More changes for the blog

Today, I made a CNAME record for blog.nztechie.com so it would point to my Google-hosted blog. I was advised by my domain host that it would take 4 hours. However, it seemed to propagate instantly and my blog was now under the nztechie.com domain.

I updated the links on the nztechie.com homepage to reflect the new URL for my blog. I also updated the RSS feed which I had recently added to my website.

Since the change, my Blog title graphic is not operating as it used to. I have temporarily reverted it back to the previous text title until I resolve the problem.

On other matters, when I use my Motorola V3x and record a video in better, or best mode, it will not be accepted by Youtube. It will also not be played by Apple Quicktime, or by the Nokia Multimedia Player. Tonight I purchased a 1GB Transflash MicroSD card from Harvey Norman (NZ$35). The specifications for my Motorola V3x call for a maximum external memory of 512MB. The unit appeared to detect and utilitse the full 1GB of storage available.

The extra MicroSD card did not extend the maximum video recording time of 3 minutes. I am contemplating using one of the online hacks to extend the video time.

As appears to be standard among smartphones, including my last Nokia 6680, the V3x seems to have trouble using music on the memory card as a ringtone. I moved my ringtone from the memory card into the main phone memory.

Using the Motorola V3x with Windows XP as a mass storage device does not seem to play as well as my Nokia did.

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Some minimal changes to my online presence

I dropped Anisha off to her aunties house after work tonight. She is going to the flower show on Friday. She has organised to get the day off work to attend.

This evening I made a few changes to nztechie.com and my blog. Firstly, I'm planning to re brand my blog so that it effectively fits under the nztechie.com brand. This will be achieved by two methods. Firstly, I have requested my hosting company to create a CNAME record to point to Googles DNS server so that a new sub domain of blog.nztechie.com will be redirected to Googles servers.

There is always the opportunity to host on my own server if I ever wished to. With 300 gigabytes of storage on my host, I'm not going to run out of space very quickly. In fact, the indicator on my websites configuration has been steady at 1% of storage usage for the last three years!

Secondly, I have rebranded the blog so it displays an image for the title, displaying NZTECHIE.COM - BLOG. This looks a bit cleaner, but there is a little concern that I might be penalised in googles search results for removing some of the title text.

Thirdly, I added the capability to subscribe to my blogs RSS feed to my main website. After a little bit of work, and one line of easy text, visitors can now subscribe to the blogs RSS feed in one click. RSS length has also been changed from full to short in my Blogger preferences. I also helped Nanar Tan set up a blog for herself on Blogger.

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