Site related nonsense
I just survived a vicious spam attack that resulted in the site being down for three days. I guess that in the relative sense, this isn’t so long, nor is a spam attack the worst thing that can happen to a person, but I have been aggravated as hell about this. The sheer quantity of …
January: We take a bath under a crescent moon and then go for coffee. February: England is exactly as you imagine it to be. A green and pleasant land, indeed. March: The culinary adventure known as the Jackson Street Crawl begins. April: Matzoh isn’t so bad. Really. May: Work could be going better. I’m just …
If husband is here when it comes time to head south to Eugene, we get in the car and make a road trip out of it. We stop in Wilsonville for coffee and go shopping at Fry’s. With two of us, it’s the most efficient way to travel. But for solo travel, I take the …
I read this column by Jakob Neilsen this morning and I had to stop and think about it for a while. It’s about the common mistakes that bloggers make. Nielsen lists two things I’m guilty of doing as a blogger. The first one is burying the good posts. Neilsen recommends a greatest hits lists. I …
I’m blogging for good, rather than my own aims, or, you know, evil. With that in mind, I have a favor to ask. I’m helping parse requests for help and posting them to the Hurricane Katrina Direct Relief project. If you’re a regular reader and have your own site, would you post a link to …
I read email first thing every morning while having coffee. It’s how I start my day so it was especially delightful to get a short note in my mailbox from neighbor R saying that she’d been admiring my work up at North Hill Bakery, even without knowing it was mine. An excellent start to the …