Postcards From Oblivion

My Dear Wombat buddies,

As you may have noticed, I have a new blog theme. I’d been wanting this space to look at bit more postcardy, and a friend helped me to make it so. I thought this was fab. That’s not to say there aren’t some elements I’d like to tinker with, but I’m not all that adept at theme tinkering, so there it is.

This brings us to the poll.

Image via Athens Learning

Since I’m generally a people pleaser, I’d like to know what you think of the new design. Not so much “Gee, purple really isn’t your color” or “You do realize horses and dogs can’t read, right?”  More along the lines of one comment a reader left expressing her lack of love for the postcard format itself, forcing you to click on the title to read the full article (FYI–in Google reader, the full post appears).

Do you have a moment to share your thoughts? I’d sure appreciate it.

Merky buckets,

The Wombat

(I can’t even figure out how to make my signature a fancy font. Techie FAIL.)

As the world moves toward a paperless environment, I find myself stumbling over passwords in the process. Technology can be a good thing—auto pay has saved me countless late fees, and shopping online rocks.

The downside is I find I’m digging for a piece of paper on which to scrawl my latest username and password combo for that particular account. I’ll create one that seems so obvious and then not use it for a while. When I go to access my account, I have no idea what I selected for a password. I usually end up trying a bunch of combinations, which results in my getting booted off their system, because my spazzy actions appear to be those of a skilled hacker. If they only knew how far from the truth that is.

If you think about it, we have to produce this information countless times a day. Most people have to punch in a username and password on their computer at work. You check Facebook and have to enter more info to gain access. You get a spare moment during the day and want to do some Internet shopping or check a bill payment online. Hope you remember those passwords. A friend of mine went to update his credit card info for his EZ Pass and had a brain freeze moment—it’s worse with those sites you don’t visit so often. Heaven forbid your cookies get erased and you have to log in with all your info on your favorite sites. Argh!