Six Years of Swirlspice
Today, kids, marks the 6th Blogiversary of swirlspice.
Well, not exactly, because it hasn’t been six years at this domain (started out on blogspot). And I did drop in some stuff into the archives that I wrote in the few months before September 26, 2002. But you know what I mean. This is the day. I know it is because I put it on my calendar so I could remember instead of having a vague sense that it was some time in September and then having to go dig through my archives every year and usually figuring it out after the actual date has passed.
So what you have before you is a spiffy new design courtesy of Mel and Sean at Emtwo Web Studios. Mel and I go way back. Before this blog, even! She’s the best.
I have to give major kudos to Mel and Sean. Mel somehow crawled into my brain and took my vague sense of what I wanted this place to look like and came up with something just perfect. And then there’s the matter of my spectacular hard drive failure (chronicled on Twitter) which took my nice neat Movable Type export with it (and I was so proud of myself for getting it successfully exported in the first place). And then there’s the part where I decided to switch hosts while all this was ongoing. They wrestled my babies back from my janky database and deposited into a fresh new Wordpress backend. I cannot thank them enough.
My thanks to Missy, too, because this was a wonderful birthday present.
Insert “work in progress” disclaimer here. I’m still mucking around with sidebars and there’s some backend stuff going on and I’m sorting through something like 3800 posts. I’ll point out features as they come up. Y’all all read this by RSS, anyway, right? You get the idea: posts, comments, colors, bubbles, whatnot.
I’m tickled pink by what Mel and Sean have made happen here and I’m excited about a seventh year of blogging.
Thanks, y’all.
September 26th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
Sweeeeet! Looks awesome, hon!
September 26th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
It’s beeuutiful! I especially like the comment header image. I don’t know how that’s done, but it’s fancy. And congrats on 6 years!
September 26th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
This is so fresh and so clean, clean! It has the same great content I’ve come to expect, but exceeds my expectations with a fun new design. Two thumbs up.
September 26th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
I swear it feels like I have known you FOREVER! It seems odd that it couldn’t be more than six years tho!
HAPPY BLOG BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
September 26th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
HOORAY! 6 years is a big deal — congrats!
September 26th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
Congratulations on 6 years of blogging. I’m loving the new design. You have the best friends!
September 26th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
Very nice. 6 years of blogging? What did you start bloggin on papyrus scrolls?
September 26th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
Happy Blogiversary, Baby!! Seeing the new design live is so exciting. I love it. Have fun with your new toy.
September 26th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
Looks good, and you’re always a pleasure to read.
September 27th, 2008 at 10:11 am
Happy Blog Birthday (a day late!). I can not believe it’s been six years. How did that happen?
Anyway, I am so excited that you love the new look :)
September 29th, 2008 at 7:46 am
It’s awesome! Welcome back, and Happy Blog Birthday!
September 29th, 2008 at 9:56 am
Bunchies! And you’re back! Congratulations, happy anniversary, and I like that font at the top a lot.
And I agree with KathyHowe, it seems longer somehow. (in a good way, I mean!)
October 1st, 2008 at 5:23 pm
congrats blogmother! i continue to be appreciative and inspired by your words, your example. warmest wishes for many more years!