Now Appearing
What a way to start the week, by populating other peoples’ blogs!
The ever-so-appropriately titled “Bonsai Chicken” is up at Now Is Gone – my take on the whole Facebook phenomenon.
Also, the first of my guest posts for National Preparedness Month is online at the Clutter Control Freak Blog.
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Content Is King! Long Live the King!
about 5 days ago - 8 comments
Content is king.
It started with a Tweet by Jeremy Meyers, that said the following:
“Ironically, content about how “Content is King” is not an example of good content.”
I responded with:
“If Content were King, then Pink would have stayed dry.”
I was referring, of course, to Pink’s performance at the Grammy Awards, where she sang partially suspended and More >
Owning My Links
about 1 month ago - 1 comment
Part of the reason I started noodling with Wordpress was the ability to “own” my own site. Not have it hosted elsewhere, not beholden to anyone else’s whims and limitations. I can do what I want with the template and the look and the feel and the content. I can even move the URL around, More >
Shaking things up
about 4 months ago - 3 comments
It was time for a new look.
I liked the old look, but there was something about the old “old look” that was missing.
Yet, the “old” old look lacked several features.
This look will get some tweaking in the meantime.
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Swine Flu Newsrooms Spreading To You
about 4 months ago - 12 comments
One of the great things about connecting with others online is the chance to be part of some interesting discussions. Such was the case of a conversation I recently had with Andrew Fowler, one of the principles at Newsvetter in Portland.
He was concerned about the lack of truly relevant information parents were getting about the More >
Back in Business – almost
about 7 months ago - 1 comment
The issue here was a plugin, one that tries to minimize the load on servers by relying on Javascript libraries housed at Google.
The “Use Google Libraries” plugin needed updating, and that new version arrived tonight.
We will return you soon to pithy quotes and unusual perspectives. (Provided you have a computer monitor compatible with the new More >
More Wordpress Weirdness
about 8 months ago - 3 comments
I have diagnosed part of my problem.
The QuickRSS plugin I had active on my site was not playing nicely with the built-in RSS fetch in the Wordpress 2.8 administration panel.
I deactivated the plugin, and that problem is solved.
However, I still have no access to the visual editor.
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Temporarily Vanilla
about 8 months ago - 1 comment
I just upgraded to the new version of Wordpress, and for now, I recommend you wait.
Something funky is going on in the background, so for the time being I bring you Retro-Occam. Plain vanilla theme, plain vanilla plugins.
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Panic Never Helps
about 9 months ago - 1 comment
The following is a piece I wrote for Ragan.com and reposted here:
It’s time to vaccinate against panic
How to save your employees’ butts without scaring off their pants
Panic is a part of human nature. It’s also inconvenient, as panic influences individual decisions and can derail your most well-intentioned advice. How you deal with it reflects on More >
Easter Egg Surprise
about 9 months ago - No comments
I posted this to my 12seconds account, but it was too good not to share.
Delayed-action Easter Surprise on 12seconds.tv
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The Hidden Gem
about 10 months ago - No comments
Can you answer the riddle embedded on this page? (Not just this single entry, but the site as a whole.)
Comment below with your answer! (Are the categories part of the clue?)
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