Tonight, starting at 6:00 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time (that's 1:00 A.M. UTC/GMT), we'll be taking Vox offline for a bit in order to move the service to a brand new home in some bright, shiny new server racks. We don't expect to be offline for more than an hour or two, but we apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.
Thank you for your patience as we continue to invest in Vox's infrastructure!
Update: we've postponed tonight's maintenance, and will let you know when we reschedule. Thanks for your patience!
I saw a side of Rudy tonight that made me smile. I keep trying to tell him he will be a great dad, but he doesn't believe me. He feels uncomfortable around babies, probably because he hasn't spent much time around them. Tonight was fun because I saw a tinny part of what he will be like when we have kids. We were baby-sitting our friends little girl again and since it was really nice out, we decided to take her to the park. It was so much fun to watch her have fun and to watch Rudy's fear if this little person dissipate. I was told she loved the slide, so when we got there, I lifted her to the top of the small slide and told Rudy to stand at the bottom to catch her, just in case. After a few times of her going down the slide and laughing, Rudy was the one lifting her to the top. Before this, I don't think he has ever willingly (without prompting from the women ini the room) picked up a child. She loved it and I think he had fun too.
Last week, we announced the winners of the HP "What Do You Have to Say? Theme Design Contest and promised you we'd make the winning themes available on Vox in the coming weeks. After a little more thought, we decided you shouldn't have to wait a second longer to use these creative and inspiring designs on your blogs, so we made them available for you today. Who says good things only come to those who wait?
I've been listening to the Black Keys off and on lately on Rhapsody....they really are good. Check out "Lies" from Attack and Release.....and I really like the guitar riff on "I Got Mine" ----
..I can't believe I slept all freaking day!
This is the thing. I work nights...Tuesday through Saturday. And so, last night and tonight are my "days off." Well, I had so many things I wanted to do today...just like a normal day-time person...but instead I slept until 3:45 p m!!!! (so frustrating) Nothing I can do about it but get off of this keyboard, make some tea, put on some music and get going with my Monday. I will still make a great dinner (as planned) for my husband and me tonight. I just need to go through my favorite cookbook ever (the big orange Bon Appetit cookbook) and decide what to make.
Why did I sleep...so long......
Oh well, just gotta live and not worry about some of the questions. Maybe the answer to "why" is because I was awake from 3pm Saturday until 2am Monday morning....
There we go. Now I don't feel so bad. Ok.....now to find some music...
hi guys...
i've been taking the e-drug for...uh... about 3 and a half years now....
i did get favorable results. was diagnosed with "acute clinical depression due to life circumstances" (something like that) and the meds helped bring me back from the absolute inability to smile, laugh, react to people with any amount of positive expression (also known as laughing or smiling...) ....but, really, i couldn't bring myself out of the deep despair. after about 3 weeks of taking effexor i was markedly better. i weaned myself off of it (extremely important to "wean" not just "stop) after a year but had to get back on it after my 12 year old son went to live 500 miles away with his dad. now, i am once again weaning off of the drug. i am down to a 37.5 dose. so far i'm not depressed again....although i have felt some anger for a change...not really a bad thing.
i'll see how this goes...
Straight to Video
Now you can share your Flickr videos on your Vox blog!
A few weeks ago, Flickr announced that pro members are now able to share videos of up to 90 seconds in their photostream. Many of you already post photos to your Vox blog directly from your Flickr account, and now we’ve made it so you can do the same with your Flickr videos.
To post a Flickr video to your Vox blog, just follow the same steps you would if you were posting a Flickr photo. (Yes, that means you’ll find your Flickr videos in “Photos,” not “Videos.”)
Not using Flickr to add photos to Vox? Find out how to connect your Flickr account to your Vox account. Plus, using Flickr means you’ll never have to upload a photo twice, or waste valuable storage space!
Around the World with Vox and CupCate
A little over a year ago, we announced that CupCate was one of the Grand Prize winners of the Vox World Tour. A month ago, Cate and her husband, Iain, packed their bags and flew to San Francisco, the first stop of a three-cities-in-fourteen-days vacation.
While they were in SF, Team Vox was lucky enough to have a yummy lunch with Cate and Iain and some of us even made it out for a late night karaoke session at The Mint.
We were also happy to hear, however, that she took some time to enjoy a glass of wine, a roaring fire, and the luxury of utter relaxation.
Then it was off to Tokyo where she saw gorgeous cherry blossoms, the Tokyo Tower and the Sensoji Temple, and even got a special tour around Tokyo with Ayako from Six Apart’s Japan office!
And it wouldn't be a Vox World Tour without Paris in the spring time, decadent French meals, and, of course, the Eiffel Tower.
It sounds like an amazing adventure. Congratulations again to CupCate. We had so much fun with you while you were in SF and we can't wait until your next visit!
It was hard to choose from the 355 entries, but the judges have announced the winners of our month-long "What Do You Have to Say?" theme design contest, sponsored by HP. And the winners are....
And while we know it's not polite to brag, you'll forgive us for a moment while we gush about the fact that the 2nd and 3rd prize winners are both Voxers!
The Second Place theme, “Live and Learn” was submitted by Li Kim Goh, or as you may know her: gollykim. We thought it was pretty cool to hear that Li, “didn't really think about winning, but mainly [entered] just for fun [while also] creating a few new banners for [her] own Vox blog.
When asked why blog design was so important to her, Li answered, ““because it draws readers' attention and makes your blog stand out from the millions of other blogs.” With such a great design, we think Li did just that.
The Third Place winner, Terri, showed off her “funky-fresh style” with her theme, “Vector Drips.” Terri said that having her theme picked made her day. You know what Terri? It made our day too!
The best part of the contest? In the coming weeks, we’ll make all the winning themes available on Vox, TypePad and LiveJournal so that you can use them on your blog!
Thank you to everyone who entered the contest and CONGRATULATIONS to all the winners!
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