Blogging

In an earlier post, I wrote, The whole point of a blog like this is to share everything on the site with literally anyone who wants to see it. In fact, I’ve gone through rather a lot of trouble to make sure that happens. That got me thinking about all the bits of technology that it takes to put a blog like this on the web. I decided to make a list, and it turns out there are … [Read more...] about Windypundit Technical Review

On a personal bloggy note, this past week I've started seeing signs that Windypundit is once again beginning to draw a bit of attention. The tweet for my post about the attempt to shut down the Bronx Defenders because of a rap video was retweeted by a relatively large number of people, starting with Gideon and Scott, and that post has received about 25 times the traffic one of … [Read more...] about A Bit Of Excitement Around Here

According to Wordpress, 2014 was a slow year, with only 114 posts, almost a quarter of which were on a Saturday. And for the first time in years, the #1 post was not my anti-Sprint rant. Instead it was my post about the protests in Ferguson. In addition to the usual social media outlets, I owe Popehat and Gamso for much of my traffic.My most active commenter was Allison … [Read more...] about 2014 in Review

Wordpress's Jetpack plugin is a nice collection of features for bloggers. I host my blog on a server I pay for instead of on the big Wordpress.com cluster because I appreciate the extra flexibility, but by using Jetpack, I can also get some of the more powerful cluster-based features, like improved search and uptime monitoring. I have also apparently been making use of a … [Read more...] about WordPress Jetpack Comments — WTF?

Have you been seeing pop-up ads on my blog?You see, a couple of days ago I was fiddling with some darned thing here in Wordpress -- I can't remember what it was anymore -- and I wanted to take a look at how the page lays out to ordinary people. As a logged-in Wordpress user, I get extra features like a command bar at the top and special links I can click to edit content, … [Read more...] about Site Meter WTF?