Have you been to the bloggy giveaways carnival this week? It ends tonight! Go! Quickly! And, if you're ready to give away a present, this here is a great tool to 'draw' a nearly-random number: Like drawing numbers from a hat, without the hat. How very geeky of you! … [Read more...]
Don’t do what I did
October 23, 2008
The easiest way to really screw up your blog is to make changes in the Theme Editor. They are permanent, and they are 'uploaded' immediately to the internet. So there is no "undo" button. If you want to change the font, colors, width of a column, etc, you can do this on your own computer, where there is an undo button. I swear, it's the better way. I know this. From experience. :) So in your administration panel, under "design" is "theme editor". At the top of the Theme Editor is a "Select Theme To Edit" title and a drop-down box. Select your current theme. If you're not … [Read more...]
Old Fashioned Book! Blogging with Moxie
October 9, 2008
I have a brand new idea for you: a good old fashioned book! Remember the crumple of the pages, the smell of the printing press, and the sheer pleasure of dog-ear-ing? And, to further your pleasure - try this blogging reference with cocktail recipes at the end of each chapter: Blogging with Moxie, Being a Geek is oh-so chic! This will appeal mostly to women(even those who don't like pink), and those who want to start a personal or home-based-business blog. They very gently introduce new technological terms and teach you how to use them. It reads like a reference manual, with lots … [Read more...]
Breast Cancer Awareness for Bloggers
October 1, 2008
Hello bloggers! Pink for October is a website that is dedicated to increasing the awareness and education of peeps about Breast Cancer. Last year over 3000 websites went pink. From the Pink for October site: Web sites will Go Pink during the month of October to bring attention to Breast Cancer Awareness Month, get people talking about breast cancer, and raise money for research. But to be clear, raising money isn’t the primary purpose of this web event. The hope is that you turn your site pink (in whatever way works for your site), go out to that World Wide Web thing and educate … [Read more...]
