Jan
15
Making Your Own Luck
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Do you ever feel helpless? As if problems are too big or too unfixable, and there is not enough time or love to go around? Try out this survival skill: make your own satisfaction.
How do I create my own satisfaction? Let me count the ways.
Taking a Bite Out of Crime
Today I reported [...]
Jan
13
Tell Me What You Want
Filed Under Blogging | 7 Comments
Thanks in great part to a Stumble from Jeff Quipp of Search Engine People, I’m having a nice flush of visitors today. Yaaay! Yesterday there were two sets of live eyeballs here that weren’t yours truly. Today, so far, MyBlogLog says it looks like this:
AbleReach Blog
Readers: 220
Page views: 505
Offsite clicks: 4
About 50 [...]
Jan
13
Feeding the (feed)Reader
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Yesterday was odd. I had pretty good readership according to FeedStats, but MyBlogLog, Google Analytics and the stat thingy that comes with my server told me I had two visitors on January 12th, aside from myself. Two! Not kidding! Also yesterday, one person added themselves to this blog’s MyBlogLog Community, and [...]
Jan
11
Grown Up Soul For the Inner Child
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I’ve been writing most of the day today, off and on, and not getting anywhere. I’ve made a stab at practical idea after practical idea and come up with phrases that don’t stick together in paragraphs, and flat-spirited paragraphs that I can barely force myself to finish. Where’s the love?
It’s been like being [...]
Jan
10
A Defined and Navigable Space
Filed Under Tools and Tutorials, Usability, Wordpress | Leave a Comment
My 100 posts project needs a home. I want all 100+1 in their own group, with easy navigation between them, and I’d like some sort of countdown widget.
For a countdown I chose KB Countdown Widget.
KB Countdown Widget
KB Countdown is a sidebar widget that comes with nice documentation and several pre-configured options. You can [...]