Technical Issues

As you can see, we’ve finally begun to reconfigure the website link lists. Now if I can only get the stupid search engine to function*… Moe *I keep losing the connection, you see. [UPDATE] Crud. Atomz only offers an express search engine for websites with less than five hundred pages. We’ve got just under fifteen … Read more

The two weeks off from politics that I’m taking does not, of course, mean that I’ve stopped reading blogs – I’m a politics junkie, after all. It has meant that I’m paying just slightly more attention to my blograzing habits (just made up* the word!), which means that I’ve noticed that I seem to drift … Read more

…that we’ve successfully invited another blogger into the mix. I’d tell you who, but I’m cynically attempting to generate buzz*. Not a Rightie, not a Republican, first on Katherine R’s replacement list (not to mention my own Possibles list) – that’s all I’ll say, except: Welcome! Moe *Which should not be taken as an instruction … Read more

What an interesting little site BugMeNot is (FAQ here). UPDATE: (Whoops! Thanks to The American Digest)

…past the main page, it wasn’t you, it was TypePad – and it seems to have fixed itself.

…over the next couple of days. I’ll be removing dead links, reassessing mine, resorting existing ones and giving Edward his own sidebar. So, if you know of a site that links to us (and thus needs a Backscratch link) or you’re a Regular with a site to link to, or you’ve got a suggestion for … Read more

…I switched over to Mozilla Firefox* (I decided that it’d be superior to my other alternative, which was to ram a wooden stake through the CPU); it seems fairly nifty, but all my reflexes are off. This tab thing, frex; really really useful and I keep forgetting how to use it. And let’s not even … Read more

…I was planning to have a post here, but that was before the [bleep]ing virii started propogating themselves through my computer system – and now I’m literally on my way out the door to The Chronicles of Riddick. So, to the two people that would know what the hell I’m talking about: don’t worry, there’ll … Read more

I’m in fairly good shape, considering that the Dark Lady Tequila was there in her enticing, oh so enticing form of margaritas. Ah, tequila, lover and destroyer… Anyhow, it’s obviously been mostly a quiet day in these parts, although the subject of a DC blogging bash seems to have a resonance. Two notes: 1). When … Read more

…my Thursday night RPG session was fairly uninspiring (which is all due to me, being the guest gamemaster and everything), I had to do real work today and I’m just kind of beat. Thus, some site work (got a few people to add to the blogroll) and then to bed. If we’re missing sites that … Read more

So if you found the site difficult to load today, it’s probably not because of your connection. Here’s hoping that this was just a hiccup… Moe

Oberon of North Georgia Dogma is belatedly celebrating his 6 month blogoversary; as part of it he’s asking around for other blogger’s best posts. Tell truthful, I’m not sure which is the ‘best’, but I suppose that I’m proudest of this one, mostly on its artistic merits. If anyone’s got their own opinions about best … Read more

I’ve been critical (oh, pardon the pun) of Josh Marshall on at least one occasion, so it’s only fair that I note that I would have made roughly the same reply to a criticism made by one of his readers. Said critique was the standard You Haven’t Written About This So I’m Going To Be … Read more

Upon reflection, I’m going to have to say that I was a bit brusque in my earlier comments re Edward’s Fajullah post: expecting the assumption of goodwill from those who disagree with you is a two-way street, after all, and at any rate it would have been more appropriate to quietly handle the matter via … Read more

I really should con…vince the folks over at Socialism in an Age of Waiting to take a look at this debitage post (which draws off of my post about the Commissar’s post), so that I can find out if this really is a proper Marxist analysis of blogging. And if it is, I’m also curious … Read more

…TypePad isn’t hiccupping any longer.

Thought I would hit you with a previous post of mine on one of my (least) favorite topics. I find it really sad that a really obvious crisis looms, and no one wants to take any of the hard steps now. Sheesh people, I understand procrastination (notice the time I post most of my articles … Read more

Somebody set it up off of our XML feed. My thanks to whoever did it, but why didn’t you say something? Moe UPDATE: I ask only because I don’t have the foggiest about how to massage that information out of LJ.

…he’s been added to the About Us page. OK, it’s listed as the About Me page, but only because I haven’t figured out how to fix it yet.

Memeorandum and Kinja; anyone with strong opinions about them, interesting thoughts, better alternatives?

Yup, five exclamation points, sign of a deranged mind… which makes sense, because this seems to be shaping up to be Links to Sites Moe Never Notes, Even If They’re In His Blogroll And Everything Day. Specifically, it would seem that our caption contest was anticipated by one in August of 2003, using the exact … Read more

This time, somebody a bit more on my side of the spectrum (just trying to keep up with Katherine, von and Edward all by my lonesome is exhausting, folks); Sebastian Holsclaw has agreeably consented to toss a post or two over here. He’ll still keep his own blog (which doesn’t get the traffic it deserves) … Read more

We have a new email address, not to mention a new mailman: Edward, who’s officially here full time now. Other clarifications and changes in the roster to follow; watch this space. Also, our blogfather is finally switching to Scoop. I dunno if this is going to be the final URL for Tacitus, so I won’t … Read more

‘Tis probably an undead thread, but I’m curious about something. I’ve noticed that some of the trackbacks to our posts are one-way (ie, there’s no link back to our original post at the article). Ignore? Delete? And why do people do it? It’s not that much trouble to link both ways, right?

NZ Bear, that is: it’s been, like, two weeks since a post and at least one since the Ecosystem crashed. I’m all for letting people work through their blogging tech problems on their own, but I would’ve figured that somebody would have said something. Bear, if you’re reading, post somewhere so that we know that … Read more

One of the posters here has consumed a goodly amount of ethyl alcohol, in the hope that the myriad sad eyes that met his this morning would be closed, or dropped, or something. This has not worked as well as he had hoped, but sleep may actually be possible, which is the important thing. Also, … Read more

The Politboro Diktat had a rave review about RSS readers today. I’m curious about how many of our readers use RSS in one form or another, whether there’s a particular format that all y’all prefer (I posted an Atom[?] feed link earlier), anything we could do to help out our RSS-using guests, etc etc etc…

Wow. I mean, the new layout for Matthew Yglesias’ site looks great and everything, but the way he hacked the blogroll down… yikes. I was almost expecting faint splashes of red everywhere. Well, OK, maybe not red, but the color of whatever bloglinks use for blood. Well, if they were, like, alive and stuff. (pause) … Read more

…to Kevin Drum, who is apparently going to be one of those nigh-mythical blogger demigods who will be able to actually make a living from this hobby. He’ll be blogging for the Washington Monthly, which will hopefully be a good fit for both him and the magazine. Good luck and good trackbacks, Kevin.

1). In a plea for attention, Chefyamabushi has linked to us. The egoboo that comes from being sought after for links, coupled with the fact that I’m lumping a bunch of blog-related links together, has led me to note this. And link him back, of course. Besides, he liked the kitten. 2). Has anyone else … Read more

…blogging has become a part of the mainstream. Why do I say that? Easy: because somebody’s written a book telling us how to get rich from this hobby. While the Commissar has demonstrated his ability to succinctly both review the book and give his own, honest-to-Historical-Imperative* way to enrich his readers, I’d just like to … Read more

After consultation with Katherine (translation: I went with what she said), another guest blogger has been added: longtime Reader Edward (of both Tacitus and here). The Circle is now complete – for now – and I am now seriously outnumbered. But that’s OK: keeps me on my toes. I look forward to Edward’s posts, and … Read more

Added a sports category, fixed up some of the names, added a link to that penguin-whacking game that everyone was raving about on Tac today*, moved the calendar… that sort of thing. Further suggestions more or less welcome. You guys have had almost three months to get used to the layout; thoughts? Moe *Finally figured … Read more