Got Choy?

So here we are again. I’ve found a new reason to try blogging again. Inspiration comes in the form of an iPhone app called ‘wordpress’. Imagine that, a portable solution to blogging random thoughts whenever and more importantly, whereever I am. So virtually, you are all my guinea pigs here in witness to my first mobile post coming from my iPhone. (admittedly, I am writing this mobile post from my room, while sitting in front of my computer.) hehe.

Besides, I think this is a healthier and less intrusive alternative to twittering. (damn that thing is annoying)

You can attach pictures too! (this is the only interesting pic I’ve got right now. It the husband-to-be roger, passed out, mouth agape, on our flight to Portland for OSCON.)

Silhouette Wedding Kiss – Grace & Michael
Originally uploaded by druchoy

My first flickr blog post. It’s a pretty cool automated feature that allows me to blog on my website through flickr.com!

So as most of you already know, I’m backlogged with a large number of photos I have yet to post up on the site. I blame it on Yotowoti. Just hanging out with him has made me very picky as to what kind of pictures I post up. He’s one quality photographer. (Check out his pics at Yotowoti)

But here goes attempt #2 at updating the site. I’ll start with the recent good news of two close friends of mine, Michael and Grace, who have recently wed in San Francisco, CA. I’ve only got one picture up for now as a teaser, but the rest will come soon. (Unfortunately, this is probably this best photo of the batch, so don’t be disappointed if the rest aren’t as good. )

Check out the sidebar! I’m as giddy as a kid in a candy shop! I’ve just installed two new plug-ins to this thing I call a website and the Got Choy? experience has been enhanced!

1. WPG2 – Embedded Gallery2 to the website. Not only is there an integrated photo gallery that displays my photos seamlessly under the My Photo Gallery link, but the site also displays a thumbnail to my “Newest Album” as well as a “Random Image” as you can see in the sidebar to the right! Whee!
2. XSPF Player – A flash-based web application which plays mp3’s as listed in XSPF format. Currently, I’ve got my Summer 2006 hit list loaded =) Try it out!

Day 2 of gotchoy.com has been a success. I know, all of you are left thinking, what’s next Andrew?!? Well… I’ve got some things in mind.

So I’ve finally found a domain name that I could live with and as well as found a blog publishing system that will integrate with my photo gallery which, when thrown together, will create a seamless blogging experience for all you avid blog readers and photo viewers. This site, once formally known as “soybeanchoy.com”, has been revamped with many more bells and whistles than in its previous version (which used to just have plain html with random hyperlinks… for you geek talkers out there).

Mind you, gotchoy.com is only at it’s infancy, but with my infallible determination and some of my die-hard work ethics (… and I know there are some skeptics out there), gotchoy.com will be the best one-stop shop for the most useful useless concoction of words and photos you will ever see! YESS!! *Beats chest with both hands*

I guarantee it, or I wouldn’t put my name on it! haha