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Post #500: How to Create and Maintain an Award-Winning Blog

If you’ve been around these parts long, you’ll know that I love lists. If you’ve known me long then you’ll know that I’m all about helping others reach their full potential. If you actually know me, then you’ll know that there is absolutely no evidence that points to the previous sentence being true… until now. [...]

new year, new bloglooks

[Seeing this in an RSS reader? Mix it up and click on through. It'll make more sense] Depending on when you jumped on the proverbial party bus that is online diary for the masses, it may have looked a number of different ways. Some of you, upon your first visit to these parts, were greeted [...]

notable “came from’s” 2.0

In August 2008, I posted a piece about the various ways Internet users arrive at my blog. A year later, most of the means by which people land here aren’t big surprises: rss feeds, friends’ blogs, the occasional stranger’s blog. (Stranger: I am so, so thankful that you decided to link me in your blog’s [...]

“I generally don’t think girls are funny, but…”

Several weeks ago I met my dear friend Stroupid for coffee and some much-needed catch up time. At one point our topic of conversation turned to a girl in his community who is allegedly very funny. In order to ensure that I fully understood how funny this girl was, Stroupid said, “In the words of [...]

blogs I won’t read

I subscribe to 130 blogs. Most of those belong to people I know personally, the rest contain wonderful information on things like photography, graphic/web design, or things I deem funny. Lately, since I don’t have Internet access at Sandia, I open up my Google Reader at local coffee shops to find an unattainable number of [...]