Category Archives: dot blogging

Well wishes

Just a quick note, sending my happy thoughts and good vibes to a blog-buddy of mine, Venomous Kate, who’s got a lot of crap happening in her life.

Ben’s Bad Week, part 3 plus epilogue

When we last left our hero, he was swimming in a sea of unresponsiveness while a hostage situation was in progress with his data…
The events in this post take place between Thursday and Monday.
Thursday
I figured out that my friends were on the East coast.   My ticket was updated at about 4:11am Pacific, simply:  “What wordpress [...]

Ben’s Bad Week, part two

This was written on Wednesday evening.
Wednesday
This part is thankfully much shorter, though it’s not sweeter [note: It didn't turn out to be very much shorter, really]. At the exact time I write this sentence (8:42 pm Wednesday) I have had an epiphany.
I noted in one of the final paragraphs of Tuesday that I [...]

Ben’s Bad Week, part one

This is part one of a two- or three-part adventure where I chronicle the misfortunes of the week. The writing is “as it happened,” or “at the end of the day,” if you will.  Either way, keep in mind that when I was writing these entries, I was expecting the magical solution to appear [...]

International Wordpress Day

Today is the unofficial official International Wordpress Day.
Allow me to say, Thanks!
I’ve been using Wordpress for 4 years and 3 months, and can’t imagine switching to another platform, like, ever.  But what’s so great about it?

It’s got a great community of support.  Whenever I have a problem with my blog, I know I can go [...]

Blurking

Christine, former webmistress turned internet success story turned photographer extraordinaire, defined blurking in 2003. The word blurking is a mix of the words blog and lurk, and applies to those who do just that.
Today… nay, the remainder of the week has been declared an “international playday” whereupon all blurkers are charged with [...]

Updated Wordpress Theme: K2 for Sandbox

The long story is available here, but basically the theme I was using for this site was no longer being updated; it was a situation I wasn’t happy with.  So I updated it.