My header creation process
I read a post by Bhagpuss in my Blaugust feed regarding the steps he went through to create an image of a book representing Krikket's invaluable primer. Bhagpuss' words are…
Blogging about blogging
Automatic updates
I like to consider myself constructively lazy. I'll put in a lot of work so I can do less work in the future, particularly if that work is boring and…
Debugging comments: Nope, its Dam Spam
I previously wrote about some adventures I was having with visitors to my site being blocked while attempting to post comments. I had a hypothesis at the time that the…
Debugging comments: looking at Cloudflare
I wrote a post a day or so ago wherein I described the standard ways to identify yourself on my Wordpress blog when commenting. I did so mostly because I…
AI and blogging
Blaugust 2026 has added some rules regarding use of artificial intelligence for content included in the festival. Magi over at Indiecator had an excellent overview of his thinking on the…
Comments on this blog
I would like to make it easy for people to comment on this blog, and I think I've taken reasonable steps to do so. But it always seems as if…
Welcome to Blaugust!
Blaugust is now underway and, if I know myself, I'm busy reading the posts produced by everyone else. Keeping up with other people's blogging is where I find my happiness…
Blaugust 2026 Cometh!
The 2026 edition of Blaugust is arriving in less than two weeks. I'm not at all prepared, but I do plan on participating in a rough and ready fashion as…
Automatic Linux upgrades
This blog runs on a small box (an Intel NUC) sitting in my basement using Fedora Core Linux. I have regularly forgotten this box in terms of maintenance for as…
Lots of words
I like to write, and to share what I write with others. I started blogging back in 2000 or thereabouts, so this is nothing new What is new is that…