Born again (no, not that way)

So, I finally took the plunge and upgraded WordPress to 2.7. Considering I haven't updated my blog since, apparently, January, why did I care? Well, I decided to make more of an effort to USE the darn thing.

See, for one thing, I've started getting into Twitter. Besides that, I've been commenting a lot more on a lot of cool blogs, and it'd be nice if people followed my link back to my site not to find out that it, well, completely sucks. Plus, as long as I feel like I have comments worth making, I probably have blog posts worth writing. So if I'm going to start using it anyway, I might as well do it right and work from the latest (and incredibly awesome) version of WordPress.

Now with the upgrade came changes I knew I'd have to make. The version I had pre-dated tags, so I was using categories in their place (this change was why I held off so long in updating). So I had to tag and un-categorize all my posts and makes some changes to my layout. As well, my theme didn't support widgets, the author's web site is gone so there are no updates, and was way too thin for modern screens, so I tracked down a new one that I liked. I also tied in some of the main reasons I needed an update, which included my Google Reader shared list and my Twitter feed. This way even if I don't have time to write entire blog posts, people can still keep tabs on what blog posts I find interesting or what I'm doing. I'm not entirely sure if or why anyone would care, but in case they do, I've got my bases covered.

There's still a few adjustments that need to be made, of course. I need to update my blogroll (currently at the bottom) with more current sites of interest, and possibly rearrange elements of the page a bit. This theme seems to have a lot of the widgets built right into it, so I need to experiment with how, if at all, I can disable those and replace them with the widgets put wherever I want them. I also need my Out Campaign red A back, and need to find a good spot to emblazon it. I'm also thinking about tweaking the colors and/or fonts a bit, but that will take time. It's been so long since I've done web design that the current standards are completely beyond my knowledge. I just don't have the time to try to piece them together these days.

All-in-all I'm happy with the change, and I'm hoping the new look and new WordPress version and new focus will help me actually make some use of this blog for once, and maybe make me feel like I'm contributing to this world. Or just give me a place to fuck around a little. You know, whatever.