I had to jump through a few more hoops, but I think I’ve got things under control—finally.

Turns out that whatever way I deleted my old pages did something screwy. I got some helpful direction on the .mac users forum, and things seem to be OK now. I can hopefully now concentrate on revising and adding content.

The one thing that has got me stymied is how to better break up my site; I may have to do more re-architecting and split into sub sites. I’m also considering converting to a .mac “Family Pack”, because it appears I may be able to have the appearance of discrete sites.

Then there’s also iWeb. I do like the tool, though it’s still in its infancy. I may use it for specific tasks (right now my “by invitation” subsite is in iWeb).

When did life get so complicated…

Ever since switching over to my new website, I’ve been plagued by weird happenings. To hopefully fix it, I took my whole website down, deleted everything and let it sit for 24 hours on 1/22.

I think the problem came from too many confusing methods of creation: I’d originally done some pages using the .mac HomePage tool, some with RapidWeaver, some with Macromedia Contribute and some really old stuff with either Freeway Express or even other tools. Couple that with some initial experiments with Apple’s new iWeb program and revised site hosting architecture and no wonder there were difficulties! Oh yeah—and let’s not forget photo albums created from iPhoto…

So now everything’s back up, though still in its “under construction” stage. It really takes a lot of elbow-grease to get a site setup. However, compared with the bad-old-days, today’s new programs (like both RapidWeaver and iWeb) sure make it much easier to create and maintain web pages for a goof like myself.

So I apologize for my “disappearance”—it looks like it was a necessary evil…

I’m having some pains with my republished website.

That and the fact that I’m now wondering whether to continue using RapidWeaver (probably) or switch over to the really interesting new iWeb program from Apple.

Sorry for all the trouble, and please bear with me…

Today was that watershed day of the year: Steve Jobs’ keynote address at Macworld Expo San Francisco. We finally have our first Intel-based Macs!

Unlike past years, his keynote was not webcast live so I spent the morning ‘watching’ it during a live ‘blogcast’ provided by Macrumors.com. I’m telling you—I spent some of the LONGEST 60-second waits of my life!

It started off with the phenomenal figures around iPods and what they’ve done for Apple and the world. I was most impressed by the statistic that in the 4th Quarter of 2005, Apple actually sold over 100 iPods per minute—amazing! Also, of the 42 million iPods sold since introduced, 32 million of them were sold in 2005 alone. WOW!

They’ve upgraded both iLife and iWork, both including some nifty things including a web authoring suite in iLife—look out RapidWeaver? (And after I’d just bought it too…) I of course have already ordered them both online…

THEN we got to the first of the Intel macs: the existing iMacs with everything essentially the same—including the price—but with the new Dual Core processor; it’s now 2-3 x FASTER too! I’m sorely tempted by the 20″ one to become my secondary TV and media station for the bedroom.

But then the LONGEST 60-second pause after the correspondent wrote those fateful words “One more thing…” Steve then proceeded to announce the all-new MacBook Pro (goodbye ‘PowerBook’ moniker). Based roughly on the 15″ PB form factor, it’s better, stronger and FASTER (4-5x faster in fact)! It has a built-in iSight camera, supports FrontRow and comes with the Apple remote. I’m totally in LUST! It’ll probably be a matter of weeks before I order mine—they’re not due until February, so I’ve got some time.

Go visit the Apple Computer website for all the glorious details!