how to have a one-sided conversation, or, how not to ask for a favour
A reader – or at least someone who stumbled on my blog at some point – emailed me with a request. When I replied, I received this auto-reply: Your message…
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question for people using blogger with custom domains
A few years ago, I used Blogger with my own domain, wmtc.ca. There was an issue with individual posts not publishing correctly. The main page, wmtc.ca, was fine. But if…
blogger, please let us turn off word verification!
I’ve just found out that word verification for comments has been on, even though I’ve turned it off. I already use comment moderation, so there’s no need for verification, too.…
social bookmarking survey, take two
The poll in an earlier wmtc post wreaked havoc on my blog, so I’m trying again. If I might beg another moment of your time, please go here to take…
html/css help needed
As you can see, strange things have been happening to this blog’s template, and I’ve been unable to find the source and fix it. The header background is appearing in…
blogger! grrrr….! help!
What, you thought I wanted a blog header the colour of dog puke? No, I did not. The colours of my blog template have changed. On their own. And they…
best of wmtc, 2011 edition
During the school term, I am frequently frustrated by not being able to blog. I have ideas for posts that never get written – unusual for me, and unpleasant. If…
Three questions
Plenty of others have already discussed the factors they’ll be taking into account in evaluating the NDP’s leadership candidates as the campaign progresses. But as we approach the point where…
in which i call rogers to check on my disconnect order
Further to the saga of dumping Rogers, this morning I ordered internet service through TekSavvy. (I had already called for information on how to switch and called Rogers to cancel…
Ten More Days
I’ll post a quick reminder that the deadline to register for an NDP membership in order to be eligible to vote to elect a new leader is February 18 –…
wmtc now without threaded comments!
No go on the threaded comments. First of all, it only indents once. That’s a good space-saver, but kind of defeats the purpose of using the threaded format. Second, as…
wmtc now has threaded comments
Blogger now supports threading commenting, which (mostly) alleviates the need to quote the person you’re responding to or use @soandso. It also helps distinguish between comments responding to other comments…
the perfect is the enemy and other thoughts on writing
I have a little meta-reflection on writing my recent post about the walled-off internet. These thoughts are not specific to the topic; it could have been anything. As it happens,…
the walled-off internet, or why facebook and mobile apps are good for them and bad for us
Last summer, Allan and I had plans to meet a friend for dinner, and I Googled the restaurant to get the address and details. The place came up in Google…
Postaday2011: the metapost
Around this time last year I heard about this meme aimed at reviving blogging as a ‘thing’ on the interwebs called Postaday2011. Guess what it was about. Yes. Well done.…
Leadership 2012 Reference Page Update
Once again I’ve made some changes to my Leadership 2012 Reference Page. For those curious about the content of the candidate profiles so far, I’ve dealt mostly with personality and…
now blogging, david heap
My friend and comrade David Heap is now blogging. Among other things, David will be writing about his experiences on the Tahrir, the Canadian Boat to Gaza, including his arrest…
And so now I have a cold and a new headline face
At first I thought it was because I’d done a lot of talking over loud music at the office Christmas party Thursday evening. But now it’s definitely a cold. Or…