Monday, February 11, 2008

A Sunny Day

After weeks of cold and wet, today was really nice outside. My bicycle had its chain cleaned and lubed for a quite noticeable improvement in performance. I am amazed at how much easier it is to pedal the bicycle afterwards compared to before the chain was cleaned and lubed. Some people in passing cars waved and honked at me when they saw me riding the bicycle while playing guitar.

I rode to the store to get something. First a little dog chased me and tried to bite me. I kicked at it, twice, then turned the bicycle and chased the little dog back to its yard. A few blocks on, a little kid (about ten years old) chased me yelling "Give me that guitar" and "I want to kill you." As before, I turned and rode back towards him. He and his friends gathered around and I played a couple of riffs on the guitar for them. He said he wanted to steal the guitar. I told him I hope he gets one someday. He might be a great rocker.

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Big changes may be ahead for my web site!

I'm not absolutely sure yet, but I may soon be migrating my web site to Drupal (a "Content Management System" or CMS) in order to make my web site more interactive. Instead of static HTML/CSS pages, the content is stored in a database and pages are dynamically generated by the software. This is the type of software used for blogs and will allow visitors to leave comments on individual song and essay pages.

I don't want my site to look like every other site that uses Drupal, but on the other hand, there is something to be said for consistency in terms of user friendliness. The current form of my web site is good, I dare say better than most personal web sites out there today, but I think it is time for a change.

Hopefully my web presence will help my professional life. For some reason there doesn't seem to be much demand for Bicycling Guitarists yet. Hmmm...