Retirement: what I miss about work
Roger (Mr. Peril) over on Contains Moderate Peril wrote about the things he misses in retirement from his work experience. Much of what Roger had to say felt consistent with…
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…
Duck and Cover: a little post-apocalyptic fun
I stumbled upon the Duck and Cover book series (author: Benjamin Wallace) entirely by accident. In this instance I was sucked in by the marketing blurbs comparing the series to…
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…
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…
Welcome to Blaugust 2025!
Blaugust 2025 is here- rejoice! Blaugust is a celebration of blogging and an encouragement for bloggers to... well, blog! There are some changes this year: Belghast has handed the reins…
Blaugust 2024 achievements
I have thought about what I learned from my very first participation in the Blaugust event. And I’ve tried to understand the stats related to my blog during the month. But I haven’t listed the Blaugust achievements I ‘earned’.
Achievements are not something I pursue in computer games, and I’ve carried that attitude to Blaugust as well. But it is perhaps a bit fun to at least spend a moment to consider them, so here goes.
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Blaugust 2024 numbers
This year was my first time participating in the Blaugust event. I accomplished my primary purpose of posting more frequently and I learned several things that will definitely help me…