The Blog
Moving to WordPress.com
New host today, and I’m testing the interface to see if it connects to Facebook, Twitter, MySocialEgoIsHuge.net (that website is unregistered so you can claim it if you wish) , and so on. I had been using Blogs-About.com since April 2004. I setup the original Chasingthewind.net webpage as a place to share my faith in [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 6 so far )Happy 7th Blogiversary
Yeah, I know. Chasing the Wind has been sleepy for a while. My passion for pithy comments has waned somewhat, Facebook has replaced the blog as the social network, and I’m on hiatus from bible study teaching so there are no lessons to post. But hey, I still own this domain name.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )This is a Link to a Typical Incendiary Blog Post
This sentence contain the actual link to the incendiary post, with or without comment from this post’s author. This is a quote from that link to illustrate agreement. This sentence contains a provocative statement that attracts the readers’ attention, but really only has very little to do with the topic of the blog post. This [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )That's Enough of Disqus
I’m disabling Disqus today from my blog at http:\\chasingthewind.net . The idea was great – a more open community for comments to posts. The interface was nice, and I liked the fact that individuals “owned” their own comments and could edit them as necessary. But Disqus was barely used by the community. The only additional [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 5 so far )Disqus
Image by barloventomagico via Flickr Disqus. Pronounced “Discuss.” It’s a new feature I’m trying out, and I’d love your comments. Really. The whole idea is to encourage better comments. You can see replies to your comments, there’s a discussion page, you can better see other people’s comments. It even links to social sites like Twitter [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 12 so far )Happy 5th Birthday
Cover via Amazon Remember when blogging was new? The word “blog” itself was new. The whole concept of people finding an outlet to express whatever was on their mind in a forum that reached globally was new. Now it’s ordinary. People create blogs for their pets now. Or maybe the pets themselves do it, it’s [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 5 so far )Blogged.com
Hey, I got a report card – Dear Michael, Our editors recently reviewed your blog and have given it an 8.0 score out of (10) in the Society/Religion & Spirituality category of Blogged.com. This is quite an achievement! http://www.blogged.com/directory/society/religion-and-spirituality We evaluated your blog based on the following criteria: Frequency of Updates, Relevance of Content, Site [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Encyclopedia Britannica Online
When I was kid, I was fascinated by the huge Encyclopedia Britannica books. Who were these amazing eggheads that wrote all the world’s information down? How did they get so smart? Times change. The Encyclopedia Britannica still has the most vetted information, but is no longer the largest or easiest accessible. They’ve offered to bloggers, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Four Year Blogiversary
It seems they grow up so fast. Chasing the Wind is now 4 years old. Happy Birthday! I find it amazing how fast things have changed in the last 4 years. Then, blogs were amazing new inventions. “You mean, *I* can write something on the web? Don’t I need permission or something?” Today, sites like [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Where's the Spam?
Where’s the spam? I get around 1800 pieces of email spam a month; it’s been that way for at least 3 years. But in the last month, I’ve only received 550 pieces of email spam. And in the last week, only about 20 pieces of spam. At this rate, I’ll only get about 100 pieces [...]
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