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The Changes

So, you might have noticed some changes in the way the site is laid out. Or maybe you didn’t, who knows? Anyway, to tell you a bit about what’s going on, I have moved my blog from the sub-directory of /blog/ to root. I wanted all my blog post permalinks to stay the same though, so I added /blog/ to the custom permalink structure. This makes more sense to me for the next thing I did.

I wanted a static homepage and for blog posts to appear on the page /blog/. I assumed when I tested this that the permalinks would then be /blog/whatever/structure/i-want/. This wasn’t the case. It was using mikeschepker.com/permalinks. I figured since blog posts would appear on a page that the permalinks would have that page in it’s structure. That is why I had to add /blog/ to it. I think it makes more sense to do it that way as well. Why have a page for blog posts but not have that page in the permalinks?

The static homepage was not created by me. My good super-awesome friend Kristin built and styled it for me. I just gave her the general idea of what i wanted. Big shout outs to her for be the most awesome chica I know.

The projects page is no longer around, instead you can go to my home page and look at the categories to find the websites, scholarly works, and WordPress works. The feed problem of not redirecting /blog/feed to mikeschepker.com/feed/ seems to have fixed itself because both are redirecting properly. How? I have no clue. I’ll keep an eye on it to see if it breaks. Let me know if anything is broken and I will try and fix it.

Thanks again Kristin!

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Some Changes and No Doubt Breakage

I’m making some changes on the site so there might possibly be some things that are broke. I need to resolve some redirect issues from the old setup as well as continue to add content. If you subscribe via a feed, make sure you update it. Links can be found in the sidebar. I will try to setup this redirect soon.

Sleepless Nights

I don’t know what it is lately. I don’t know if it’s the changing weather (cold, warm, back to cold) or what, but lately I’ve been really tired. The thing is, even though I’m so unbelievably tired, I can’t sleep. Sunday night I couldn’t sleep and didn’t wind up dozing off til 3 AM Monday morning. I don’t know what it is exactly that is keeping me up. I’ve had a lot of things on my mind, but no more than usual I don’t think. Last night I couldn’t sleep either. I know why it was last night. I have a job interview on Tuesday that I really want to nail. The interview was just set up yesterday, so last night I was worrying about it. I really hope I do well and get the job. If I do, I will be doing what I’ve wanted to do since I was a Sophomore in high school. So wish me luck! This weekend is a three-day weekend so I’m hoping that I can catch up on a bit of sleep. I still don’t know if I’m doing anything for St. Patty’s. In all honesty, I’d love to be living in Springfield so I could go to the pub crawl. Oh well. I’m sure I’ll occupy myself somehow.

Tonedeff-Optimist

speaker I know I already posted a Tonedeff track for a song of the week, but I had to post this one. It is a beautiful song. Tonedeff creates such meaningful music. I relate to it very well. He’s not afraid to break the “standards” of hip-hop (standards put in place by radio and MTV). Simply put, he makes music for people who like music. This song is another amazing song that I think any fan of music can relate to, even if you don’t like hip-hop. I can’t wait to hear more Tonedeff in the future. He is a talented musician.

The song is from the Asterisk: Four album. Make sure you pick this up. It has some fresh music from Tonedeff, Masta Ace, CunninLynguists, Session, PackFM, and more. You can also buy it from iTunes. I love the cover design.

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[audio:http://pieceofshep.com/audio/13-Optimist.mp3]

I Got My Virb On

So, I am on Virb now. Sign ups are limited, so if you need an invite drop me a line. Also, if you are on Virb already, add me. Here is my Virb profile. It’s blank for the most part right now, but I’ll be adding more when I get around to it.