Category Archives: Blog stuff

Christina Quinones, the “chief snugglebunny to Mr. Pigs and Fishes“, has started a weblog. She has this interesting post about Colin Powell, his whereabouts on 9/11, and how it ties to the recent failed coup in Venezuela. Check it out. Continue reading →

Electrolite has moved to a new home. Congrats on getting that settled, Patrick. Continue reading →

Hey, Moira Breen is back! She’s got a new URL (so update those links) and she’s gone Moveable Typing. And she’s got lil ol’ me as her Blog of the Day, as if you needed extra incentive to pay her … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’ve added Meryl Yourish and TAPped from The American Prospect to the blog links. Don’t know how I hadn’t discovered Yourish before, but after reading her Stan Lee problem solver, I’m glad I did. I may have to apply that … Continue reading → Continue reading →

There oughta be a word Jim Treacher’s Bloglossary defines “Instalanche” as “a sudden influx of thousands of hits that threatens to crush your server, brought on by a link from Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit.com”. Well, what about second hand traffic … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Is it just me, or has Blogger been slower than usual lately? There was such a lag yesterday on my dialup account between hitting the Post & Publish button and the publish occurring that I reposted the same thing a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I see that Mac Thomason a/k/a War Liberal has his own domain now. Way to go, Mac! (Thanks to Ginger for the heads up.) As for me, I’ve finally given in to the dark side and signed up for a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Hating Blogspot Charles at LGF hates Blogspot, and so do his many commenters. I don’t deny that it has its problems, but it sure made it easy for me to get started. I’ve got a move to Moveable Type and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Today’s strange entry from the referral log: a Google search for “coffee drinker demographic”. I think maybe you meant to look here. Continue reading →

Well, I wasn’t given a cute nickname by the warblogger watch guy. I wasn’t outed as a profiteer by this guy. I suppose having a tip jar would increase my odds of getting money from this page. I figure it’s … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I forgot to mention yesterday that Rob and his wife Jenn, whom I met at Wednesday’s Houston bloggers happy hour, are neighbors of mine here in the Heights. The Heights-area Axis of Left-Leaning Bloggers grows ever stronger! Take a moment … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Another Houston blogmeet last night in which pizza was consumed, beer was imbibed, and a good time was had by all. Quite a few people came this time, and it looks like we will have regular get-togethers. Take a look … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Forget all that navel-gazing crap. The real reason we blog is for the sheer thrill of discovering that you are the #2 result on Google for Green karaoke singing aliens. Continue reading →

Well, I dithered too long. YACCS is no longer taking new signups, so I can’t use them to implement comments. Rats! Once the move is over, I’m going to take a long, hard look at Movable Type, which has a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’ve been toying with the idea of adding code to support comments on this page. I like getting feedback, and I strongly suspect that more people are inclined to give comments rather than send email. But then I come across … Continue reading → Continue reading →

After my post about the geography of blogging, I got a note from Jon Jerome, who’s a blogger from Chicago. Go check him out. Continue reading →

It occurred to me recently that the author of almost every blog I read is on one of the coasts or in Texas. (I’m only speaking of US-based authors, so for this purpose Damian and Mike don’t count.) Here’s a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

As Ginger notes, the second Houston blogmeet was a very pleasant experience. She and Michael and I were the only political bloggers there, as Ted and Jack were unable to make it. (I’m not sure if Craig is involved in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Damn. I’ve already lost count of how many people have found me in the past two days by Googling for “Amber Kulhanek”. (Note to the person who found me by searching for “+boobs +actress”: Perhaps a more specific query will … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’m off to meet my fellow Houston bloggers for a Happy Hour tonight. It’s the second such get together but I missed the first one, so these will be mostly new faces to me. I’ll have a report tomorrow. Continue reading →

I’ll add my name to the growing chorus of folks who’ve greatly enjoyed Stephanie Dupont’s extended guest-hosting of Brian Linse’s blog. I haven’t seen anyone else say this, so I’ll say it: Brian, when you get back to LA, do … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Perusing my referral log (have I mentioned how addicting it is to look at one’s referral log?), I see that a few people have found there way here via Google searches. So far, one person found me via a search … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Houston blog community had its first get together last night. Sadly, I was unable to attend this time, but it sounds like there will be other opportunities in the future. Thanks to Hanna for playing photojournalist. I think this … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Ginger says that blogs rely heavily on broadband. She cites some blogs with sizaeable front pages (including mine, though I’m tied for third smallest at 52K) as evidence that bloggers assume we all have fast connections. Well, for what it’s … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Well, I started this thing a month ago. Didn’t know how long I’d be able to keep it up, didn’t know if I’d run out of things to say or would find it a chore. So far, it’s been mostly … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Like son, like father I’m somewhat amazed to say that I just walked my father through setting up a blog. Mom and Dad have been on email (with just a bit of help from their slightly more technical son) for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Guess Tim Cavanaugh doesn’t much care for blogs, or at least for most bloggers. Whatever. I can’t speak for anyone else, but I’ll repeat what I said in my first entry: I’m doing this for fun, for the exercise of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’m the newest member of H-Town Blogs. It’s a little weird to make a local connection through a so-global-it’s-a-cliche medium like the Internet, but I mean that in a good way. Thanks to Elaine, the group’s fearless founder, for finding … Continue reading → Continue reading →

One of my readers (yes! I have readers! woo hoo!) wrote in to recommend Damian Penny’s Daimnation blog for a good alternate viewpoint. I like his style and will add a link for him when the template server is up … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Well. I recall making a New Year’s Resolution a coupla years ago to write on a regular basis. Good thing I never specified what year I was going to start. Let’s see how long I can keep this up. Continue reading →