Category Archives: blogging

When is a blog not a blog? When it’s a post…

Posted on November 6, 2009 by nommo

I was just reading this story on the Guardian about the ‘Cashless Man’ Mark Boyle – and read this line:
“I thought it would be just that: a little blog.”
Now – not wanting to pick on Mark, as I love the … Continue reading →

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How to install WordPress MU using SVN

Posted on December 11, 2008 by nommo

I had to get my head around this for WP standard work recently, and thought I would combine it with some WP-MU experimentation.
Current release (at time of writing) WP-MU 2.6.5
Page on WP Codex on setting up WP with Subversion … Continue reading →

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Give me your favourite quotes

Posted on November 16, 2008 by nommo

I have been using a great little WordPress plug-in called ‘Quotes Collection‘ on this blog – it’s great for grabbing those quotes you see popping up over the web and adding them to your blog. It is my favourite aspect … Continue reading →

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Draftitus – a common blogging affliction?

Posted on June 18, 2008 by nommo

As you can see from the two posts I have actually published – I am suffering from what I have termed ‘draftitus’ – the symptoms are:

At least 4 draft posts awaiting concluding and publishing
A gap of at least 1 month … Continue reading →

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