It’s about time

In: Blog

13 Nov 2009
White Desert, Egypt

White Desert, Egypt

It took a while, but BornFamous is finally back on the new server. I had to move the domain back to the old one until I could move all my other sites, for reasons you don’t really care about.

Anyway, it’s been an adventure. I finally learned what I’ve been avoiding for YEARS: how to export and import mySQL databases—and even how to edit RIGHT IN THE DATABASE. I wouldn’t say I have totally gotten over my database phobia, but I’ve come a long way, baby.

What a RELIEF.

Cue Etta James music…

In: Blog

20 Oct 2009

Sunday's Summer Sky
“At laaasst… my blog has come along…”

Yep, the server was down for like, EVER, so I decided to move to a new host. Then I took a little procrasti-cation to think things over. Because what’s the point of keeping a blog if you don’t, um, BLOG any more?

So I had to ask myself WHY I don’t blog any more. It’s not that I’ve lost interest in blogging, I’ve just lost interest in personal blogging. I’ve run out of things to say about me. [Which is probably a good thing. I like to think it's a sign of late-blooming maturity. Very late.] What does interest me, much more now, is blogging itself. The nuts and bolts of setting up a blog, specifically a WordPress blog, and all the wonderful things you can do with one.

ANYWAY, all this is my way of leading up to the big announcement: BornFamous will no longer be a personal blog. But I’m not getting rid of it, no sir. I’m going to transform it into a… drum roll, please… PROFESSIONAL blog. About blogging. And WordPress. And maybe design, though as you can see, design is not my strong suit. But the focus of BornFamous will be the learning process, and sharing what I learn with you.

The personal stuff will still be here for the search engines and the curious, but I’ll be moving it off the front page soon, as I start fresh with this new direction. So. Excited!

Yes, it can.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mLvzARScak[/youtube]

I can’t help it, I have ADD. No, really.

Yes!

In: Garden

19 Mar 2009

Obamas Prepare to Plant White House Vegetable Garden

On Friday, Michelle Obama will begin digging up a patch of White House lawn to plant a vegetable garden, the first since Eleanor Roosevelt’s victory garden in World War II. There will be no beets (the president doesn’t like them) but arugula will make the cut.

While the organic garden will provide food for the first family’s meals and formal dinners, its most important role, Mrs. Obama said, will be to educate children about healthful, locally grown fruit and vegetables at time when obesity has become a national concern.

About this blog

I'm not really famous. In case you were wondering. But I tried. I once believed that fame makes you real - a perversion of "The Velveteen Rabbit" theme that love makes you real. Guess I equated fame with love. Sad. You can read more about that here.

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