Category Archives: meta

Break in regular transmission

Apologies for the break in posts recently — server issues were experienced left, right and yes, even centre too. However, I’m back now so it’s all back to normal. …Or, at least as normal as one can expect ’round these … Continue reading

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Hiccup

We had a minor hiccup yesterday, which resulted in me not being able to access this blog from home. Something about servers being unavailable. I probably upset some internal server elves at some point. Today, this has been rectified, and … Continue reading

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Unscheduled downtime

Apologies for the drop in programming this afternoon. I tried to update WordPress to 2.9 and next thing I knew, I couldn’t reach my blog. Or Mum’s blog, or indeed John’s (*tumbleweed blows by*) blog. The man himself was asleep … Continue reading

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2 sites I use

I’d like to share with you a couple of invaluable tools that I use in the course of my writings. 1. Jazz Biscuit’s CC Search link Jazz Biscuit is a site that searches Flickr’s (one the biggest image hosting websites … Continue reading

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Writing

I was going to start off this post by saying how much I loved it, but that’d be kind of redundant, wouldn’t it? I mean, you’re reading this, aren’t you? If I didn’t then I’ve wasted a lot of my … Continue reading

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A day of thousands

10,000 tweets 100,000 page loads. I’m planning a get-together in Dublin to celebrate these, more details as they emerge.

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New Blogging Tool

Regular readers of this blog will notice that some of the images that I use on the blog are of much higher quality than anything a year-old iPhone’s able to come out with, and of particular scenes that I probably … Continue reading

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What do I blog about?

I’ve talked about this point before, so I’ll be concise. It’s how people who write personal blogs have an onus placed on them to lead interesting lives. Unfortunately, this isn’t always possible. Like, sure, there are somedays where I get … Continue reading

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How personal should personal blogs be?

One of the things that people seem shocked at when I talk to them about blogging is the sheer fact that I report so intimately on what’s happening on my life. It’s so public! they cry. They say the same … Continue reading

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Hacked

The scare of this morning is over. I woke up this morning and found a post of an unsuitable nature for this blog. Basically, something you wouldn’t want your mother/employer to see. It was stickied at the top of the … Continue reading

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