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Moving Announcement

[info]cottontimer
11/21/05 05:01 pm
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Jacob the Cat


Dear friends,

It has been a wonderful two years with you here at LiveJournal. But as of today, my new online home is at

cottontimer.com
still known as Cotton-Pickin' Days


A number of events coincided to make this the right time for my move.

  • My two-year blogging anniversary.

  • b5media, one of two blog networks I belong to, gave all its bloggers hosting space for their personal blogs. This was an offer that was too good to refuse - a savings of at least $15/month.

  • The need for a more polished online presence with my foray into problogging. Ruth pointed out to me long ago that owning my own domain and hosting my own blog seems more professional. It's also an opportunity for me to gain some much needed technical knowledge.

  • LiveJournal troubles with this past weekend's data migration.

Even though I will no longer be posting at LiveJournal, I will continue to visit and leave comments (whether you like it or not! ha). And I hope that you will come visit me even if it's a little more less convenient than before.

I've already set out the welcome mat. Please come by and say hello!

Love and thank you,
Hsien aka Cottontimer

P.S. You can add Cotton-Pickin' Days 2.0 to your friends list here. (Any comments left in the syndicated feed posts aren't e-mailed to me so I will most likely miss them. Please leave your comments directly at http://cottontimer.com! Thanks.) And the RSS feed is: http://www.cottontimer.com/feed/.
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  • [info]missus_teh
    11/21/05 10:21 am (UTC)
    this is so cool! will be dropping by soon!

  • [info]lesliepear
    11/21/05 12:23 pm (UTC)
    just added!

    • [info]cottontimer
      11/21/05 05:31 pm (UTC)
      :) Don't forget to send me your mailing address so I can get your prize to you ASAP! cottontimer@gmail.com

  • [info]kimmellee
    11/21/05 12:42 pm (UTC)
    OK, I'll let you move, just as long as you don't forget us little people when you make it big.

  • [info]calypso72
    11/21/05 12:54 pm (UTC)
    Aww... somehow I knew this was coming. Don't forget about those of us still stuck over here in emo land....

    ::goes to add feed::

    • [info]cottontimer
      11/21/05 05:34 pm (UTC)
      "emo land" hehhee

      I resisted leaving for so long but it just seemed the right time.

      • [info]calypso72
        11/23/05 12:55 am (UTC)
        Oh, I see it now. Nope, never got the email notification. No wonder you abandoned LJ :)

  • (Anonymous)
    11/21/05 12:58 pm (UTC)
    ack, and i thought you didn't agree. is cottontimer.com hosted by b5, then?
    -ruth (http://about-ruth.com)

    • [info]cottontimer
      11/21/05 05:35 pm (UTC)
      Wellllll, I'm still not convinced it's critical for us to have personal blogs hosted at our own domains, but I always agreed with you that it certainly looks nicer! I was just loathe to leave the comforts of home. And, yes, cottontimer.com is hosted by b5. :)

  • [info]jansong
    11/21/05 01:26 pm (UTC)
    Do come visit and good luck!

  • [info]far_gone
    11/21/05 01:30 pm (UTC)
    I just added you -- didn't want to lose you when you're about to come to London!!

    • [info]cottontimer
      11/21/05 05:35 pm (UTC)
      It will be all the easier to stalk you when I am living in the same geographic region. ;)

  • [info]sonday
    11/21/05 02:26 pm (UTC)
    This is cool! Added you... though I must confess most times I'm unable to catch up with your prolific updates ...

    • [info]cottontimer
      11/21/05 05:36 pm (UTC)
      LOL Reading my entries isn't a homework requirement! Just pop by whenever you're in the mood for some nonsense. ;)

  • [info]dragonfly1867
    11/21/05 02:29 pm (UTC)
    looks great! I agree that hosting your own domain seems more professional. Livejournal is often more about the community within livejournal rather than your own personal blog. I will certainly be perusing the new blog!

    • [info]cottontimer
      11/21/05 05:37 pm (UTC)
      Thank you! I still intend to be part of the LJ community, but mainly via commenting. :)

  • [info]corto
    11/21/05 02:58 pm (UTC)
    congrats!!! i shall follow along and try to get the rss as a syndicated feed to my lj. :)

    • [info]cottontimer
      11/21/05 05:37 pm (UTC)
      Cool! Thank you for all your encouragement these past couple of years. You're a sweetheart. :)

      • [info]corto
        11/21/05 05:59 pm (UTC)
        you know... a lot of that "sweetheart" stuff... is because I truley value making and holding links to places so distant. I am absolutely enthralled by the posts you make about the life× of your world. :)

  • [info]myeisha_l
    11/21/05 03:03 pm (UTC)
    Congrats! Added you and happy blogging :)

  • [info]bezigebij
    11/21/05 03:57 pm (UTC)
    I've been avoiding this whole feed thing, but I guess you've left me with no choice. Cograts in making this move; I know it is important to you.

    • [info]cottontimer
      11/21/05 05:38 pm (UTC)
      LOL Why've you been avoiding the feed thing? If you don't like it, you can just pop by the main site whenever you're in the mood. :) Hope all is well!!

  • [info]marianne
    11/21/05 06:04 pm (UTC)
    Congrats on the move! I'll add you on my Bloglines subscriptions so that I won't loose you! =)
    I've wanted to move away from "emo land" lj for a long time now. But I just can't bear to part with it!

    • (Anonymous)
      11/22/05 01:56 am (UTC)
      Thanks! I felt pangs too when I made the final decision to move. :(

    • [info]cottontimer
      11/22/05 01:58 am (UTC)
      Sorry, that was me! Forgot to sign in. Already lost the habit... haha!

  • [info]ms_nguyen
    11/21/05 09:17 pm (UTC)
    I will follow you every where (virtually, that is).

    :)
    T

    • (Anonymous)
      11/22/05 01:57 am (UTC)
      hehee Guess I can't lead you off a cliff then, eh? ;)

    • [info]cottontimer
      11/22/05 01:58 am (UTC)
      Sorry, that was me! Forgot to sign in. Already lost the habit... haha!

  • [info]munchkukie
    11/22/05 01:41 am (UTC)
    congratulations and I have added the feed!

  • [info]smittenbyu
    11/22/05 09:09 am (UTC)
    I leave for a few days and what did you go do?! :P Congrats! Adding your feed!

  • [info]gwytherinn
    12/2/05 07:10 am (UTC)
    Boo! Ah well, congratulations though!! I have no doubt you will do very well at making this into an occupation. Most of the stuff I was around for you to post may have been about say, an article, but then you added your own personal opinion or something about your life that related to it. I think that was great, and in part what made your journal so interesting to me. I will definitely try and visit your journal at the new spot but will admit that I am absolutely terrible at visiting off site journals. (Which I guess is another reason I came back to LJ... one click of the friends list is all it takes!)

    • [info]gwytherinn
      12/2/05 07:13 am (UTC)
      PS: I checked out and added you as an RSS feed. So maybe it's not so "off site" after all. :)

      • [info]cottontimer
        12/4/05 04:35 pm (UTC)
        Great! I'm glad I'm still on your friends page. ;)

        I know we had a little chat a while back about life outside of LJ. I'm still a bit nervous about it all but the timing was right. I'll still be around reading, though, so you aren't rid of me yet!

  • [info]mwana_isimu
    12/14/05 06:47 pm (UTC)
    I got so far behind in my Friends list that I just gave up and stopped going backward, so I never saw this post! Today I decided to come see if there was some explanation about why you haven't been posting (assuming it was because you were in the middle of the move to London), and here's my explanation. I'll go check out your new blog home now.
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