Blogging for Dummies

So I've been making this blog and the kind folks at Namo put it in their monthly newsletter because I use their WebEditor program. And since then, the already voluminous flow of fan mail that I receive from this site has become even more swollen with questions about how to use WebEditor to make a blog. So, to satisfy the public's burning curiosity, I have constructed a crude but effective guide to blogging with Namo WebEditor 2006.

The first thing you have to do is give WebEditor some information about your blog. Basically, what you are doing is registering your blog with WebEditor. So, if you've WebEditor open, go to the File menu, point to Blog and then click Blog Management. This will open up a window like the one below.

On the left side of the window is a list of blogs you've registered with WebEditor. If this is your first time, then this list is obviously going to be empty. What you need to do is click the Add button near the bottom of the window to add a blog to the list. When you click the add button, this window will appear.

There are a lot of things to fill out in this window, but you really only need to worry about a few. First, in the Account section, give a name to your blog. The name isn't really important, it just helps you find it on the list. Then, choose what type it is. WebEditor supports two kinds of blogs: Movable Type and Blogger.com blogs. Your blog must be one of these two types. Then, in the User Account section, type in the name and password that you normally use to access your blog. Then click OK. Now your blog is registered with WebEditor.

It's time to start posting. Well, I guess first you need to make something to post. We'll just assume you've already done that. When you're ready to post, look in the File menu, point to Blog and click Post to Blog. In the window that pops up, click on your blog in the blog list and click Connect. Then another window will pop up. Here you can choose whether you want to post your stuff as a draft or whether you really want to post it on your blog. Either way, click the Submit button. And there you go. You're done.

Now, I can probably guess what you're going to ask me. "What if I want to edits posts that I've already put up on the blog?" Well, you can do that too. On the File menu, point to Blog and click on Blog Management. Click on your blog from the list and click Connect. Once you are connect, you can click on the Import button to import all of your previous blog posts into WebEditor. After you hit the Import button, you'll see a list of all your posts like in the picture below.

Click on the one you want to edit and then click Edit. Then you can edit the post in WebEditor any way you like. When you're finished, go to the File menu and click Save. Then WebEditor will ask you if you want to post to your blog. Click Yes and then click the Submit button in the dialog box that appears. Then you're done. Happy blogging!

Japan

Ah, the life of an Airport Telephone Kiosk Installation and Maintenance Expert (ATKIME for short). The globe trotting, jet-set, swash-buckling existence. The dizzying swirl of parties, airport shuttles, romantic encounters, and preformed plastic molding. Sometimes, I feel like I'm blown by the wind. Who knows where the need for kiosk installation and maintenance will carry me next?

Last week, I found myself in Japan, which is commonly known as the Land of Japan, somewhat redundantly. Although their ways are at times inscrutable to me, the Japanese share one thing with the rest the of the world: an insatiable demand for airport telephone kiosks and their maintenance. Their unslaked thirst for all things kiosk-related has led them to scour the earth for skilled ATKIMEs, who are treated like gods from the moment of their arrival.

Though most of my stay was work-related, I was able see a bit of Osaka. The following picture shows one of Japan's most beloved national treasures-- and there's some castle in the background.



Being a seasoned world traveler, I wasn't afraid to sample some of the local cuisine. At this restaurant they served a dish whose strong odor and leathery taste led me to believe I was experiencing a rare delicacy.



The youth of Japan were very excited to meet me.

All Hallow's Eve

Well, Halloween came around again this year, and I decided to spook the children with a taste of that frightening decade known as the 70s. At first, my plan was to be an exorbitantly-priced barrel of oil, but I was afraid that reference would be lost on the wee ones. So instead, I decided to just dress tackily and grow a mustache.



The end result was that I ran around looking like this guy, only with slightly less falling down.



Much to my personal dismay, my moustache didn't quite reach the Tom Selleck proportions that I had hope it would. After four days, I wasn't even in Burt Reynolds territory. Thus I was forced to 'enhance' the my fledgling lip growth with a ladies eyebrow pencil. It was a sad and humiliating moment in my life, but I was pleasantly surprised by the eyebrow pencil's resiliency against water, beer, packets of gas station pickle relish, and all the other stuff that crossed my lips that night.

My date for the evening was the lovely lady that you see below, Ms. Ervina Squelchurge, one of the sisters at Our Lady of the Immaculate Holiday Inn. Frankly she couldn't keep her hands off of me.



We had a lot of fun running around the greater Scranton metropolitan area. As a Airport Telephone Kiosk Installation and Maintenance Expert (ATKIME for short), I've gotten to know a lot of people around town, so there were plenty of parties to go to. We even had the opportunity to give a small speech to the Scranton Municipal College Asian American Students Association.

The House of Highley

This fine collection of genetic lottery winners you see before you is my family. Clearly, the tall handsome one in the middle is me. Allow me to introduce you to the rest. On the far left is my older sister, Chandice. While she didn't quite have what it takes to be an Airport Telephone Kiosk Installation and Maintenance Expert (ATKIME for short) like me, she manages to scrape out a living as an physician. Next to her is my father, the patriarch of the Highley clan, Joe Highley. He operates one of the greater Scranton area's most successful chiropractic clinics. To my right is Rose Highley, my lovely mother. She gives my father the love, support, and 12 year scotch that he needs after a hard day of chiropractistiry. Finally, on the far left is my sister Ronda Highley-Crantfest. She is basically a shady drifter.

"Our house is a very very fine house

....with two cats in the yard. Life used to be so hard!" Now that I've enthralled you with my rendition of Crosby, Stills and Nash's classic ode to dual-cat habitation, I'd like to introduce my house:



This is a satellite image of my house that I got from Google maps (a really cool site). It was in this bucolic neighborhood in historic Scranton, Pennsylvania, that learned to become an Airport Telephone Kiosk Installation and Maintenance Expert (ATKIME for short). My house is the one inside the red circle, which is not a circle that I drew to point out my house, but is actually a moat of radioactive fire that my dad built to keep out mosquitoes. If you look in the driveway, you can see hulking frame of a 1972 Buick xxxx. This sizable land beast once ruled the steamy jungles of Pangea, but over time its numbers were greatly reduced. Now, its territory includes little more than a small patch of asphalt, where locals call it "The Great Yellow Monster" and "an eyesore." Although it looks like a little toy from satellite range, consider the fact that its length is half the length of the house next to it, and then tremble with awe.

Great, now everybody has a blog...

I realize that some of you may be wondering why I should start a blog, what with my habit of never doing anything interesting. So allow me to explain. Throughout my short career as a Airport Telephone Kiosk Installation and Maintenance Expert (ATKIME for short) I have met many friends throughout world who I would like to keep in touch with. There are several approaches I could take. I could write personal email to each of them (too hard!), I could write one email and send it to everybody (too boring!) or I could grace the world with yet another self absorbed, pointless blog (ahhh, now this porridge is just right!). And so, I present to you: Tim's World! A world filled with adventure, mystery, romance, and telephone kiosk repair.

...but mostly telephone kiosk repair.