Blogging
Spammers are employing a new tactic to attack blogs, and it’s a tactic that could bring down anti-spam measures protecting not only the Blogosphere, but e-mail too.
Blog spammers are attacking blogs with their typical messages, but they have a new, … »
Well, it’s installed. The site runs, though a few things are different.
Some of the plugins used with WP 1.2, for instance, have not been updated to function with WP 1.5. Even some of those that have, have not been updated … »
At this very moment I’m upgrading to WordPress 1.5. While it’s an upgrade I’ve been contemplating for a while, it was one I had intended to put off for another month or two–at least until after I had finished writing my … »
For a moment, I am going to dip into web design to illustrate why Deep Green Crystals is an example of extraordinarily bad blog design. More accurately, I am not dipping into web design; I am illuminating basic facts about readability, … »
After the first of the year I Am Pariah.com, The Memes List, and the Saturday Slant will all be back up and running at breakneck pace. They will be running off a brand new WordPress installation, on a fast, reliable server. … »
This blog and the Saturday Slant will be down for a couple of weeks because Movable Type is falling apart.
The software on which blog runs, Movable Type running off a SQL database, is crumbling. It’s dying, a piece at a … »
Grrr! Moveable Type, the blog software that drives this blog, is falling apart. Error after error, problem after problem. Auto-pinging has always been an issue. Posting and commenting out of memory errors happen sporadically every few months. Now no one can … »
I want things like future posting, something I have on my pro blogs The Design Weblog and Magazine Weblog, but MT 2.6x doesn’t currently offer. I’ve been missing so many Saturday Slants lately because, when Saturday rolls around, I’m usually on … »
Does the blogosphere still need a service like BlogRolling.com?
Should it be BlogRolling.com, or is it time for a competitor to rise up?
Now that BlogRolling.com is owned by the not-so-cool Tucows, BR doesn’t inspire the same warm and fuzzy brand loyalty as it did as a one-man operation started as a labor of love. So, does the blogosphere want BR to continue even it manages to get its act together?
Tony Pierce has a very interesting (if contentious) post about how to blog. Most of his list is right on the mark; some misses by a mile.
13. if you havent written about sex, religion, and politics in a
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I think this issue is being taken a little too seriously and literally–especially by the commentors on Calacanis’s original post–because of one article, which was written in early 2002 if you read the fine print at the bottom (or read … »
Cruising Toni Allen’s design post archives I found this post, Comprehensive Color Tool, which links to Color Scheme by Pixy. Color Scheme is a free, web-based color scheme tool with almost as much power as paid … »
After weeks of planning, my new project, the Magazine Design Weblog, Weblogs, Inc.‘s newest commercial blog, is live as of 9:00 PT this morning. I’m very excited about this new, first of its kind, weblog.
The Magazine … »
SecurityFocus: Chat, Copy, Paste, Prison
You are engaged in a chat session with some friends and colleagues, when one of them makes a witty remark or imparts a pithy bit of information. You hit CTRL-A and select the conversation, then
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Is your blog hosted as a subdomain? Has your provider received a cease and desist letter? If so, you might find your blog taken offline. You may want to contact your provider with the information below and ask how they plan … »
After reading and re-reading, after much thought and the input of Strawberry Blonde, I have picked a winner in the Free Blog Makeover Contest. Before I announce the winner I want to state that there were many, many excellent entries. Choosing … »
Only 24 hours lef to enter the Free Blog Makeover Contest! I’ve gotten some great submissions. It will be a tough decision. However, that doesn’t mean you can’t still enter!
Get your essays to me before the stroke of Midnight Pacific … »
Only one week left to enter the Free Blog Makeover Contest! All essays must be submitted no later than midnight Pacific Time Saturday, 28 February 2004.… »
