Category: Weblog Concepts
-
Adding metadata to my template (per Syndic8)
Peering into my referrer logs this morning, I saw a reader coming from Syndic8, so I decided to take a look at how this site looks through that syndicator’s display. I noticed that RFB is listed as not having the metadata that Syndic8 looks for, so I followed a link to some metadata help, followed…
-
An actual warblog, soon?
Blogger: You’re in the Army Now. The Army team that came up with a PC game as recruiting tool unveils a weblog with the same thing in mind. Critics say it lacks soul, not to mention blood and guts. By Noah Shachtman. [Wired News]
-
'Worst weblog ever!'
I didn’t know Jason Snell was doing something called teevee.org, but correspondent Charly Z assures me they do “snarky comentary about, well, TV.” Shamelessly, I copped their title from their weblog announcement, in which they say: Today TeeVee’s Station Breaks take on a new form. Yes, we’re sort of getting on the Weblog bandwagon. But…
-
Best new Salon blog name: Naked Emperor
RadioExpress! and my back button (checking a quote), just ate my post… rewriting it now… {Here’s a Radio wish! Could someone make a version of Radio Express that pops up in its own window, like every other bookmarklet on the planet?}… Face it, naming your blog is the old band-name game writ large. There are…
-
Because I'm an insane idiot
I’m downloading pMachine today and I’m going to see if it’s really as easy to install as they say. It seems clear that pMachine is positioning itself as a competitor to Movable Type (it has import scripts for MT and GreyMatter), angling for those who prefer PHP over perl. The implied architecture is impressive. The…
-
Great minds think alike, and all that
Tom Coates says at plasticbag (four days ago but I swear I just saw it), of this same Shirky piece: There’s only one line I don’t agree with – “the people who have profited most from weblogs are the people who’ve written books about weblogging”. In fact I suspect these people have made almost no…