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I keep coming back here to my Vox blog/ site, and that says something, cant remember the last time I logged into my MySpace site, or Wordpress.com site....so hence I ask the question: is Vox the best offering from SixApart yet?
As a side note I'd be interested to know from the SixApart team whether the code behind this was new or based on the MT code? after all, TypePad is easy to use, but this is in another world again?
food for thought.
Got a comment from SA's Anil Dash saying Vox supports Flcikr photos.....bloody great feature, in my last post I added one of my Flickr photos taken when I attended a (Australian) Big Brother eviction special about 5 weeks ago (the shot is at the Big Brother eviction cocktail party, where I got to meet the prior weeks evictee).
Now, next question to Anil: will Vox be adding Linkedin style features? I'd think that if you could add those style of features into Vox as well you'd not only have a great MySpace killer, but potentially a Linkedin killer as well :-)
Home Made Pizza, everyone loves my pizza.
Update: for those visting my Vox blog/ site for the first time I should explain: the main Vox site has a question of the day, which if you are logged in automatically posts your response to your Vox Blog.
But more on the pizza!
My first job when I left school and went to uni was in a Pizza shop, delivering pizzas, helping in the Kitchen, and serving customers. It wasn't a chain store either, it was with an Italian guy with his own shop, and hence I got to watch a lot, and on maybe a few occasions, make pizza as well. Hence I learnt.
How I cook pizza (note, ingredients are from Australia).
McCains frozen pizza bases are the best, but I've tried a few of the fresh variety: be careful though, a lot of the so-called "fresh" bases aren't, they all come out of Melbourne and they are often 2-3 weeks old by the time you use them.
Base: Lego's Tomato Paste with Garlic and Herbs, you can use the straight tomato paste, but the garlic and herb one is better.
Pizza Topper Cheese: I can't remember the brand but it's not the Coon branded cheese, its got an Italian name. Most people don't put cheese on the base...it's the secret ingredient on any good italian pizza.
McCormicks "Pizza Topper herbs" on the base as well, a light sprinkle because you'll be using it again on top.
Toppings:
I go in this order, and believe it or not, order helps. You can substitute you're own topping, but I'll say I've never had much luck with chicken.
First: Ham. I tend to use the honey shaved ham. The honeyed ham is a little sweeter than your usual ham, but any ham will usually do.
2. Pepperonni, or as my son calls it: Pizzaroni :-)
3. Pinnapple
4. Capsicum (or I think they call this peppers in the States).
5. (sometimes) mushroom.
6. Onion...always the onion should be on top of the other stuff.,
7. Then your pizza topper again
8. Cheese topper again, don't be shy either.
9. (optional): sauce, occasionally I'll add BBQ or Steak sauce.
so that's it. Don't be shy with the toppings, we aren't making a skinny Domino's Pizza after all. A nice thick pizza everyone likes!
Sitepoint, buying a decent returning site...or maybe Scriptlance asking someone to design a Vox clone :-)
OK, next step I've changed the template, got to say Mena's designs totally stand out on the pretty scale. I sort of feel inspired to go out and take some photos now so I've got something to upload....but note to SixApart, I read that Flickr have released access to their API, I'd love to see the ability to bring in Flickr shots into Vox, it would be a nice touch.
Looks like I've been upgraded on Vox and can post stuff now. Very pretty WYSIWIG interface indeed. Nut quite sure what to actually do with this now, but I notice I've got design rights as well so I might need to have a play around... more soon! :-)
