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Re: thoughts on the Blogger to Wordpress upgrade - Digging in a Habari sandpit

Andy C — Sun, 13 Nov 2005 09:26:40 -0000

This just got even better. This post is tagged with my Wordpress categories 'Wordpress' and 'Blogging'. The article appears in Technorati tagged with exactly the same Technorati tags. Exactly what I want and no more extra editing for me and no more noise for the reader to endure on the footer on the article. Superb.

Re: How to track your blog - Digging in a Habari sandpit

Andy C — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 19:13:08 -0000

I started on Blogger. Then I relocated my blog to my ISP so I could see the Web Server logs. The logs were interesting. People arrived from the usual suspects (Google, Yahoo). Robots and spiders were especially keen. However most humans looked at one page and went away (forever). Feedburner stats re. circulation and RSS readers was a better reflection but the fact is if you have something interesting to say, then people will comment (maybe).

Re: How to track your blog - Digging in a Habari sandpit

Andy C — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 19:41:22 -0000

Greetings. You are in a different class :-)

You wandered over here, on chance, presumably from Wordpress (Recent WP posts) and are unlikely to subscribe to an RSS feed from this blog.

The difference is that you are human and you chose to comment.

However you are a one-off visitor and unlikely to return, ever.

In some ways, you are worse than a robot :-)

Re: Barstool correspondent » Andy C

Andy C — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 05:10:09 -0000

Sophia Antipolis. My visit and experiences at the hotel alone could be a decent short book, let alone a blog entry :-)

Re: new Regulus theme for WordPress.com » Andy C

Andy C — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 09:26:32 -0000

You're welcome, Ben. I wonder if the WordPress MU version of Regulus theme includes the Trackback URL anywhere ? I wanted to cite your blog entry 'properly' so my article appeared as a comment to your original article.

It took me 3 months,a lot of alcohol, late nights, ridicule from other blogsters and some counselling for my tiny brain to finally comprehend how the darned things work.

Now my prayers are answered and I finally get a chance to use it in real-life for a real reason. And what happens ? Regulus hides the Trackback URL :-)

Re: new Regulus theme for WordPress.com » Andy C

Andy C — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 12:21:24 -0000

No worries. Inbound links are good enough. Keep it simple, stupid. Shame I ain't got any but still. That's not quite true. Yesterday I actually had hundreds. I was about to get Adsense going, make my millions and retire. Unfortunately I then discovered that WordPress.com mishtakenly thought my blog was 'wordpress.com' but a kind man promptly corrected the error and normal service (with two inbound links both from myself) was restored.

Re: Tom Raftery podcast with WordPress - Digging in a Habari sandpit

Andy C — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 15:09:07 -0000

Matt - apologies. Still, Tom was very nearly renamed 'Rafferty' and I have to admit, I had to cut & paste Donncha's full name !

Re: bitten by Newsgator - Digging in a Habari sandpit

Andy C — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 17:26:34 -0000

So you can. I unreservedly withdraw the accusation (although they could make it easier to find). Thanks.

Re: not getting things done - Digging in a Habari sandpit

Andy C — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 14:48:04 -0000

...but I am not ignoring 6213 email messages when I deal with a new email. I use a preview pane which means I am ignoring half a screen full of old messages but these are mostly from today which do merit being there in my consciousness. Also, new email is highlighted in bold to distinguish it from the older material.

My main concern with the large number of messages is the performance overhead when using the email client (startup, searching etc) and I am sure the IT department would like some disk space back.

The reference emails are obviously very important and I would ideally like to tag these messages for searching purposes.

I'm still not sure I grasp the whole GTD thing but it is an area that interests me. I think I need to read more on the subject and experiment a little.

Re: less is more - Blog in isolation

Andy C — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 19:15:33 -0000

Thanks Doug. Much appreciated.

I am now sorely tempted to migrate to my own hosted WordPress blog, get AdSense installed and write some articles about Scotland, haggis, whiskey and fell walking in order to make my rightful fortune that eluded me during the dot com era.

Re: www.nbrightside.com

Andy C — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 18:54:18 -0000

Shall we just take it to email ?

Re: The world according to Google - Digging in a Habari sandpit

Andy C — Sat, 21 Jan 2006 06:17:17 -0000

Point taken. Google does not have as O/S (that I can use).

Re: one less reason - Digging in a Habari sandpit

Andy C — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 03:42:55 -0000

Never used TypePad but I do recommend WordPress.com over Blogger.

Re: resisting the lure of Joomla » Andy C

Andy C — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 07:14:39 -0000

I am eagerly awaiting the day when your old site becomes the new Joomla site. I have this thing about broken links.

Re: so farewell then, Palm Vx - Digging in a Habari sandpit

Andy C — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 03:49:56 -0000

William. Keep up at the back there. Refer to the SAQ

Re: Web based calendars - Digging in a Habari sandpit

Andy C — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 11:57:32 -0000

Airset is really nice. Syncs contacts and calendar with Outlook (just done it successfully) and Palm. Nice touches like Google Maps for postcodes. Email/phone reminders. Thanks for the pointer.

Re: heard it on the Newsvine - Digging in a Habari sandpit

Andy C — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 16:54:15 -0000

devang - I have tried Google Reader which is just a Web based RSS Reader.
Kore7. Ask and you shall receive. Your email is not exposed to the masses just the Admin.

Re: introduction to ETL for Oracle » Andy C

Andy C — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 12:34:51 -0000

It might just be the last one. I could have loaded a 2 TB data warehouse from sixteen disparate data sources in the time it took me to preserve the <PRE> formatting that the WordPress editor kept insisting on compressing into single, unreadable lines.

Re: full circle - Digging in a Habari sandpit

Andy C — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 10:09:36 -0000

Stop it. Oh please, just stop it :-)

Re: Most Haunted #2 » Andy C

Andy C — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 10:29:04 -0000

Pete. I don't know where you are located in the world but I have some bad news. In the latest series, Yvette Fielding has been replaced by Daniella 'no nostrils' Westbrook.

Re: Feed Overload

Andy C — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 10:38:38 -0000

Newsgator Online with 48 Feeds
Folders: Blogging, Blogs, GTD, Oracle, RSS, Tech, UK, WordPress. Just like you used to :-)
Dropped Technorati searches as they produced too much duplication (noise).
Check feeds 2-3 times a day.

Re: Feed Overload

Andy C — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 10:44:29 -0000

In fact, coincidentally I blogged about this very subject earlier today.

Re: from hero to zero - Digging in a Habari sandpit

Andy C — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 04:43:43 -0000

Of course, it is borne of bitter frustration and jealously. Chelsea versus Barcelona. Arsenal versus Real Madrid. MUFC versus, err, Wigan Athletic at the JJB stadium.

Re: Thunderbirds are go ! » Andy C

Andy C — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 12:51:03 -0000

Now my email is in an open format, the next step is to resurrect Gnus.

Re: In Shreds - Digging in a Habari sandpit

Andy C — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 11:56:35 -0000

I must qualify that. Data has been transferred between Thunderbird and the Palm but not in a consistent and reliable manner (i.e. I can't remember which of the multiple configurations actually worked).