Writing games may turn me into an April fool

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Mar 252012
 

A to Z Badge 2012You may have noticed the new “badge” in the left sidebar. Because I’m a sucker for games, I’ve decided to try my hand at the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge. I figure if nothing else it will get me posting more often. Plus it sounds fun to have to come up with a letter-inspired post for 26 of April’s days.

The challenge starts April 1 and continues through the month, skipping Sundays (other than the 1st itself). If you have a blog of your own and are going to try it, let me know. I’d love to see what you come up with!

And, because I apparently have a bit of masochism in me, I’m also considering another April challenge, Script Frenzy. If you’ve ever had an interest in writing a script, this might be a great structure for you. Similar to National Novel Writing Month, Script Frenzy is a game to create a written work in 30 days.

Script Frenzy badgeEven if that doesn’t sound like your thing, go check out the Script Frenzy website. In the upper left is their Plot Machine which generates random, hilarious scenarios. Who knows? Maybe it’ll inspire you.

So, I’m going the Blogging from A to Z Challenge for sure. Look for my take on the letter A next Sunday, April 1. No fooling.

I’ll keep you posted about Script Frenzy. You know, as if you care.

Are you planning on doing either Script Frenzy or the Blogging from A to Z Challenge?

Successful blog transfer?

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Sep 202011
 

If you’re reading this, you were directed to the new location for Random Says…

I’ve been reluctant to post because I have had this weird thing happen. The short version is that, on my system, I’ve had randomsays.com point to the new site, then later it points to the old site, and so on. Right now I’m in a window of opportunity where I can work on the new site. But, thanks to edits I made to my wordpress settings during the very first window, I can no longer log on to my new site if the domain name flips again.

If I’m experiencing that, maybe some of you are too. It should settle down over time. Meanwhile, if the same thing happens to you, please know that it isn’t me messing with you or being random. Really!

 

Blog move status update and Improv in Ashland

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Sep 172011
 

Greetings!

A few days ago I said I was going to be moving randomsays.com to a new host “in the next day or two. ”

You may notice that “next day or two” equates with 1 or 2, but “a few days ago” equates with 3. What gives?

Turns out that, because my domain is so new, I can’t redirect it until the 17th. That’s tomorrow here. But, the 17th might be today there, in WordPress-land, so let’s just say this is all gonna go down soon.

I’d like to remind you who subscribe that your subscription will probably not get transferred. So, if you would like to continue to receive updates on my posts, you may need to resubscribe. (Sorry for any inconvenience.)

Then again, I could be wrong. All of this is in theory. I’ve never done this before, so it’ll be an adventure. Fortunately, my experience with software is that things always go smoothly the first time…

Here’s my understanding of what will happen:

  • I’ve already created the website and it’s ready to be viewed.
  • Next I will go and try to change the nameservers for my domain, randomsays.com — preferably without breaking the internet.
  • Then it’s a matter of waiting (supposedly 24-48 hours) for the switch to propagate through whatever it is it needs to propagate through.
  • In the meantime, randomsays.com should continue to point to this site.
  • Once the switch has happened, randomsays.com should point to the new blog site. (Duh.)
  • This should be transparent to everyone but (maybe) subscribers.

As a safety measure, here is an address for this blog that will work even after the transition:  whatrandomsays.wordpress.com

Good news! My plea for improv has not been in vain. Thanks to help from one of The Hamazons, I have found an improv class in Ashland, conveniently starting in only two weeks!

To all my improv buddies up north, I’ll keep you posted on how it goes.