Editing Lathe of Dreams directly from my iPhone 3GS
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As mentioned earlier, I’m hoping to begin blogging more directly my iPhone 3GS now and probably the iPad (WiFi + 3G) in the near future. I’m using WordPress 2.2 for iPhone to log into my server and manage my blog directly my iPhone 3GS.  Mistakes with image sizes and classes happen because I’m still learning the interface and it’s a little different way of thinking since a mix of HTML and WYSIWYG when editing on the iPhone.

Hopefully you won’t be able to tell when  I’m creating content using my web browser on a laptop or desktop, or when I’m creating content directly from anywhere on the iPhone. Aside seeing the “Posted from iPhone 3GS” tag on the entry, it should be transparent to readers.

Kiyomi returned home with us on Friday, and slept for most of Friday and part of Saturday. Vicky caught my cold this weekend, and has been congested, sore throat, runny nose, and with body aches. I’ve slowly been getting better, but still congested and coughing. Between the three of us, our little family hasn’t been feeling the best.

Kiyomi was feeling better today, wanting to play with us or go outdoors. Vicky was still feeling terrible, so she stayed indoors and worked on her new iPhone 3GS for much of the day. I was feeling well enough to run errands and get supplies this morning. I stayed in with the family this afternoon.

Tomorrow I return to work after a 4-day weekend with Vicky & Kiyomi. Vicky has tomorrow off, so she will be able to rest up for one more day with Kiyomi before returning to work on Tuesday.

I’m hoping the 3 of us feel better soon.

NOTE:

I created and uploaded this entry solely from my iPhone 3GS using WordPress 2.2 for iPhone.  It looks like I ought to be able to blog more directly from my iPhone, but I’ll need to tailor my photo content some.  Unless I’m missing something, WordPress for iPhone uploads images at their original size and doesn’t create thumbnails for uploaded jpegs. This means I now need:

1. to find a server-side plugin to do this for me, taking new entries and creating thumbnails for image tags,
2. to tailor the WordPress 2.2 for iPhone client to thumbnail content,
3. or log in using a browser to thumbnail content on drafts uploaded from the iPhone before publishing them?

As with most things in my life, this is a work-in-progress.

Ken & Kiyomi on an Autumn Morning

Kiyomi will be a year old this Cinco de Mayo (May 5th, 2010).  Now that she is 9 months old, she will be getting spayed at Dale City Animal Hospital tomorrow.  Vicky & I have taken off this Thursday and Friday to take our “furry daughter” to Dale City Animal Hospital at 7:30 tomorrow morning.  She’ll be spending the day getting a spaying (ovariohysterectomy) and microchipped (HomeAgain).  She’ll spend the night at the animal hospital for recovery and observation, and Vicky & I will be able to take Kiyomi home at 9am on Friday.

This will be our first evening apart from Kiyomi since we brought her home on July 1st, 2009.  It’ll be odd for Vicky & I not having little Kiyomi underfoot as we spend the night together, not seeing Kiyomi as we go up to bed for the night or greet her in the morning for her feeding and walk.

Hard to believe that our little Kiyomi is growing up so quickly…

…to see my home office, check out My Snow-Bound Prison for the Past Week from last week’s blizzard. To be honest, I prefer working from home. Besides the obvious reasons of comfort & commute (or lack thereof), I also have a faster internet connection (30Mbps fiber), a better network (Cat-6), and better hardware (Mac & Sun).

I’m 5′11″, Vicky is 5′0″, Kiyomi is 1′6″ …with 30″ of snow on the ground and 10″ or more expected tonight, we have an obscene amount of snow around out house. Shoveled snow piles are taller than all 3 of us. The snow is now deeper than Kiyomi is tall. Kiyomi & I would like the snow to stop now. Vicky wanted the snow to stop last month.