Comments on: How To (Re)Name Your Blog

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Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:36:23 +0000

[...] is his hilarious post about changing his name. If you ask me, it’s all a gimcrack waste of time. (Just kidding, [...]

By: B

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:23:00 +0000

Thanks! I spent way too much time coming up with the name.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:59:01 +0000

So this is really really late coming, but I really like the new name (I’ve been reading from the iPhone, and it’s kind of hard to comment from there).

By: B

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 01:53:00 +0000

I’m glad you found your reference. I’m still trying to think of mine. Maybe something about gin, I’m still not sure.

By: diremirth

diremirth — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:41:56 +0000

After a few moments of contemplation I realized why “Gimcrack” reminded me of pirates. The “Cracken” was the monster that ate Jack Sparrow at the end of the second “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie. *whew. mystery solved…at least for me. Gimcrack could remind you of sea criminals for a very different reason.

By: B

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 18:46:52 +0000

I was planning on sticking with B, although if I was the Gimcracker that would be sweet. I guess I don’t know yet.

If I can figure out how, I’ll make that top image rotate between 5 images, all of which will feature the same sort of “weathering the stormy seas of life” feel.

By: Diremirth

Diremirth — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:49:25 +0000

great minds, b…great minds.

also was wondering, if you are going to continue the use of “B” for your alias on your blog, or if you were going to be create a new identity such as the “gimcracker” or “gewgawer”? after typing those out, perhaps sticking with “B” is good and pays homage to your blog roots etc.

and, the image is awesome. it’s very “weathering the stormy seas of life”…which is good for a blog.

By: B

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:41:22 +0000

It must’ve been an unconscious decision to use that image because, because gimcrack makes me think of pirates too, but I hadn’t thought of it until just now.

By: Diremirth

Diremirth — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:33:18 +0000

i really enjoy the new name. very clever and aptly titled to suit the content. also, the word “gimcrack” makes me think of pirates (for reasons unknown); therefore, i find the title and banner image pairing classy and complementary.

By: B

Sat, 03 Nov 2007 13:28:37 +0000

I’m thinking about changing my blog theme as well. Or at least making the header image randomly rotate between 5 or so different images. That idea was directly inspired by the awesomeness that is Brad’s blog.