So, for all practical purposes this is the first post on the new blog. Hopefully this one will stick around a bit longer than the last one. I got a lot of questions about shutting down my last blog. The decision came down to a few things.
First, I didn’t have nearly the amount of control over the blog at blogger as I wanted. I was also running pictures through Flickr and didn’t have the control I wanted there either. I wanted to be able to customize and archive the blog a lot better than I was able to and I wanted to be able to set up security for the pictures at Flickr and make downloading them easier. At the end of the day, I decided to get a hosting service set up. Hence…you are now looking at the new project. The photo album is going up at http://www.ellislive.com/photos/. It will be set up with user names so if you don’t have one and want access to the photos, send me an email and let me know so I can get you a user name.
The other issue had was deciding where to draw the line. I wasn’t sure what kind of content I wanted to post and you can’t be too careful these days. I constantly hear about some kid posting something stupid and getting fired. I’ve even googled job candidates and found stuff that they would be much better off hiding (myspace anyone?) Anyway, I wanted to make sure that I had a clear idea of what I was going to be posting and where the line is drawn before I continued with a blog.
To that end, welcome to the new site. I’ll be posting tech stuff which may not interest you and might actually bore you if you’re not into that. I’ll also post personal stuff as I see fit. There are feeds on the right side for both categories if you’d like to subscribe to only one or the other. I recommend RSSBandit for your feeds.
Welcome to the new site! Halloween pics should be up soon.