Category Archives: Lazyweb

Tracking traffic?

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Joe Brockmeier

I’ve been playing with some of the different programs to track stats on my blog lately to try to get a real idea how many visitors per day I get, which posts are most popular, etc. It becomes obvious very … Continue reading →

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Tagging: How useful is it?

Posted on September 8, 2009 by Joe Brockmeier

Just posted another update to my blog, checked it, and realized (once again) I had forgotten to tag my post. It seems redundant, since WordPress allows tagging and categories. It seems to me a few years ago “tagging” things was … Continue reading →

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Lazyweb: Vim to gist.github.com?

Posted on November 24, 2008 by Joe Brockmeier

Dear Lazyweb: I’d like to sync drafts from Vim to gist.github.com. I suspect that this is a problem someone else has solved. Anyone know a good site with scripts or tips on how to do this? Basically I want my … Continue reading →

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Lazyweb: Backing up chat / IRC logs

Posted on November 20, 2008 by Joe Brockmeier

The problem: I use at least three different computers on a regular basis (my desktop machine, a ThinkPad, and a massive Dell notebook). I do a lot of my work in chat and IRC, and I log everything — I … Continue reading →

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Tiny URL and search engines?

Posted on October 26, 2008 by Joe Brockmeier

How does using a TinyURL affect ranking of content on search engines, anybody know? What I mean — if I link to a story on my blog via Twitter, Identi.ca, et al, how does that affect the rank of the … Continue reading →

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Going to Japan

Posted on September 25, 2008 by Joe Brockmeier

Sunday morning, I’ll be heading to the airport bright and early (actually, before daylight) to head to Tokyo, Japan for a little over a week to meet with the growing openSUSE community in Japan. This is going to be a … Continue reading →

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Alternative to “Roll Call”?

Posted on July 14, 2008 by Joe Brockmeier

Been watching The West Wing again, and the repeated references to Roll Call caught my interest. I was thinking about subscribing to Roll Call until I noticed that the print subscription is $455 and the online-only subscription is $285 for … Continue reading →

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