Finally

Well, I finally made the update I said was on it's way. There's still some tweaking to be done around the edges, but it'll be ok like this for a while. What started all this was that I liked the 3-column layout better than the two, but it quickly became a game of "well, if I'm going to change this, I might as well change that too", and so the project grew. There are a ton of resources out there on the net for this kind of a conversion, and it was a good chance to dust-off my old coding skills.

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I have a few more ideas up my sleave, but I am not going to promise any timetables.

Update

Just a quick note that I'm still here. I've clearly fallen off the wagon in terms of my weekly posting schedule for FLFB. I have a pretty big change coming for the look of the blog, but I haven't been able to work on it lately. I'm still interested in sharing my Brazilian experiences, and I've been going through a ton a photos and videos I made during our time in South America, so there is enough fodder to keep the site going. I just need to get to it.

Below are a few pictures (not mine) of places I'll eventually be discussing.

Here's a shot from Sao Jose dos Campos, near the mall, about 2km from where our house was:


Here's a scenic shot from Iguazu Falls. About 1 year ago today, we took a 14 hour road trip across Brazil to visit these falls. They were spectacular beyond words, and beyond all concept of what you probably think of when you think of waterfalls. (You're probably picturing Niagara Falls). The place puts Niagara Falls to shame. For some perspective, in the middle of the left edge of the picture, you can see a footbridge. This footbridge was about 1km long, and the picture is probably showing about a third of it. The picture shows only a few of the 275 falls that are in this area.

Almost there...

Ok. So, I didn't quite hit my self-described deadline of getting the new and improved FLFB up and running over the Holidays. Sure, I had time off, but I was running around quite a bit to family affairs and the like. And, it takes time to redesign the site, and a lot of research on how to program in Blogger script. I'm getting there. Be patient if you can.

Also, I'm still having some nagging issues even logging into Blogger. It seems since they went from Blogger Beta to Blogger 2.0, I somehow lost my ability to login directly. So, even logging in to make the changes takes a little longer.

While you wait, here are some happy scenarios to ponder. Happy Thoughts.

Still here...

I've been a little slow posting the past few weeks, what with the upcoming Holidays and all. I've been having some rather frustrating log-on issues with Blogger which has kept me off pace. In the meantime, I've been organizing our various pictures and videos from the past few years, and working on a few upgrades for FLFB, which you should be seeing in a few weeks. Stay tuned...