http://www.kimotay.com Blog from the midlands of Ireland on photography and web technologies, written by Kimberly Lightholder Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:24:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well hello to everyone who continues to read my blog. I'm always surprised when I look at my logs and discover I actually have subscribers. :) Anyway, I wanted to let you know I have not abandoned this blog... my whole kimotay.com presence is being redesigned as I realise I have ... http://www.kimotay.com/2008/07/22/new-site/ Rarely do I come across something that completely surprises me, and even moves me to my core. Upon surfing around today, i came across this blog entry from Chris Higgins, about a site he'd found that apparently, he was as moved by as I was... a collection of polaroids, taken once ... http://www.kimotay.com/2008/05/29/the-unknown-photographer/ I haven't posted about my daughter in a bit, and i've discovered that a majority of people who come here are usually only interested in 2 things - the live music photos, or the children photos... Don't I just love you all. :) More CSS love coming to you soon... ! She ... http://www.kimotay.com/2008/05/27/bundles-of-energy/ I've been experimenting recently with different wordpress installs so I can play with themes and plug-ins without disturbing this live blog, and I've noticed a few things I thought I'd share. Exporting a Blog As we all know, exporting the blog itself is rather easy. Under you admin panel, go to ... http://www.kimotay.com/2008/05/19/exporting-links-blogroll-from-wordpress/ And here I thought I was simply writing for my own amusement, or to just keep my family across the ocean up-to-date (hi mom), but I actually perused my weblogs today and discovered - low and behold - I have subscribers!!!  I even have subscribers to the photo blogs, Captures ... http://www.kimotay.com/2008/05/16/a-wave-to-the-lurkers/ I just get tickled pink when I'm reconnected to things that bring me great joy.  I got the wonderful opportunity recently to combine one of my two ultimate passions - photography and theatre.  Here's a minor confession for you all... I spent the first 23 years of my life with ... http://www.kimotay.com/2008/05/14/a-little-bit-of-culture/ Sometimes we get opportunities to reflect on our lives, and have the fortunate outcome of feeling incredibly happy as a result. I have had many such opportunities in the recent months, and the more I continue observe and process, the more lucky I feel. I not only have ... http://www.kimotay.com/2008/05/12/family-moments/ This friday is the Athlone School of Music's huge annual School of Rock show, effectionately named "Tadgh-fest" (pronounced "TIE-gh fest"), after the founder of the School of Music, the hardest working man in Athlone show business. :) As official photographer for the school and the counsel that supports the ... http://www.kimotay.com/2008/04/30/gearing-up/ I got to do something really interesting this weekend.  I got to spend the entire time with my daughter, which doesn't usually happen as I am the working stiff in our family, and my husband is the housewife.  This of course has the knock-on effect of daddy being the parent ... http://www.kimotay.com/2008/04/28/a-change-of-pace/ As I got a request in my blog, and a few others by email, I'll go ahead and post the joke... * * * What does a single yellow line on the side ... http://www.kimotay.com/2008/04/24/an-irish-joke/