With the advent of Facebook, Twitter et al, more people seem to be moving away from the traditional blog and on to social networks.
I’ve noticed that some of my favourite blogs don’t seem to be updated as frequently as they used to. I’ve also noticed that I seem to spend more time on Facebook than I do on my blog. Is it because there is less effort required to write a tweet or is it because there is more interaction on Facebook/ Twitter? What do you think?
I’m trying to get started on a new WordPress 2.7 theme, but every time I get started something more important comes up. The way things are going, we’ll be using WordPress 10 by the time I’m finished.
The new theme is done. Opinions welcome!
Up for grabs, comment 100. Who wants it?
For reasons that will become clear later on, I need to come up with a name for horse.
Any suggestions?
WordPress 2.3 has just been released, but I’m not going to be installing it just yet. Partly because not all the plugins that I use are compatible with the new version. But mainly for some reason, the authors feel the need to include an “update service” that sends information back to WordPress.org. This update service sends information such as you blog URL, the version of the various plugins installed, server variables etc. Why they need this information is difficult to fathom, but until I know exactly why they need all this data, I won’t be using it.
After further research, including comments from Matt at WordPress, I am retracting my initial comments above. I do not have a problem with WordPress sending my Blog URL, after all I post it myself whenever I’m commenting on another Blog, and I ping several Blog Aggregators when I post a new comment. In relation to the plugin versions being sent to WordPress, I can understand the need in order to ensure that the current version is checked against the latest version. However, I still will not be upgrading to 2.3 until such a time as all the plugins I use are compatible with 2.3.
For no other reason other than highlighting some great Irish bloggers, here’s the list of blogs that I subscribe to:
Bock the Robber
Captain Purplehead
Cormac Moylan
Head Rambles
Michele Neylon – Pensieri
macBlogger
Limerick Blogger
Twenty Major
Damien Mulley
Have a look, each and every one is worth it.
Grandad was complaining recently about the look of his blog. He was so annoyed about it, that he considered killing it off altogether. (Which would have been a shame because he’s one of the best bloggers around). Instead, he’s gone upmarket and gotten himself a new look. I have to say that I like it. One thing strikes me though – the picture of Grandad looks strikingly familiar.
Update: As requested by Grandad, I want to make it clear that any similarity between Grandad’s picture and that of another well known blogger is completely coincidental. Grandad is the original, complete and only article in the Irish blogosphere. Any intention to misconstrue otherwise is doomed to failure.
I’ve decided to update the homepage of my website, so while I’m doing the upgrade, there may be a bit of downtime. Currently I’m backing up my entire website, just in case something goes wrong, but if there is any downtime, it should be minimal.