Blogger, BBC drama, and Day 20: A hobby of yours

1)  I hate the new Blogger interface.

THERE ARE TOO MANY MENUS, PEOPLE.  Menus here, menus there, just loathsome to look at.  But aside from aesthetics, they've got rid of the feature where you could look at a post without hitting "edit".  Why?  And now, if I am editing a post, I can't hit "back" or return to "Edit Posts".  I have to go back to Dashboard and then re-enter editing posts.

So far, the only good things about this interface are the color scheme and its compatibility with mobile devices.  However, the latter is something of a non-feature--who writes blog posts from their phone or tablet?  Those that do are probably already using the Blogger app.

Maybe now I'll spend less time on Blogger.  >_<

2)  BBC's "The Paradise" 

So I just read this book, and what do you know, they (literally) just made a miniseries of it, and it'll be airing in Britain next week:

Except instead of taking place in Paris, this is set in Northern England and is heavily altered/adapted from the book.  More info here. 

The casting of Mouret (now "Moray") and Denise looks perfect.  If this makes it to PBS, I might watch it.  What say you?

3)  Day 20: A hobby of yours

Mostly reading and listening to music.  :)  Right now, I kind of alternate between synthpop and opera, with intervals of unclassifiable piano music (i.e. Einaudi and Yiruma).  I used to listen to a lot of "heavy" classical music (concertos and symphonies), but a little variety is healthier, I think.