Hello World! (aka New Beginnings, part 2)

It was August of last year that I posted an entry called "New Beginnings" on Blogger, when I made yet another major migration of my blog-- this time from Myspace to Blogger. That has lasted a little over a year, and since then, Wordpress has made some nifty new features available-- features that it didn't have when I started comparing blog forums last summer.

This time the change is largely transparent-- most people who read my blog either read it through an email subscription or via the RSS feed which feeds into Facebook's Notes. However, I chose to move for 2 reasons:

1. I liked Wordpress' ability to password-protect individual posts, rather than having to lock the entire blog as Blogger does. Oh sure, other forums such as Livejournal or Myspace offer that ability too, but you have to be a member to read those protected posts. The protected posts also get published as part of your feed-- with a placeholder to enter your password, so those who wouldn't otherwise visit the blog site itself would see it.

2. I felt it was time for a change in the blog name. Every site I've ever been on, my username has been pretty predictable-- first and last name. Given the uniqueness of both names, it was really easy to find my various public profiles just by Google-ing my name. I didn't really want the folks to someday think of this and come across my blog. Many of you have no qualms with sharing your profiles and blogs with your folks, I envy you. Mine just wouldn't understand. But more than that, I once had an ex with stalker-ish tendencies find me that way-- must've searched for my name, come across my blog (actually, Todd's diary) and emailed me a message with a thinly-veiled guilt-trip. It was a bit creepy, to say the least!

So... I'm sure you're wondering: why "Heckled Trio"? Well, my friend Tabitha introduced me to a website that makes anagrams of whatever you input. I put in the German word for my favorite animal (and if you're reading this, you should know what it is) and "Heckled Trios" was the first result that came up. It caught my fancy, and seemed appropriate, not only because of the favorite animal, but because there are three of us in my little family-- we're a trio, and we heckle each other. A lot. Very fitting, and easy enough to remember :-)

Anyway...*clinks glass* here's to new beginnings... sort of. I think the only who's going to notice anything new is me, with a new interface to get used to ;-)