Category Archives: Meta

For background stuff that I will (prob) keep private for myself — notes on learning WordPress & other social internet means of self-promo.

Hatching new Alaska bloggers: Henkimaa edition

I was asked by Steve Aufrecht of What Do I Know? to join other guest bloggers for a class he’s teaching on blogs and blogging. Here’s a little about his class, & partial answer to one of his questions. Continue reading

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Congealed remains of porridge

What do Vietnamese cuisine, Jewish study of the Talmud, and “Goldilocks & the Three Bears” have in common? Continue reading

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Blog changes, & NaNoWriMo

I got fed up with my old template, so I’m changing it.  If you’ve got respiratory issues, you might want to wear a mask, because I’m gonna be kicking up some dust around here. But right now: I’m off to … Continue reading

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Pawsore

All that copying & pasting to restore my blog is messing with my hands. I’m sure they’ll feel better after a night next to a purring cat. Continue reading

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Partial restoration

My blog got hacked a few days ago; now it’s restored up through Feb. 25 of this year, & I’ll be getting the rest of the stuff up tonight over a beer. Or two. Or… Continue reading

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Oops

Oops, my blog’s been hacked. I’m working on fixing it. Continue reading

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Tweaking my blog

I made some improvements to the blog today — to make it easier to find related posts, to have more accurate categories & labels, etc. Continue reading

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The colorlessness is temporary

In one part it’s my own grey, in the other it’s that I’m redesigning my blog based on a different WordPress theme, since I was never quite happy with the previous one. I’m now using a theme called Thematic, which … Continue reading

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Working on the website

Taking some time out from blogging about the Anchorage equal rights ordinance, or about anything else for that matter, to work some on the website.  Used to be I had a website under the .nu domain, as well as some … Continue reading

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Commenting on my blog

First, I hope you will! Second, I’ve made it easier: the default for this software (WordPress) was to require registration in order to comment, but to heck with that: now you only need to supply a name (just using your … Continue reading

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