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Poll: Do you actually use the sidebars on blogs?

I’ve been playing around with the content in my sidebar, and it got me thinking: do people actually click on any of this stuff? I know that I, personally, don’t muck around with sidebars on blogs that much. To see … Continue reading

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Threats of violence in the blogosphere

Earlier today as I was going through my feeds, I came across this post by Nils. While it’s certainly not his fault, having read the post has darkened my day quite a bit. What’s it about, then? It’s about threats … Continue reading

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The Language Geek

As if writing one blog isn’t enough, for a few months now, I’ve been writing a second one. It’s called Language Geek, and you can find it here. Language Geek is a couple of things: it’s a journal of my … Continue reading

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Blog for freedom of speech

Lorelle has put up a new blog challenge: blog about those who dare to speak out. From her post: According to a news story on BBC News, Amnesty International is asking bloggers to show their support for freedom of speech. … Continue reading

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Why System 13?

It occurred to me recently that I’ve not really explained why my blog is entitled System 13. Here’s the answer: When I created my first blog at WordPress.com, I used netJosh as the title for a while, but I didn’t … Continue reading

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So, does this mean my blog is popular?

In the past few days, I’ve started getting a few spam comments here on my blog. I guess that means I’ve began getting a (tiny) bit of popularity with the spambot punks. I’m not overly worried about it though. Akismet … Continue reading

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LibraryThing blogs

If you didn’t know, LibraryThing runs two blogs. Here’s their news blog, and here is Thing-ology, “LibraryThing’s ideas blog, on the philosophy and methods of tags, libraries and suchnot.” Oh, and here’s my LibraryThing profile if you’re wondering what all … Continue reading

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A simple way to make your comments stand out on your WordPress.com blog

If you’ve just recently bought the CSS Upgrade for your WordPress.com, there’s a pretty simple way to make your own comments stand out from the others, so that people can easily see where you’ve added to the comment conversation. I’m … Continue reading

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