Those few regular readers who care about these sort of things may have noticed that I have not been posting that often in the last few days. I have been moving flats, which has of course affected my online connection as well. I have finally moved everything and I’m now Read more…
I’m posting my BlogDay list very late this year. I can only use as an excuse that I’ve been rather busy with the Conference to do the BlogDay its deserved favour. Without further excuses, here is the list (in no particular order): Terra Nova: Blogging, MMORPGs and gaming, what’s there Read more…
I am testing Microsoft Live, Redmond’s answer to Google’s Internet domination. Microsoft Live offers a search engine, picture folder, blog hosting, Map editor and a convenient WYSIWYG text editor that allows you to edit blog posts offline, and separate from the clunky Blogger editor. The editor reads your blog’s style, so you will really know Read more…
This is a very interesting article about the growing practice of plagiarism online, particularly fueled by the blog explosion. More and more people are joining the bandwagon and creating a blog, writing their thoughts and opinions for the world to read (or more accurately, for their reluctant and suffering friends Read more…
I have become addicted to The Truth Laid Bear‘s rankings. Incredibly, I’ve been upgraded to Multicellular Organism (I was an Insignificant Microbe just last week). I have decided to place a link indicating what my status is. I have also noticed that I have now received more than 10,000 hits Read more…
(Via IFTF) BlogPulse is a great tool for searching for the popularity of certain words and brands in selected blogs over time, which can serve as a “buzz-meter” tool. I have been having fun searching for some words. See for example the results for copyright, patent and trademark: Copyright wins Read more…
I have been flooded with blog comment spam, perhaps the most pernicious problem affecting blogs hosted by Blogspot. The spammers use software that searches for keywords and generates some text that directs people to a website. I had a post about hardware and I got this spam: Found a lot Read more…
This is an excellent article in PC Magazine (how can that co-exist with Dvorak’s now infamous article?). Microsoft is planning to implement RSS support into their future version of Internet Explorer and Windows (Windows Vista, formerly known as Longhorn). The point of the article is that this could very well Read more…
Lack of updates. Yes, hmmmm… This is due to many different things. There is Easter, and then there is the fact that the World Model United Nations is in town, and then I am doing some research into MMORPGs. If anybody plays City of Heroes, keep an eye out for Read more…