WordPress Blogging
Friday, September 26, 2008
This week I decided to download WordPress. After an initially frustrating database setup, I finally got it up-and-running on my hosting company servers. I'm happy to report everything seems to be running well and that I'm quite impressed with the application. It appears to be a lot more user-friendly than Blogger with lots of templates to choose from, all of which are easy to modify if you have knowledge of HTML and server side scripting languages. Also, I like the selection of widgets and plugins that are available - again, all easy enough to modify once installed.
All in all, I'd say I'm much happier with WordPress as my blogging tool of choice.
All in all, I'd say I'm much happier with WordPress as my blogging tool of choice.
The Fabulous Miss Rické de York!
Sunday, September 7, 2008
I went to Statlers bar in the gay village Saturday night, to watch my work colleague and friend, Ricky sing. She has a regular gig there and I'd already seen her perform on one occasion, but a few weeks ago I promised another colleague, Mary, I'd go with her and maybe throw some pennies at Ricky while she was onstage. Statlers is a nice little bar and the staff there are friendly and attentive, and this is where I met Mary as we watched Ricky wander around the bar before her act, greeting her friends and full of nervous energy.
We got a good seat near the window as the bar started to fill fairly quickly and Ricky took to the stage and introduced her pianist, Diane, and her drummer Tom; both of whom were excellent musicians! Diane has a deadpan look on her face pretty much all the time, which makes the comments and quips she throws at Ricky really quite funny. The pair of them had a good repartee going all through the show and it was fun to watch them both. Ricky has a fair set of pipes on her, too. She can certainly blast those tunes out, which is no surprise given she used to be a backing singer with Anne Murray during some of her earlier tours in the States.
Her act was great and she really drew in the crowds that night. All in all, the evening was a huge success for Little Miss Rické; she had the audience in the palm of her hand and did a good job entertaining us with her concert hall act and constant banter with Diane.
I just wish she could play the trumpet as well as she sings. You may need to turn down your speaker volume before hitting the play button in the video below...
We got a good seat near the window as the bar started to fill fairly quickly and Ricky took to the stage and introduced her pianist, Diane, and her drummer Tom; both of whom were excellent musicians! Diane has a deadpan look on her face pretty much all the time, which makes the comments and quips she throws at Ricky really quite funny. The pair of them had a good repartee going all through the show and it was fun to watch them both. Ricky has a fair set of pipes on her, too. She can certainly blast those tunes out, which is no surprise given she used to be a backing singer with Anne Murray during some of her earlier tours in the States.
Her act was great and she really drew in the crowds that night. All in all, the evening was a huge success for Little Miss Rické; she had the audience in the palm of her hand and did a good job entertaining us with her concert hall act and constant banter with Diane.
I just wish she could play the trumpet as well as she sings. You may need to turn down your speaker volume before hitting the play button in the video below...
