Saturday, December 04, 2004
Blogs People Love
More apolitics. (If that's a word, and if it's not it should be.)
In an earlier post today, WLIR directed you to a dKos entry about the "non-titan" political blogs we visit regularly. A nice spin on this is the listing of "my daily reads that you should be reading, but might not have heard of" over on Something Requisitely Witty and Urbane.
OT: I admit with some shame that I -- Web geek though I am -- have not been able to keep WLIR's list of blogs (in the left-side menu) updated to my utter satisfaction. There are two problems here:
(Aside: I don't know if there actually is a service called BlogRolling Premium, or -- if there is -- whether it includes a "categorized blogroll" feature. I take it as a point of studied, genteel-poverty pride never to investigate any paid features of any service as long as a free alternative is available.)
In an earlier post today, WLIR directed you to a dKos entry about the "non-titan" political blogs we visit regularly. A nice spin on this is the listing of "my daily reads that you should be reading, but might not have heard of" over on Something Requisitely Witty and Urbane.
OT: I admit with some shame that I -- Web geek though I am -- have not been able to keep WLIR's list of blogs (in the left-side menu) updated to my utter satisfaction. There are two problems here:
- Every time I come across (or, per skippy, have said hello to) a new blog I'd like to list, I've got to copy the blog's URL, then paste it into my Blogger template. Typically, the result is a multitude of browser tabs open at the same time -- so many, indeed, that I almost never have time to get to all the blogs open in all the tabs to copy-and-paste all of their URLs and titles to the freaking template. Bleech.
- The obvious solution is to use something called BlogRolling, or something like it, which as I understand it simply allows you to right-click and add the current page to your "blogroll." But the list which BlogRoller maintains is a simple list, perhaps organized alphabetically -- not a categorized list (which I'm trying to use here).
(Aside: I don't know if there actually is a service called BlogRolling Premium, or -- if there is -- whether it includes a "categorized blogroll" feature. I take it as a point of studied, genteel-poverty pride never to investigate any paid features of any service as long as a free alternative is available.)
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Hey, thanks for the link.
When I was on blogger, I used blogrolling.com, but you are right, there is no real categorization.
Since moving to typepad, they have a typelist system, allowing you to create as many lists as you want, so you could do your categories.
I highly recommend typepad anyway. You do have to pay, but it is inexpensive, and the benefits outweigh the costs.
When I was on blogger, I used blogrolling.com, but you are right, there is no real categorization.
Since moving to typepad, they have a typelist system, allowing you to create as many lists as you want, so you could do your categories.
I highly recommend typepad anyway. You do have to pay, but it is inexpensive, and the benefits outweigh the costs.
Re: typepad... I know, I know... that does seem to be where the pros end up (with some exceptions, obviously). Poked my head in there about six months ago and immediately yanked it back. I started a blog here on Blogger in 1997-98, didn't keep it up for more than a few months. My notions of blog-making have thus been frozen in amber for six years, and all the shiny knobs and dials at typepad rather dizzied me (even though, as I said, I'm something of a Web geek anyhow). Thanks for the heads-up; I will venture into it again soon.
Welcome for the link, too. Funny enough, it was checking out SRWU* which tipped me over the edge of frustration about having to add links thru the template.
*Which I'd found by way of the '04 Weblog Awards poll, congrats on the nomination and good luck with that!
Welcome for the link, too. Funny enough, it was checking out SRWU* which tipped me over the edge of frustration about having to add links thru the template.
*Which I'd found by way of the '04 Weblog Awards poll, congrats on the nomination and good luck with that!
I hear ya... I was reticent to come over to typepad too, but a week of up and down blogger availability finally forced me over. I was surprised, thought they can be a bit cookie cutter, the amount that the bells and whistles of typepad could really do.
As for the award nomination... thanks for the well-wishes, but I don't stand a chance. Still trying to figure out just how I got on the list in the first place.
Feel free to check in on SRWU anytime and comment.
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As for the award nomination... thanks for the well-wishes, but I don't stand a chance. Still trying to figure out just how I got on the list in the first place.
Feel free to check in on SRWU anytime and comment.
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