Comments for Damien at the Speed of Life

Comment on Thank You to the Spelling Nazis by Damien Riley

Damien Riley — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:29:26 +0000

Hey Shannon. Welcome to the funny farm he he ;) Blogging is a fun diversion for me. If I can make money, that’s a bonus! The past year it’s been good that way.

Glad you’re reading tips here. Feel free to ask me if you have any questions, I’m going to go put you on my blogroll as well! Oh, and Sarah laughed at the end of your comment!

Comment on Thank You to the Spelling Nazis by Shannon

Shannon — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:23:04 +0000

Damien, I have been lurking for a couple months now, and was to shy to leave a comment because I don’t know you well. I only now decided to leave one because my sister did. Yes, I am a follower with no mind of my own. =)I have been reading your blogging tips though, so thank you. And Sarah gave me some useful ones during our visit the other day. (And Jodi, if you read this, I would say “sorry” for copying you, but you do it to me all the freakin’ time! LOL)

Comment on Thank You to the Spelling Nazis by Damien Riley

Damien Riley — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:36:50 +0000

Thanks Jodi. Yes, teaching has it’s humor in it to be sure. I actually have made more off my teaching-related posts than any others.

When you learn how to use keywords in Adsense as links to articles that get traffic, it’s amazing how you can make money writing. Best of luck, keep in touch, and thanks in advance for your patience with my typos ;)

Comment on Thank You to the Spelling Nazis by Jodi

Jodi — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:16:56 +0000

I’ve actually had a personal blog since last summer, but I just started a blog devoted to middle-school mayhem. Being a teacher yourself, you know as well as I do that there’s LOTS of stories to share. LOL

I recently discovered your blog and am enjoying it so far. :) I really enjoyed your last post on humility.

Comment on Thank You to the Spelling Nazis by Damien Riley

Damien Riley — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:52:09 +0000

Jodi, thanks so much LOL. Yeah, that is too ironic. Everyone has their “fly in the ointment” I suppose. For me, it is typos on my blog!!! I hear you started blogging? I hope you linked to it in your comment, yep looks like you did. I will check it out now.

Comment on Thank You to the Spelling Nazis by Jodi

Jodi — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:42:36 +0000

Haha–love it, Damien!

I should mention that you said “I don’t go back and proof like ‘a’ should.”

Sorry, couldn’t resist the irony there. ;-)

~Jodi (Sarah’s friend)

Comment on Thoughts on Images in Posts by Damien Riley

Damien Riley — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:31:57 +0000

Yeah Michael, that was an error thank you for pointing it out. The html editor in Wordpress allows you to simply put the raw < img src … code in your post. The wysiwyg gets you the Wordpress image editor etc. which is more than I want.

I actually meant something different from what you thought about the uploads option. Wordpress’ internal editor adds style declarations to images that don’t always look the same in every theme. I like having control over how the images are styled without relying on the automation of that. I know you don’t change your theme a whole lot so perhaps you haven’t seen this happen. I think the options you mention are good ones for image insertion/hosting. Thanks man.

Comment on Thoughts on Images in Posts by Michael Kwan

Michael Kwan — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:52:38 +0000

The uploads directory for images is separate from the themes directory, so that’s not really a concern. Also, I think you mean the WYSIWYG editor in WordPress, not PhotoShop, right?

I largely use the upload utility in WordPress, but using Flickr (and the appropriate WP plugin) is a great option too.

Comment on God’s Track Record by Damien Riley

Damien Riley — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:36:46 +0000

Hi Melissa. I’ve always written about fiath in one way or another on my blog but recently I made a special category for it. Thanks for the encouragement.

Comment on God’s Track Record by Melissa Rieck

Melissa Rieck — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:04:29 +0000

Hi Mr. Riley!
I love your site, and I hope you are well. I too am a believer in Christ and I appreciate you sharing your faith on here as well. Life sure is crazy, but with having Jesus as your/our center HE makes everything better.
Just had to say hi,
Melissa