the 2007-2008 “The Show Goes On” highlight video of the Jayhawks’ entire championship season. I recommend the hi-res version for those with the bandwidth & hardware to handle it.

What do I need money for?

Number one, to break even on my website domain & hosting server fees. I’ll even break it down some for you. Just $3 a month would make a significant dent in my modest bills; $4 per month would pretty much cover costs for my site hosting and all my domain names that I own (I have about four domains currently, with more to come if the ‘fever’ hits me). It’s not much, but after absorbing the costs for a few years now, I’m starting to wonder if it’s worth it.

Second, I wouldn’t mind a little money for my trouble. I know that I would spend more time writing for my blog if I knew it wasn’t just a way for me to rant or share parts of my life with interested readers. I have some creative writing ideas, as well as some graphic design, audio, and video concepts that I would like to put up here. This content would be more likely to make the leap from imagination to reality if I was already making a little, thus had the potential to make a little more with more or different content.

What can my readers do?

For starters, keep coming back like you are. Just knowing I have people reading is a big encouragement.
Join the discussion. Leaving comments makes things more interesting for me & your fellow readers. See the ‘divisive’ post for a great recent example. That kind of dialogue is what I’m looking for; Metamorphilia.com is not an echo chamber…or at least, it shouldn’t be.
Use the Amazon search box on the right sidebar. The top one is my own wish list, mainly for family & friends; use only if you’re looking to buy a present for me. (You’d be surprised how often this actually happens.) The one below my blogroll is a fully-functional, all-inclusive Amazon.com search feature. If you use this box every time you plan on buying something from Amazon.com, I get a little referral fee that will truly make my day. It won’t cost you any more than what you would normally spend at Amazon, and you help support current and future content on this website. Plus I think these search boxes are quite unobtrusive (in a good way), so they shouldn’t detract from the experience of those readers who are not interested in shopping at Amazon or helping me out with expenses.

I thank everyone for their readership of Random Acts of Mind through the years, and I thank you all in advance for helping out during your regular online shopping. You’re my heroes. I welcome any discussion on this topic in the comments section, as always. Tell me what you think, or where I should stick it, or give me other ideas for site monetization (no spam, of course).

My work schedule is about to stabilize to a good point where I can start writing again. Thanks to all those who are still around and check this blog from time to time. I have 2 movie reviews and possibly a video game roundup on their way, as well as hard-hitting coverage (who am I kidding?) of the 2008 presidential campaigns.

Just sit tight, there will be more soon…

I actually have close to 8 things going at once, professionally, school-wise, and personally. I *do* intend to bring my readers back into the loop. It’s almost as if I have too much to blog about, and not enough time to do it all. So I’m just so overwhelmed the blog suffers.

It will improve, and you will like reading what I have to discuss. How’s that for a teaser?

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Notable favorites:

‘biblical benchwarmers’
‘when weird products in kind encounters close’
‘cardboard of the boat’
‘you’re, you know, boats’

Okay, maybe not hilarious, but that’s hardly my fault: People need to search for funnier things!