{"id":3609,"date":"2005-12-19T15:07:36","date_gmt":"2005-12-19T23:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/12\/19\/ive-got-the-blues\/"},"modified":"2019-12-19T15:22:26","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T23:22:26","slug":"ive-got-the-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/12\/19\/ive-got-the-blues\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;ve got the blues&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:7289,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.movabletype.org&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260306004502\\\/https:\\\/\\\/movabletype.org\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-09 20:10:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-15 05:52:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-24 17:25:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-28 03:37:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-31 10:45:45&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-03 16:49:20&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-07 00:00:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-10 05:19:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-10 05:19:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7290,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.mozilla.com\\\/firefox&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.mozilla.com:443\\\/firefox&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6221,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7291,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DErasure%26partnerId%3D30&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>&#8230;but in this case, it&#8217;s a good thing.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been wanting to move away from the (slightly tweaked, but still) stock template included with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.movabletype.org\/\" title=\"Movable Type\">Movable Type<\/a> 3.2 for some time now, but just haven&#8217;t been able to find the time and energy to tackle the project.<\/p>\n<p>Today I actually managed to find both at once, and here&#8217;s the result &#8212; the return of the &#8220;Blue Distressed&#8221; theme for my site. I&#8217;ve missed this one, and apparently, so have at least a few of my readers, from comments I&#8217;d gotten from time to time. The theme has been slightly tweaked from its last appearance on the site, but it&#8217;s still essentially the same: blue-grey colors, and a kilted me up in the corner.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, that picture is quite out of date &#8212; I&#8217;ve got a bit over a year and a half&#8217;s worth of hair now &#8212; but fixing that will have to wait for a while yet. For now, I&#8217;m just happy to have this place looking a little more &#8220;me&#8221; than it has for the past few months.<\/p>\n<p>As always, feel free to let me know if anything seems obviously buggy, or cries out for further tweaking&#8230;<em>unless you use Internet Explorer<\/em>. If you&#8217;re using IE, get out of the &#8217;90&#8217;s and upgrade to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.com\/firefox\/\" title=\"Firefox\">browser that works<\/a> (unless, of course, job restrictions restrict you to IE&#8230;in which case, I pity you). ;)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\" title=\"Get iTunes\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"iTunes\" border=\"0\" width=\"61\" height=\"15\" src=\"http:\/\/images.apple.com\/itunesaffiliates\/logos\/iTunes_sm_bdg61x15.png\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/ad.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/show?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;bids=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\" alt=\"\" \/> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DErasure%2526songTerm=Hallowed Ground%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for 'Hallowed Ground' on the iTMS\">Hallowed Ground<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DErasure%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for 'Erasure' on the iTMS\">Erasure<\/a> from the album <em><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DErasure%2526albumTerm=Innocents, The%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for 'Innocents, The' on the iTMS\">Innocents, The<\/a><\/em> (1988, 4:05).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been wanting to move away from the stock template included with Movable Type 3.2 for some time now, but just haven&#8217;t been able to find the time and energy to tackle the project. 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