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Started by DR1665 · 7 months ago

The focus of DR1665.com is to detail my journey from rally car fan to rally car driver. Considering my budget these days is probably less than Ken Block spends on tires for a single event, it’s likely that it’s going to be a long journey. Three years in and the car is only [... ... Continue reading »

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  • Endless Monkeys

    7 months ago

    Honestly, I think that 195 should have her (his?) own site since it could be a great site all on its own. Then you keep dr1665 for stuff that's not as focused on the rally side of life. dr1665 remains a personal site. Of course, I say that because I'm horrifically OCD and an organizational freak, so my comments might be suspect.

    For my sites, I use the awesome TwitterTools plugin (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/twitter-tools/). There's quite a few Twitter plugins out there, but this one is just simple (and I think you already use it? maybe I'm wrong and misunderstood your point) and effective. I love love LOVE the extensibility of WordPress and wish I hadn't wasted so much time with Joomla now, but oh well.

    Overall I totally dig the posts and it's neat to read about the progress of various points of your life, both personal and rally-esque. So as long as you continue posting it's great!
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  • DR1665

    7 months ago

    Aw, jeez, Greg. Why'd you have to go and make that suggestion? Especially when you know I have tarmac-and-gravel just sitting on the web with zero content and no purpose right now. And even more especially when I think about how I've got two Galants now - one for tarmac and one for gravel.

    Crap. I was never any good at Jenga.
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  • Endless Monkeys

    7 months ago

    heh. see, just move content there. seeding a site with content is hard (look at DeviantAdvice and PervyGeek), so any shortcuts you can take (within reason) are good. I recently changed DA and TPV to where their Twitter accounts are now inactive (for now) and udpates will now Tweet out via my gadkins1974 Twitter, it's made life (and promotion) so much easier.

    And hey, if you've got a site.. might as well use it. :) Besides, if Tarmac and Gravel becomes a money-making enterprise, you can actually work on 195 and call it a "project car" for the site and BAM... tax write-off.
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  • DR1665

    7 months ago

    Now you've gone and done it, Greg. Now you've gone and done it.

    I'm giving very serious thought to moving all the Galant content from DR1665.com to tarmac-and-gravel and then using this site as more of a general, what's-important-to-me blog. Moving the Galant makes sense, but it's a question of whether or not I have enough material to keep both sites moving. (And do I really want to be a textbook blogger?) Then again, there's the question of when am I actually going to have the time to make the switch. I returned to work this past Tuesday and I don't suspect I'll have a full day off until Thanksgiving day. Bogus.

    Appreciate the idea, though. This could be the next evolution of the site. Time will tell.
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