[BUMPED UP] I still have it open for public viewing and comments. At the moment, I’m keeping the “NEO” on the header photo as is, and keeping the comments non-nested. These are things I can always change in the future … Continue reading →
[BUMPED UP: For a few days, I plan to bump this post up. Scroll down for new posts.] UPDATE: In accord with a few suggestions and my own perceptions, I made the font of the new site a bit bigger … Continue reading →
Don’t you think they’re perfect? But how do you get your foot in them when the apple’s already there? [NOTE: In case you’re not familiar with the reference, see this. See also this.] [NOTE II: By the way, for reasons … Continue reading →
A great deal of what goes on with a blog is unseen by the reader. For example, I’ve talked about the amount of spam comments I get, almost all of them blocked by my spam filter. A while back there … Continue reading →
UPDATE: That pesky other blog is gone. So it’s back to just this one, and everything should now be as before. Carry on!
Continue reading →…which have to do with my plans to redesign things a bit. Why am I doing this (I often ask myself)? One reason is that my old design is really really old, and it tends to be a little glitchy … Continue reading →
Hey folks, for all of you (including Geoffrey Britain, who made the request today) who’ve been wanting the ability to edit your comments, I just installed a plug-in that lets you do it for five minutes after the comment is … Continue reading →
Remember, many months ago, I mentioned I was trying to redesign the blog? At the same time, the person who had been helping me with that sort of thing for many years said he couldn’t do it any more. I … Continue reading →
Bloggers are continually having to make decisions not just on what to write in any particular piece, but how to choose topics and the timing of topics: what to write about, how long to make it, how much variety to … Continue reading →
About a year ago I discussed the number of spam comments I get here that are caught by the spam filter. It had been formidable for a long time, and then it had suddenly improved dramatically and the amount of … Continue reading →
I’ve just posted a piece with a length of close to 2400 words. It occurs to me that that’s the equivalent of the term papers I used to write in school. And it also occurs to me—not for the first … Continue reading →
Bot says, “Do you have a spam problem?” Nice of you to ask. Actually, spam comments wax and wane in mysterious fashion. For a couple of years there I was getting about 10,000 a day. Yes, you read that right: … Continue reading →