Update your feeds—I’ve moved

July 4, 2010 — peter

I spent the past week moving into a new house — and a new website! I’ve shifted this blog from WordPress.com to a WordPress installation on peterdarbyshire.com. I love the WordPress.com service for its ease of use, but there are just too many restrictions when it comes to design. Hosting everything on my own site allows me to add a few new features, like my Goodreads feed and Boardgame Geek feed.

I don’t think I lost too many things in the move, but let me know if you notice anything odd or broken. The new feed for posts is here, and the new feed for comments is here.

See you in the new digs!

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