Site maintenance… Last week, I made the move off the free WordPress.com hosted blog to a new setup on a hosted server with a fresh install of the WordPress CMS. It was something I had been meaning to do for a long time, and finally got around to it. Problem is, I failed to anticipate all that needed to happen in order to make it a seamless transfer. So it wasn’t.
For about a week, this site had a splash page redirecting back to the old WordPress.com subdomain, and because I think I suffer from a mild case of OCD, it was really pissing me off and I was a bit obsessed with it. I spent too much of my so-called free time over the last week trying to straighten the shit out, and finally, yesterday, I managed to get everything in line. I’ve spent the last 24 hours jiggering with stuff to make all the bells and whistles ring and…whistle.
It’s pretty much the same site it was before, but I updated the theme to a new version, and I now have more control over content, better statistical information, and better scalability for future growth. I’m still working on stuff here and there, tweaking some minor design bits and trying to streamline some shit. It’s a work in progress but it lives.
Ovipositor live… If you’re in SF this week — Thursday 8/6, around 10 p.m., to be exact — hit up Thee Parkside at the bottom of Potrero Hill and catch Ovipositor (I play bass) play with The Blind Shake from Minneapolis (see the flier at the top of the sidebar). It’s been more than a minute since we played out, so we’re looking forward to hitting a stage again (for better or worse). Besides, we’re doing a short Northwest tour at the end of September / beginning of October, so we need to warm up a bit. And we’re stoked to be playing with The Blind Shake because they’re awesome.
Finally, just for shits and giggles… Ovipositor guitar player Colin is buying a slick new camera and, I assume, while researching came across this video shot by said camera of an upright bass player. Because of the insanely fast frame rate of the camera and the frequency of the string vibration, there’s a strange yet very cool effect happening on the strings of the upright. Check it: