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I received an email from a certain blogger I read asking me to vote for her blog in a contest. When I looked at the contest and the site I found it was a non-commercial site dedicated to holding contests where people vote for blogs. The list of niches was extensive. If [...]
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Rain in the Summertime – The Alarm
Girl Like You – Smithereens
The Twilight Zone – Golden Earring
Don’t Cry – Asia
Come on Eileen – Dexy’s Midnight Runners
Should I stay or Should I Go – The Clash
Love Cats – The Cure
Nowhere Girl – B Movie
Strength – The Alarm
House of Fun – Madness
Only a Lad – Oingo Boingo
New Song [...]
I’m trying my hand at a photoblog in between my regular eColumns and diary entries. This is a picture of my lovely Sarah and I last Halloween. What are you going to be this year?
No this isn’t a pizza commercial. Slevi posed an interesting question to readers and I liked the direction so I’m continuing the meme. It’s a great way to refocus your goals in life. By imagining the end we can do better NOW. I’m not tagging anyone as some might find this [...]
Okay . . . my project is finally done, in a way. I loaded and configured about 60 themes I like and you the reader can choose any of them from the drop down at the bottom of sidebar 1. I will change the default to suit the mood I am in and the [...]
I wrote about this Google Reader feed reading feature before. Now it’s officially mentioned at the Online Diarists Forum and I wanted to post it here AGAIN as well as something you should check out. This makes my feed readings about town so much easier. if I commented on your blog yesterday, it was because [...]
I feel the best writing I do here is diary entries and eColumns. The blogging tip and tech type articles are not really part of my imagined niche. I do, notwithstanding, have things daily I want to say about blogging and blog tech stuff like WordPress plugins and themes. For that reason, [...]
WordPress self-hosted is the most tweak-able platform.
Don’t lock into a theme choice until you’ve tried many.
Integrate other online data into your blog, it keeps it interesting for you and your readers.
Not all free services are worth your time or risk.
Feed readers are a big part of your audience. Learn about them.
Develop a criteria and [...]
At this stage of the blog game, I’ve lost all interest in 2 column themes. Especially since I keep 5 onging sideblogs in my sidebar and I need the presentation space:
Twitter (What I’m Doing in 140 characters of less)
Announcements (This lovely post is an example as such)
Asides (Short mini-posts that are simply my spontaneous or [...]
I am currently reading the blogs on my blogroll and once again realizing how great these writers are. Stuff that paints a picture and makes you feel something. Whether you agree or not, it’s that clarity of voice that makes bloggers great. Go to the “Blogs I Read” section in my sidebar to see what [...]
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