Regruntled makeover

Regruntled is now at Regruntled.com.

I'm switching from Blogger to WordPress, for a number of reasons.  WordPress will let me create pages that are outside the linear, chronological blog sequence, sort a cross between a blog and a wiki.  In fact, there is a WordPress plugin that will let me use a markup language similar to MediaWiki's.

When I've run into Blogger's limitations, I've gone around them by putting code on other servers.  This works, but is not ideal.  I'm moving everything to one server at DreamHost, which gives me much more control.  I have my own copy of the source code for WordPress, which means that I can customize it.

Finally, I'm redoing the visual layout of the blog.  I'm going to a more monochrome theme, which is a bit stark, but won't clash with any pictures I use in the posts.  The new layout also uses the screen real estate better.  With two sidebars and a horizontal menu bar, I can declutter the page and improve the navigation.

I will attempt to switch the FeedBlitz subscriptions over to the new address.  If that doesn't work, or if you subscribe using a different service, you may need to resubscribe with the new address.

Again, I have no real complaints with Blogger.  It's a decent platform to learn on, and most people won't need anything else.  I just think I've outgrown it, and it's time to move on.

Art on drugs

Here is a report on an experiment by the US government in the fifties. An artist produced a series of 9 drawings during the course of an LSD trip. The picture to the right is number 6, presumably when his brain chemistry was the most scrambled. Picture number 1 was a rather conventional portrait.

I wonder what would happen with an abstract artist, who starts out drawing stuff like this. Would drugs make him draw realistic landscapes?

Hamster sudoku

I thought doing sudoku in color was weird, but this web site has sudoku with pictures of hamsters. I suppose it could be worse. The hamsters could be animated.