Upgrade to MT 3.2

November 12, 2005 D. H. McKee

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I figured it was time to take the plunge. I bought MovableType 3.2, and got it installed on my webserver. I kind of feels nice to be using software that I paid for (or, more specifically, it feels nice to finally have software worth buying). I buy software all the time, but I never quite feel that it’s worth the money being paid (read: Win-dows). The new MT also has a better integration with most of the new plugins available, and it’s more robust with respect to stylesheets, et cetera. I’m currently looking at this Google Maps plugin for MT, known as MTGoogleMaps, or something equally descriptive. I’ll be testing it over the next little while, and see if I can come up with a way to make it work with my blog.
This upgrade is also a good excuse to get me to fix some of the bad stylesheet stuff on my site, and to update its look a bit. Rounded corners are all the rage, these days.

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About This Site

As a guy who occasionally curates art shows and wrangles artists together, I often have to edit and post artist bios, profile pictures, and artwork images. This can be a problem, since many artists and writers aren’t used to selling themselves. Artists rarely know how to present their art for display in a brochure, and writers aren’t used to writing about themselves.

Writers often treat the bio like it’s an interview or something. Maybe like they’re having a conversation with you, the reader. While it may work sometimes, the most common way to write a bio is to write in the 3rd person.

I’m like those writers, and I’m talking to you directly, unlike the common way to do a bio. You should see my About page. It makes sense to me, since this is a bit which describes my blog’s website. When I get famous enough that I don’t have time to talk to you, I’ll have an intern write everything in 3rd person. Until then, you get to talk to me.

Like blogs of old, this one is a personal document of the comings and goings of me. Articles I’ve written, links I’ve posted, videos I liked, etc. Here, a first-person perspective is the way to go, at least for now. So, this is my site. I’m D. H. McKee, a sometimes artist, sometimes writer. Mostly just a guy on the internet.