Change is good
In anticipation of the public release of WordPress 2.3 (the engine that drives this website) this coming Monday, I thought I’d freshen up the look of the place a bit.
The old MistyLook 1.01 theme was beginning to get a little shopworn, and I didn’t like a lot of the changes that were introduced in the latest version of that template. So I did a little shopping around.
This theme is entitled Glorious Future; I’ve tweaked it quite a bit in the past day or so, and will likely continue to do so until Cassia and I are completely pleased with it. She thinks it’s great, but isn’t quite sold on the whole "author’s picture accompanying each post" part. Maybe we’ll each pick a symbol representing ourselves and post pictures of those instead.
Coming soon: TAGS!
I am glad you caught on that posting your pic on a blog isn’t the best thing to do if you are at all concerned about your identity, your safety or that of your family. Perhaps an icon for each of you in lieu of your pic……..
Actually, the primary reason Cassia was iffy on posting a picture of herself online had more to do with self-consciousness about her appearance than anything.
The pictures we post here are harmless and non-incriminating. Posting pictures of our children allows us to reach all Web-enabled friends and family who are interested in our goings-on. This way, no one needs to feel left out or shunned, whether intentionally or not.
As with all things related to the Internet, there is some loss of privacy involved whenever names and photos are attached to published ideas. We are not naive about the risks involved with putting ourselves “out there.” However, Cassia and I have established several guidelines about what we will not publish.
Blogs (including the content on MySpace and Facebook) have become ubiquitous the world over. This blog in particular has been a wonderful tool for us to keep in touch with friends and family, particularly now that we are so far away from the majority of them. We are committed to safe and responsible behavior here insofar as we have the right to control.
But we still might remove those goofy pictures if they annoy us too much.