I just received the following via email: Vivian --- I would have appreciated it if you would have asked me about the "delisting" of Howling Latina from LeftyBlogs.com - before you assumed it had anything to do with her views on the presidential race. It didn't. LeftyBlogs.com is an aggregator of local progressive political blogs. … Continue reading Delisting of HL: Lefty Blogs believes in the big tent
Category: blogging
Don’t blame me
The missing images on this blog are due to a major problem with the image servers used by WordPress.com. Hopefully, things will be back to normal soon. In the meantime, enjoy the words 😉 UPDATE 9:01pm: Finally! Everything should be back to normal. This was a major outage today.
Newspapers: “Woe is me”
I guess Don Luzzatto got up on the wrong side of the bed. His Friday editorial in The Virginian Pilot was an interesting juxtaposition of how a movie company is like a newspaper (huh?) thinly disguised as an attack on bloggers. I'm not sure what someone slipped in his latte but despite "how many people … Continue reading Newspapers: “Woe is me”
Spam filter going wacky
OK, I've fished a bunch of comments out of the spam filter today. Unfortunately, that's all I can do, as WordPress.com uses Akismet for its spam filtering and I have little control over it. (I can't, for example, whitelist comments, although I can blacklist them.) Bear with me. If your comment doesn't appear immediately, shoot … Continue reading Spam filter going wacky
15,000!
A little milestone was reached today at 12:15pm: the 15,000th comment on this blog. (Of course, if I could count all the spam comments, I would have reached that number long ago. Since Akismet was installed here at WordPress.com, it has caught 311,640 spams 😯 ) So to whom goes the honor of having posted … Continue reading 15,000!
Testing new setup
While I am waiting for my car, I decided to test a couple of things. First, I got a Lifebook U810 UPMC a couple of days ago. I'm trying to figure out if this computer is truly useful - or if it's too small for these old eyes. No verdict on that yet. Secondly - … Continue reading Testing new setup
Site notes
This blog is hosted for free WordPress.com. As the result, things happen here that are beyond my control. That's the tradeoff for not paying for stuff 😦 but the truth is that I have neither the time nor the inclination (at this point) to host my own site and deal with the related frustrations. So, … Continue reading Site notes
Netroots Nation
YearlyKos has been renamed Netroots Nation and registration for its third annual convention is underway. The convention will be held July 17-20 in Austin TX. For a limited time, registration is only $375. Later the fee will rise to $450. The conference includes: Panels led by national and international experts, including a virtual panel held … Continue reading Netroots Nation
Two years
Thanks to the little graphic in the bottom of my side bar, I'm reminded that today is the two-year anniversary of the launching of this blog. What appears in the About section of my sidebar was written at that time and I believe remains true today: The primary focus of this blog is Norfolk politics. … Continue reading Two years
How I deal with folks who spam this blog
Seems there are some new folks who have found my blog. Well, you are certainly welcome to contribute here. While I don't have many rules (common courtesy, no profanity), there are a couple of things I won't tolerate. Posting the same comment over and over in multiple threads will result in you being banned. Posting … Continue reading How I deal with folks who spam this blog
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