Citing WikipediaCiting Wikipedia
A meme that has been going around is that you can’t cite Wikipedia. You can’t Cite Wikipedia Academically Now it’s well known and generally agreed that you can’t cite Wikipedia[...]
Category: Blogging
Posts about blogging
Web Site ValidationWeb Site Validation
Over the last few days I’ve got this blog and my documents blog to conform to valid XHTML according to the W3C validation service [1]. One significant change that I[...]
WordPress PluginsWordPress Plugins
I’ve just added the WordPress Minify [1] plugin to my blog. It’s purpose is to combine CSS and Javascript files and to optimise them for size and it’s based on[...]
Help A Reporter OutHelp A Reporter Out
I recently discovered the Help A Reporter Out [1] service. Subscribers receive three messages every business day each of which contains about 40 queries from journalists. People who subscribe can[...]
Web Hosting After DeathWeb Hosting After Death
Steve Kemp writes about his concerns for what happens to his data after death [1]. Basically everything will go away when bills stop being paid. If you have hosting on[...]
How not to write the way dumb people think smart people writeHow not to write the way dumb people think smart people write
Don Marti has written an amusing and informative little post about the way that ill-educated people use phrases in print [1]. The one example that didn’t fit with the tone[...]
Feeds and Banning from PlanetsFeeds and Banning from Planets
Stewart Smith has written about the removal of a blog from Planet Linux Australia [1] due to publishing a list of URLs that the Australian government wants to censor. The[...]
The FAIL MemeThe FAIL Meme
One of the recent poor trends in mailing list discussions is to reply to a message with a comment such as “FAIL” or “EPIC FAIL“. The FAIL meme has been[...]
Planet FloodingPlanet Flooding
One annoying thing that happens regularly is “Planet Flooding”. This is when one of the many blogs that is syndicated by a public Planet installation changes it’s time stamps and[...]
OpenID DelegationOpenID Delegation
I’ve just installed Eran Sandler’s OpenID Delegation Plugin [1]. This means that I can now use my blog URL for OpenID authentication. I’ve also included the plugin in my WordPress[...]