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Please comment: Are you reading this? Are you a feed subscriber?

This is prompted in part by Tony Lawrence, who has been wondering about the accuracy of his feed subscriber count and today asked for comments from his feed readers as a kind of survey of actual readers. (Tony in turn was prompted by: Dear Reader, Who Are You?)

Well, I'm curious also: How many people [...]

memo

Hi, Everyone. Busy, busy. I'm not writing to apologize for not writing, because that's supposed to be lame, and I don't think I've neglected this place to the point of abandonment. I've just been busy with different things.
But I did want to mention an administrative detail. What with the busyness and [...]

Are you seeing double?

Are you a subscriber to this blog, and if so, do you sometimes see duplicate posts in the feed?
To keep an eye on things, I subscribe through Google Reader and the FeedBurner email subscription service. I haven't seen any duplicates, but loyal reader Paul S. wrote me yesterday to say he sometimes gets multiple [...]

Your blog's 'about' page might get you a job at Google

Or maybe just an email from a Google recruiter that doesn't ultimately lead anywhere, but is still kind of fun to get.
What about you?
Do you have an "about" page for your blog or web site? I hope so, because if I happen across your site, I'd like to learn something about you. Find [...]

Turning off trackbacks/pingbacks...

I don't get a lot of legitimate trackbacks, but lately I'm getting an annoying amount of spambacks, so I'm turning them off for now. If you're one of the few kind folks who occasionally point my way (I'm looking at you, Open Source Community) :-), please consider a "manual" ping in comments.
On the other [...]

Toil: Ethernet, Comment Previews, Trackbacks, and WordPress Updates

I love working with computers, but sometimes it can be a chore. You want to work on one thing, but other things break and you have to deal with them sooner or later. It can feel like such a burden. Petty distractions from what we really want to do. Do you [...]

Six Month Anniversary and Spam Milestone

"Moving to Freedom" is six months old! I haven't made a huge amount of progress on my goal of moving to free software, but this blog has definitely helped keep my mind on it, and I think I'm going to make it eventually.
The writing of the blog takes a lot of time that could be [...]

Meet the New 'Move Notes', Same as the Old 'Move Status'

I wasn't really sure what to do with the "move status" page as originally started, so I'm trying something new.
As I start using GNU/Linux more, I still have some apprehension about being able to do all the things I was able to do in Windows, but now I'm seeing that I'll get there. For [...]

Still Here

Hi, Everyone. I'm still here. I seem to have a few regular readers, and I appreciate your continued interest. I've mentioned before that my goal at a minimum here is to post once a week. I've tried doing more than that because I crave attention and the statistics that say people [...]

'Moving to Freedom' Subscription and Social Bookmarking Notes

If you know all about RSS syndication and social bookmarking services like del.icio.us, this post is not for you. (Although you're welcome to read it, if you'd like!)
This post is also not intended for someone looking for a complete and exhaustive introduction to syndication and social bookmarking. Instead, it is meant to be [...]