Category Archives: Blog stuff

O-Dub recently mentioned the topic of blogger diversity (here and here) in reference to a recent blogger get-together in San Francisco. Oliver noted, in response to this approving InstaComment, that there wasn’t much in the way of racial diversity in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’ve taken the “Who Is Atrios” poll down. Thanks to everyone who voted. Here are the results. I’ll be sure to drop a line to Kaus and let him know. Name Votes Pct ================================ Mahir! 56 26.8% Sidney Blumenthal 37 … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I don’t know about you, but my loins are fully girded for the inevitable onslaught of end of the year awards, retrospectives, Top N lists, and so on. Such awards are already showing up while others promise to soon. I’m … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Here are the results after one full day of the Who Is Atrios poll: Name Votes Pct ============================= Mahir! 50 27% Sidney Blumenthal 32 17% Bob Shrum 21 11% Mickey Kaus 18 9% Christopher Hitchens 17 9% Mark V. Shaney … Continue reading → Continue reading →

If there were any doubt that Atrios is the Liberal Instapundit, I can offer some pretty conclusive evidence. Since he posted an announcement of my poll at a little after 9 AM CST, I’ve gotten over 400 hits. That’s 400 … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Many have speculated about the identity of Atrios, also known as the man behind the Mighty Casio and the Liberal Instapundit. Well, I say there’s only one way to find out: It’s poll time! Go vote at the right and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

In case you hadn’t noticed, Alex is back in the swing of things after successful completion of his NaNoWriMo mission. Diane is also back, and she seems to like the color pink. Taunt her about it at your peril. That’s … Continue reading → Continue reading →

One more blog that I meant to add to the blogroll yesterday but forgot: Paul Frankenstein. Too much tryptophan, I guess. Anyway, it’s there now. Continue reading →

Added some new blogs, removed a couple of others. Some new blogs were added because I saw them in my referral log and liked what they had to say, others came via the recommendation of other bloggers. See? The system … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Larry has some great advice for bloggers concerning site design and generating traffic to your blog. I recommend them both. The issue of generating blog traffic has occasionally been dicey. Just before I moved from Blogspot to this site I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’ve tried, I really have, to give a rat’s ass about the latest controversy surrounding Little Green Footballs, but I just can’t quite bring myself to do it. It’s so much ado over nothing at all. So naturally, I’m going … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Andrew Northrup has moved to his own domain and Movable Type. Drop in, say Howdy, and update your blogrolls. Continue reading →

Ginger has retired. Michael has always published infrequently. Ted went on hiatus Wednesday. Rob joined him yesterday. If it makes anyone feel better, I’m not going anywhere. Enjoy the break, but do hurry back, y’all. It’s lonely being an axis … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Atrios is having some trouble posting to his blog, so he’s (temporarily) moved to this new spot. Hope you can get the glitches worked out, dude. Continue reading →

Via Mikey comes the latest addition to the blogger’s vocabulary: blurker (BLUR-kur): n. 1. One who reads many blogs but leaves no evidence of themselves such as comments behind; a silent observer of blogs. 2. One who reads many blogs … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Congrats to Mac Thomason for his 50,000th visitor. He’s earned every one of them. Here’s to your next 50,000, Mac. As for me, between the old Blogspot site and this one, I’ve passed 25,000 and am on my way to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Some new blogs added to my blogroll recently: Ungodly Politics Raving Atheist Alas, a blog, who among other things knows his stuff about comic strips. Dawn Olsen William Burton, whose post on atonement I linked to yesterday. TalkLeft Serenity Quest … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Go away for a few days and the weird Google searches pile up. To whoever found me with the search string “i love relaxing nude at home now since the 2 of us joined a nudist organization”, I’m very happy … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I am the sole Google search result for Ogallala Aquifer capacity nude. I don’t even know how to make a joke about that. Another person found me by searching for a picture of flouridated water. Be careful – you may … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’ve been noticing a few new sites in my referral log lately: The Road To Surfdom, A Level Gaze, The Green[e]house Effect, Arseblog, and Ruminate This. I don’t know how some of you found me – was it perhaps The … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Larry and Meryl are in the second half of their 24-hour Blogathon. There’s still time to sponsor them (or others – you can see a full list of participants on the Blogathon site) if you want. They’re blogging for good … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Welcome to the all-new Off the Kuff. I’ve said my goodbye on Blogspot, now I’ll say hello on my brand-spanking-new domain. This is very much a work in progress – I’m not sure I want to stick with this color … Continue reading → Continue reading →

With much gratitude to Larry for the following appropriate sendoff. Eat your heart out, George Clooney. This is a blog of constant sorrow I’ve seen errors all my day. I bid farewell to old Blogspot The place where this was … Continue reading → Continue reading →

To the folks who sent me a note announcing their new blog: First, I suppose I should thank you for cospamming me along with the likes of Josh Marshall, Glenn Reynolds, and Tom Tomorrow. I don’t get mentioned in the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

This time the political bloggers outnumbered the personal bloggers. We had a smallish crowd at Cahill’s pub last night, but we hung out, drank a fair amount of beer, and yakked for nearly three hours. Though the H-Town Blogs group … Continue reading → Continue reading →

As long as I’m blogging about blog etiquette, may I recommend TTLB’s post on drawing attention to one’s blog. As Maarten Schenk says in the comments, I’ve sent some emails to individual bloggers when I’ve responded to something they’ve written, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I really thought I had nothing more to say about the whole Cal Thomas/where’s-the-outrage kerfuffle. I’d gotten some good feedback that showed there was some outrage, and this made me feel better. After reading Kevin Whited and Owen Courreges, I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Congrats to Karin for her new blog location. Update those links, people. And help her figure out a movie made recently that was about women, but which was not also a “disgusting, sappy, Hollywood chick flick?” Can’t help you there, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’ve added a few blog links and done a bit of reorganizing on the left-hand side of the page. I’m caught between the fear that I might be missing something good and the realization that I don’t have enough time … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Chron discovers blogs in its Technology section this week. Right there, along with the Prof and Asparagirl, is H-town blogs, our local group page. I was wondering why I’d started getting so many referrals from that page, since it’s … Continue reading → Continue reading →

MEL of Ishbadiddle tells me in the comments to my earlier post that there are now two Staten Island bloggers on the NYC Bloggers map. I’ve also been invited to add myself as an expatriate if I choose, and I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Today’s weird search referral: “Kick his nutbag reduce tears”. I don’t even want to know. Continue reading →

Congrats to Ain’t No Bad Dude Brian Linse on his new eponymous domain, which gives me the chance to dust off fifty-cent words like “eponymous”. Update your bookmarks, folks. I’ll be off Blogspot eventually, I promise. Continue reading →

Well, it’s been a week, and the Chron has not published any letters complaining about the editorial written by a former death-row inmate who was exonerated by DNA evidence. Which makes me wonder: How many more incorrect predictions do I … Continue reading → Continue reading →