If you read here regularly, you know that I’ve recently upgraded a number of the daily technologies in my life: my regular Web browser, my mobile phone, and the blogware that runs this blog for me. I’m happy with the upgrades. Pretty much across the board I’m happy with the upgrades.

But you’ve probably also noticed that there have been some changes around Mike in the Mountains.

First, I’ve added the “moblog” category. In addition to marking posts with categories for their content, any post that comes in from my mobile phone will be in this category, as well. These posts may not be otherwise distinguishable from other posts, but it’s my way of letting you know that I’m posting “on the go.”

The other change is that in addition to categories for posts, the new version of the Wordpress blogware that I’m now using includes tag functionality. I can now mark posts with both categories and tags. Tags are like keywords that can be seen in a “tag cloud,” and you see these things on sites like Amazon showing what’s popular—more common tags are set in a larger font, while less common ones are there, but smaller. So in addition to seeing what’s on my mind in terms of how many posts I have in particular categories, from here on out, you’ll get a visual representation of what’s important to me in the sidebar of my blog, as well. Right now, I’ve just started using them, so the list will be growing, and none of them has been used more than once yet. But you get the idea.

As I’ve said, I’m happy with how my tech upgrades have gone. And, yes, I’ve downgraded the satellite service, as well (kinda). I ditched Cinemax and Showtime, kept HBO, and added the sports package which, no matter where you live, includes Sports Time Ohio. The only downside to this is that this coming Monday is opening day in Cleveland, and Monday is also my day to work late. Which is how I pay for all of this. Oh well.