move it, move it

So here we are, all snug and comfortable at the new blog. Why did I move from Xanga to WordPress?

– You can avoid having banner ads here at WordPress, as opposed to Xanga, where you have to pay every month if you want to get rid of the ads.
– Greater freedom for customization.
– A cleaner interface in general (without all that garbage that Xanga sticks up and down the side of your blog).
– When you’re posting you can do “Ctrl-I” and other commands like that, unlike in Xanga (you have to actually click on the little italics button).
– Matt Morton’s doing it.

Already I think this is a prettier, easier route for me, but I still have a long way to go. Eventually I think I’ll pay the one-time fee to be able to edit the CSS, so I can change the background color of this blog, etc. etc. But right now it’s good enough, so enjoy.

Most notably, there are some useful things over on the right-hand side.
– My ten most recent del.icio.us bookmarks, automatically added as I update them. So you can see what I’ve been lurking lately.
– Links to other blogs I read.
– Links to friends’ web sites.
– Other important links.
– The RSS feed.

All the old stuff will still be at www.xanga.com/tess_marie, so don’t worry about losing your favorite posts about BTAS, sewing fests, and what-have-you.