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Blogging

The joy of search – what did they want?

March 13, 2010

I took a look today in a lighter moment at some of the search terms people have been using lately. There were some real gems.
To the person who searched for “how do you type actual faces”: you don’t – use a camera instead. If, however, you were looking for how to make smilies, then try [...]

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An apology and a re-evaluation

March 13, 2010

My day job is changing – to the extent that with another colleague we’re having to pick up a departing colleague’s workload (she will not be replaced) and gain another parish as well. I’ve therefore been engaged in a fairly massive deck-clearing operation which has involved lots of shredding, throwing out of old material, a [...]

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A general apology and a delectation of blogs for your consideration

March 5, 2010

I’m sorry I haven’t been finding much time lately, not so much to blog, as to interact in one way or another with so many excellent blog posts around the place. I even failed to moderate a comment for over 12 hours today, so a particular apology to her archdruity for that.
In the meantime, while [...]

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Is this bad blogging manners or not?

January 28, 2010

There are all sorts of issues of netiquette that regularly come round for discussion, but I think I’ve found a new one. Michael Gorman posted a private password-protected class discussion on his blog today.
Now, obviously, at one level it’s his blog, and he can do what he wants with it, without regard for any particular [...]

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A new blog for good worship

January 10, 2010

I’ve decided to start up a second blog focussed very clearly on ideas and resources for worship, and am more than happy to receive ideas, links and useful material for it. From time to time I may cross-post something here, especially while I’m getting it started. It is not going to be a frequent daily [...]

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The prejudices of Blogger

January 2, 2010

To be fair, when I say the prejudices of Blogger, I include other systems which employ a captcha safeguard against spambots.
But I have to ask, are they prejudiced against dyslexics. After all, people with dyslexia struggle with the spelling of words in well formed type – how much more so with the arrangement of random [...]

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Going for a new look

December 29, 2009

I’ll be tinkering with the design over the next few days, but I’m aiming for less busy pages, and a cleaner overall look
On a by the by, it’s been rather nice to take a few days off from blogging. Normal service will resume in the New Year. Abnormal service may still happen between now and [...]

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Witherington or Blitherington?

December 13, 2009

I’m aware that Ben Witherington is often credulous about various archaeological claims like the James Ossuary. He also seems to me to be overly trusting of the sources, and able to gloss over other peoples sticking points. However, I was quite astonished to see his latest post, passing on a chain email.
Not only does the [...]

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The second coming of the Advent Calendar

December 8, 2009

It seems somehow appropriate that the Advent calendar should come again. Judging by the responses to my previous notice, the it was being read more than I thought it was, and more than the stats showed. I am therefore going to try to keep it going.
Thanks for your encouragement.

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Sometimes you should cut your losses

December 8, 2009

And so, owing to the pressures of high bandwidth and low readership, the Advent calendar is discontinued.

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