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Improving Your WordPress Blog: Five Essential Plugins

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Joe Brockmeier

WordPress is a full-featured and simple to use publishing platform, and it just gets better with each release. But even as good as the standard WordPress release is, you can always make it just a little bit better. In this … Continue reading →

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Creative drinking

Posted on May 12, 2009 by Joe Brockmeier

There’s probably no point in my saying not to try this study at home. In certain people, alcohol may act more like an opiate than a depressant, which may explain why many creative types also tend to like their liquor. … Continue reading →

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And open source! (My 7 things…)

Posted on February 2, 2009 by Joe Brockmeier

In my 7 things post, I notice that I said: “I’m pretty sure that Road Runner cartoons are the pinnacle of Western Civilization, along with The Beatles and Douglas Adams.” Duh, I forgot to say “open source” — perhaps because … Continue reading →

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Comcast digital voice?

Posted on September 7, 2006 by Joe Brockmeier

Once again, I turn to the lazyweb for help. Got a solicitation for Comcast digital voice the other day… and I was seriously considering giving it a try, as I’ve never been too thrilled with Qwest, and I suffer from … Continue reading →

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Weekend linkage

Posted on September 2, 2006 by Joe Brockmeier

Scott James Remnant on having left Debian and Matthew Garrett‘s post on having resigned from Debian — also, Bruce Byfield’s story about Garrett’s resignation and the implications for Debian. The Biology of B-Movie monsters. [Via BoingBoing.] Ubuntu Edgy “Knot 2″ … Continue reading →

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Serendipity now!

Posted on July 18, 2006 by Joe Brockmeier

Over the past few years, I’ve become a fairly devoted fan of WordPress — it works well, it’s so easy to set up I could practically do it in my sleep, and it’s free as in speech and as in … Continue reading →

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Knowing the difference between a blog and an article…

Posted on May 25, 2006 by Joe Brockmeier

I used to blog about open source for ZDNet before taking the full-time gig with Linux.com, and one of the things that alternately amused and concerned me was the comments that criticized ZDNet and myself for biased articles, when it … Continue reading →

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