In the meantime, here are some of the things I learned to do while setting up the blog:

• You can post directly to Blogspot from Diigo. This is pretty awesome, and I’ve done it several times already…it also works with edublogs.org, typepad and other blog providers!
• I’ve added Diigo bookmarks that are tagged, as well as created a new category of Shared items in Google Reader, to the sidebar.
• I didn’t want to create a blog on another server without being able to back it up easily. Apparently, there’s a tool–Blogger Backup for Windows–you can use that does that for you.
• I’ve never been fond of Blogspot’s “Next Blog” feature or the ubiquitous Dashboard, so Will Richardson’s instructions here to remove “Next blog” worked great.
• I got to experience adding Feedburner feed to a new blog again. It’s pretty easy with Blogspot, and Feedburner has specific instructions for adding the feed to Blogspot, or Blogger as it’s known.
• When I added StatCounter (after setting up a new email address), I realized that I had 500 records rather than the 100 I had on the original Around the Corner.
• That feeling of not knowing what to write, not sure how to phrase something that you get when starting a new writing venture out? Well, it was fun to experience it again. What a rejuvenating experience.