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Typing quotes into WordPress – what’ll it do? I wonder. I see a little box for citation and a tags field. Nothing else.

Me

Loving this P2 theme – I can see a lot of application for it. Although on Skewster, there’s no toolbar above the status update area – whereas on WordPress.com, there is.

I wonder if it’s smarter to link Skewster to this WordPress account rather than doing another self-hosted option? I’d like to change the design though, so that might be a consideration…

Changing up my theme

I abandoned this blog a while back, but the account exists to provide me with awesome Akismet keys.  Anyway, I used the microblogging themes in order to test cross-posting from Twitter and Facebook via Ping.fm.

While it all worked rather well, it resulted in a pretty cluttered interface that looked rather crap. So, I’ve mixed things up a little bit, decided to use the P2 theme which allows for rapid input as well as threaded responses from commenters. I’ll probably just add my thoughts and links to stuff I’ve written around the web for the moment and we’ll see how it goes!

Man, I’ve watched some great TV this week. Autumn is good for improved TV at least!

Making myself a big Pantera playlist – any suggestions for what tracks to include?

RT @_d_a_v_e_: “Now I’ve had the time of my life…” Patrick Swayze RIP

Say what? Kanye’s outburst at the #VMAs was about RACE? http://is.gd/3idpW

Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads…

OK, here’s my liveblog round-up of tonight’s #xfactor – http://ping.fm/eWkKC

RT @benayers: RT @pressgazette News International to close thelondonpaper http://bit.ly/e7POT

RT @abduzeedo: 10 tips: How to improve your Photoshop Skills – http://bit.ly/Ah4il – old but still very useful post

Funniest video ever – date my avatar – http://ping.fm/dKade

Only noticed that Samantha Janus’s name has changed to Womack in the end titles of EastEnders

Was it Geena Davis who starred with Jeff Goldblum in The Fly?

OMG – watching a pre-House Hugh Laurie in Stuart Little. He just isn’t the same without the cane…

Watching Legend Of The Seeker on Sci-Fi – anybody liking it?

Compared to True Blood, Twilight is like a Mills & Boon novel with fangs.

I’ve discovered that the MySpace player doesn’t freeze up as badly when you’re logged on

Is it essential for a band to have a MySpace presence anymore? Are @virb or @purevolume viable alternatives? Their audio players are better.