People sure are coming up with lots of widgets and ways to “share” more and more material with others on the web. As if the interwebs aren’t already a far too effective tool for procrastination! Anyway, I now have a… Read More ›
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The actual blogging bits of stuff
Your guess is as good as mine
Hoyden was down for a few hours yesterday, and because we’re cheapskates we chose a webhost without 24/7 tech support, so we couldn’t contact them on our public holiday. Normally the webhost lets us know if they’ve scheduled server outages… Read More ›
Silencing with “attack”, the misuses of logic, and reclaiming emotion
I’ve been contemplating the buzzword “attack”. While it is worth keeping a lid on egregious, unwarranted, off-topic ad hominem remarks, “personal attack” seems to verge on being a means to shut down dissent in some online discussions. It can function… Read More ›
Anti-feminist-Bingo! A master-class in sexual entitlement.
Edit 18 Dec 2009: I’ve seen this referred to in quite a few places round the ‘sphere as “Antifeminist Troll Bingo”. It’s not called that here, and was never called that here, because that isn’t my sole or primary intention…. Read More ›
That blogging “code of conduct”
While I applaud the sentiment of those advocating a formal bloggers’ code of conduct, I think their approach is ultimately doomed to failure.
Banner menu button changes
The sharp-eyed amongst you will have noticed some slight changes to the links in the banner/header of the blog. This is mostly just reorganisation of existing material, but I’d hate any of you to miss out on the recently added… Read More ›
Looking for Larvatus Prodeo?
LP is offline at the moment UPDATE: Back online now. We’ve exceeded our bandwidth, and despite a request to the webhosts previously to roll over into the next payment plan and keep continuity of service if that happens, apparently the… Read More ›
Introducing Lauredhel
I’ve decided to add a co-blogger to the roster. We’ve been meeting up at various junctions in the intertubes for about ten years now, and she’s one of my favourite invisible friends. She’s had her own livejournal for ages, and… Read More ›
From the mailbag: WordPress plug-ins
This post has been edited to improve clarity A sly lurker sent me an email yesterday asking about various customisations installed on this blog, especially one that sie hadn’t seen elsewhere. I have installed several plug-ins added to the basic… Read More ›
Blogkeeping
I’ve added a couple of new functions for comments. 1. HTML quicktags – for easy text-formatting and link insertion. Highlight the text you want formatted/linked and click on the appropriate tag-button. 2. Email subscription to comments – you can subscribe… Read More ›
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