Blogging

Hey Everybody! Guess What? I've Just Set Up a Facebook Page For Windypundit! Now You All Can Visit Me There! Then You Can Read The Articles I've Posted Here! And You Can Leave Comments! Or Discuss Something! The folks at Facebook seemed all excited about it. I don't get why it's such a big deal, but I'm trying. … [Read more...] about Hey Everybody! Windypundit’s On Facebook!

I just noticed that Windypundit is up to Google PageRank 6! Again. Last time I hit PR 6, about a year and a half ago, it didn't last very long. This time, I'm going to try to make it stick. I suppose the best way to do that is to publish high-quality, timely, and original content that attracts attention and starts discussions in the blogosphere. In fact, I'd like to think … [Read more...] about Hey Everybody! Link To Me!

I've been exploring the new version of the Movable Type blogging engine, and I've decided to try turning on some of the caching options. For various reasons, I run Windypundit in dynamic publishing mode, which means that every time someone refreshes the page, the back end rebuilds the entire page from scratch. That's a little slow, but the new Movable Type allows me to specify … [Read more...] about Tweaking the Site

I just upgraded the Movable Type blogging software that powers Windpundit from version 4.01 to version 4.21. I did it for all the usual reasons---better, faster, stronger... No, maybe not stronger. Movable Type is supposed to be easy to upgrade. Just download the gzipped archive of the latest version and dump it right on top of the existing MT installation. Then I just login to … [Read more...] about How Joel Rosenberg Cost Me $99

Windypundit is published using the Movable Type blogging engine from Six Apart, and they've just released an interesting sounding update. I think I'll switch to it in the next week or two. I may have to rebuild the templates that create the look and feel of this site, but even if I don't, I'm getting a little tired of the current look of the blog and I'd like to change it. … [Read more...] about Change I Can Believe In