Archive by category 'There have never been so many good options for the prospective blogger. As a practical matter, I think it’s hard to go very wrong. There are self-hosted platforms like WordPress and Hibari. Although the software is free, you’ll need a web host on which you can install the software and manage a database. This is [...]
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Starting a Blog — Naming It
Yesterday, I started Impolite Company to write about political issues. This and the next few posts will document the decisions I made and the steps I took in creating Impolite Company. First on the list is the name: Impolite Company. I wasn’t looking for anonymity. I just needed another blog to segregate my political posts [...]
Neither Politics Nor Religion
It’s said that one never speaks of politics or religion in polite company. Here I’ve done both. In fact, my definition of a true friend includes being able to discuss both and showing up to help on moving day. Why do we talk politics? What’s the point? Is it to win votes for your candidate? [...]
One Question To Ask Yourself Before You Start Blogging
There’s one question you need to ask yourself before you start blogging: Do I want to blog? That’s it. End of story. Forget about some narrowly-focused questionnaire that makes blogging sound hard or serious or demanding. Do I want to blog? Suppose the next time you’re in a bookstore you see a journal. You think [...]
Jamison the Blogger
I check my inbox and found this: Dear journal. From the the time we left the house to now, a lot has happened. We left our house at 2:18. Then we drove over to the fredmeyer parking lot and stopes at Panda Express. There I got a pandabowl with rice and orange chicken. After that [...]
Quote of the Day — WordPress
You are using a development version (2.7-hemorrhage). The latest SVN version of WordPress now incorporates the admin user interface developed in its Crazyhorse branch. Looks like the WordPress gang changed the version from 2.7-bleeding to 2.7-hemorrhage in the process. Very nice!
Embedded Google Maps Slowness
My main page had really slowed down: 56.58 seconds to load completely! The culprit appeared to be the four embedded Google maps. Let’s see how the loading time broke down (all times according to Firebug): Category Entire Page Google Maps Portion HTML 20.5 s 5.925 s CSS 5.04 s 0 s JS 26.55 s 22.656 [...]
Intense Debate: Who Owns Your Comments?
Intense Debate wants to know who owns your comments. In a poll, they offer three alternative proposals: Blog Publisher Ownership – Comments made on a blog belong to the blog owner, giving them the ability to edit the comments as they see fit (deleting and editing comments). Blog owners have had this ability with WordPress [...]
Disqus: Bloggers Should be able to Edit Comments
According to Danial Ha on the Disqus Blog: Bloggers should still control: [...] c) The modification of a comment, as long as the original copy is still accessible and the edit is transparent (Source.) Yes! Exactly what I’ve been saying. Maybe Disqus will get it implemented before Intense Debate does (if they ever do). I [...]
WordPress Comments Done Right
I like commenting on blogs. Unfortunately, plain vanilla WordPress blogs don’t make it easy to join and stay in the conversation. You can use two plugins to fix that problem on your blog. Filosofo Comments Preview. Nothing’s worse than typing an intelligent and articulate comment on a blog, complete with HTML codes for links and [...]