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It’s Time to Change the World: Part 1

Jan 1

Posted by Connor in News

Hello everyone and welcome to 2010. This year, a lot is going to change. I can feel it. Before I continue with my other retrospects on 2009 as the day goes on, let me spend some time to review some things from the blog.

Total Number of Posts: 45 [approximately one every two or so weeks]
Most Visited Post: Game Maker (8?) Has a New Feature

Number of Articles: 10

Part two of my retrospect will cover some of the most important news throughout the last year. Part three, coming later this week, will feature my personal look back on 2009.

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Blog Changes: Theme Modifications, New Pages

Jul 5

Posted by Connor in News

Hello everyone, just a few quick updates regarding the blog. First off, I took about twenty minutes today and changed some of the style aspects of the blog, notably the fonts (typefaces and sizes). If you had noticed, previously the theme used a few different fonts for various header elements. Now, the theme uses a standard typeface (Trebuchet MS), for all headers, including on pages. Secondly, some of those fonts have received slight size changes (a few smaller, others larger). Also of note is that the default paragraph line spacing has changed from 125% (1.25) to 155% (1.55). Before, the main body of paragraphs seemed very tight and scrunched, and the this 30% increase definitely creates some breathing room for the text.

The second major modification I made was in regards to the Pages on the blog. As you can see, the only page (besides Home), The Story, has been moved into a new section of pages, entitled “Who is Connor?”. Inside this category of pages, you will find a short autobiography (accessible by clicking on the “Who is Connor?” navigation item) the old about page (retitled to “The Full Story”), as well as the list of Popular Posts, which was formerly used as a landing page during the transition from ‘connor.maskedmedia.com’ to ‘maskedmedia.com’. I will eventually replace that and create a newer list, with my commentary on the articles. I will eventually rewrite the full story of my tech life in the coming months, it just takes quite a long time to redo something of that caliber.

In any matter, I do hope you enjoy some of the changes I have made. Personally, I did it for easier readability and blog management. Regardless, do enjoy, and feel free to drop me a line if you have any questions or comments.

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The Blog: Two Years and Counting

Jun 23

Posted by Connor in Articles, News

Ah, two years and counting! It feels good, yet, at the same time, it’s depressing to see how I used to write. Anyway, I created this blog two years ago to the day, a few days after I left Middletown for good. The fact of the matter was this: when you are in limbo, you need a place to spew your mind. As such, the blog (which used to be called the Clog, up until February 2008) was that place. In the past year, I believe that both my posts, as well as general attitude, have changed. Don’t worry, often change is a good thing, other times it’s not.

In order to celebrate the birthday of the blog, I planned to have a new theme developed for WordPress to launch today. Unfortunately, I gave up on that a few minutes after I started, so we will all have to deal with this public, albeit modified, theme. Personally, I like it, and it’s been growing on me ever since I installed it a few weeks back. Now, as I may have possibly hinted at a few posts back, I do plan on publishing a retrospect of the past two years sometime before the end of this month (I know, a week isn’t that long of a time to write retrospect, especially of two years, but I will do my best). I will also be discussing what’s going on with my own personal life, my tech life (including some new Game Maker news/rumors/etc. as well as current and future projects), and basically anything else that comes to mind.

Looking back, excluding the three months that I failed to post on here, my posting frequency has been in quite a state of flux, but I think I am starting to settle into the two or three posts a week spectrum. Yes, it is not a lot, but at the same time, it’s all the writing I can muster in my free time during the week. Even though summer is upon us (well, at least here), personal and other commitments limit the amount of time I can dedicate to posting on here, as well as working on my own personal web projects. That being said, I will do my best to post as much “unexpected” content (things that are not released on a time schedule, unlike the Week in Review) as I can come up with, including my own comments on various news articles and events, personal opinion on various happenings, and the like.

All in all, I really do feel that the blog has done completed its purpose gracefully; it served as the whiteboard and psychiatrist of my mind, in a sense. I could describe random projects or events without having to fear about who read it. Well, in a way, there is always a fear about who reads your works, especially when they are about anything, but that is one of the consequences of free speech, I guess. But, despite the blog/clog completing its original, defined purpose, it is far from dead: like everything old, or at least appearing so, we can repurpose and redefine our goals, ambitions, and the products of them. As such, the blog is not going anywhere, not for a long, long time.

Connor Wilkins

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Things That Never Got Posted This Week

Jun 5

Posted by Connor in News

Well, it’s been quite a week for me, I must admit. Not only am I now the proud owner of five domain names, a nice slot of server space, Team Fortress 2 for the PC, and a whole lot of other tech stuff, but a bunch of other things that I can’t wait to talk about are going good as well. So, over the course of this weekend, I will post three or four posts, consisting of the following:

Life Update: What Happened This Week (6/1-6/5)
My Review of the BlackBerry Storm
Palm Pre, WWDC 2009 Predictions and Discussion
Current and Future Projects and Products

I may not get around to all four of these this weekend, but numbers one and three are on my priority list since they are somewhat time sensitive. Worst case, I will compose the other two posts sometime during the week. Anyway, be sure to come back and check out whats going on over the next few days!

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