Drudge/Trump
I confess that I don’t read the Drudge Report all that often, although sometimes I do scan it for stories to write about. But I go there often enough to have become aware of the fact that, during the 2016 … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Blogging and bloggers
Decisions, decisions: what’s a blogger to write about?
Being a blogger is a funny thing. Every day a blogger like me has to decide what to write about. Will it be some long-winded technical and/or reflective piece that attempts to tackle big and complex issues? Do I want … Continue reading →
Safety vs. speech at Cornell
Professor William Jacobson teaches law at Cornell, and also runs the blog Legal Insurrection for which I sometimes write. Anyone who is a conservative on campus these days needs to be a profile in courage, and Professor Jacobson most definitely … Continue reading →
To anyone still having problems with autofill on the sign-in…
…I suggest you clear your computer’s cache. I believe that should do the trick.
Continue reading →Now that the glitch is gone…
…I want to remind readers to go back and check out the posts of the last few days. You may have missed some of them, but I kept posting right along even though some of the posts weren’t displaying. Boy, … Continue reading →
I’m pleased to announce that I think the recent technical problems on the blog have been fixed.
Rejoice! On the other hand, what a ride. When this problem began three days ago, I immediately called my hosting company (Bluehost), which has 24-hour support. That’s one of the things I like about Bluehost; you can actually speak to … Continue reading →
Update, and another suggestion for getting the latest version of the blog (including comments)
I’m almost 100% sure the blog glitch of the last few days is a cache problem, and that it originates at the host. But my host isn’t offering a solution at the moment, so I’m still waiting for the developer. … Continue reading →
More about this tiresome blog glitch
I’ve discovered that if you force a cache refresh by pressing CTL + F5, you can usually make the blog display the comments and the posts properly. Let me know if you see the most recent posts when you do … Continue reading →
The latest on the blog glitch
[UPDATE 11:00 PM 4/26/3017 One hint: I’ve discovered that if you force a cache refresh by pressing CTL + F5, you can usually make the blog display the comments and the posts properly. Let me know if you see the … Continue reading →
Update on the blog glitch
In trying to deal with their trickster blog glitch that’s been switching identifies on commenters, I’ve been burning the midnight oil and talking on the phone with several people. Most of them are techies at my host, but one of … Continue reading →
Blog glitch
Some people are experiencing a glitch in the autofill for the comments, a very odd one: the autofill is filling in other commenters’ information. If you want to keep your email addresses secret until this glitch clears up, just put … Continue reading →
Trump, Magritte, and me
Here’s a tongue-in-cheek photo of Donald Trump, circa 1989 (taken for Fortune magazine), doing his own Magritte thing: Whatever happened to that handsome, slender guy? Same thing that happens to all of us, if we live long enough. Which reminds … Continue reading →