We probably all know about 9Rules, the weblog network that’s been around for a while. There, you can find a wide range of websites on a variety of topics. All are high quality. Network is the main keyword here. The central hub points to the member sites, and from the member sites you can get…
Though Textpattern is still not a huge target for comment spammers, lately, this website seems to have been discovered by some comment spammers that target textpattern as well. And so began my quest for a blocking system. Before attempting to write one myself, I decided it might be easier to first check if someone already…
I recently shut down my dutch web log in favor of this one. Though I’ve always had fun maintaining my dutch weblog, I feel that it’s useless to maintain both. English is my main language on the Internet anyway, and since just about everyone I have contact with that would be remotely interested in what…
The Dutch Bloggies are the dutch version of the international weblog awards (Bloggies). After some technical problems earlier, I’ve finally been able to nominate my favorite weblogs. Mind you, they’re all dutch (though not all dutch-language) weblogs. Since I don’t mind posting my nominations, here they are: Best weblogMijn Kop TheeXiffy Best written logsMarcel HesselingRommelhok…
Lately, I’ve been thinking about weblogging networks. After being introduced to the 9 rules network, I got an idea. What the people at 9 Rules are doing is very good. High quality weblogs centralized on a single site. There are some things I’d want to do differently, and 9 Rules is very wide in terms…
I’m still not completely happy with my current design. It’s still too much like the original template. Though the original template is quite nice, I like something with a more personal touch. However, creating a whole new design… well, let’s just say I’m not a designer. My wife is, but she’s busy enough as is.…
I just heard about the new Google RSS Reader. Being a big fan of Google’s software, I decided to check it out. My first impression is unexpectedly a bit negative. Though everything looks mighty fancy with all the AJAX work, some things are not as userfriendly as they could be. The default post list is…
Over at 43Things, someone asked where to start if you want to start weblogging. I wrote a short answer which I thought might be nice to also post here, in a slightly different way. The first thing to do is to consider what kind of weblog you want to start. What will the topic be?…