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Are you a closet blog pimp? I’m not: I’m not the least bit closety about it. If you’d like to get some deservedly increased exposure for your own blog, read on. First of all, check out that word, “deservedly.” What that means is, you should only use these techniques to promote blog posts that are […]
stats: the forbidden love
July 12, 2007
cross-posted from raincoaster if anyone happens to need typing practice, I could sure use a transcript… This is the so-called lecture, in actuality dialogue, that I gave at Moosecamp, which is the first, more free-form day, of the Northern Voice Blogging Conference. It was my intention to get people talking about the simple right to […]
Posted in: attitude, benchmark, blogging, Blogroll, community, computers, motivation, relationships, Vancouver
five rules for intellectuals
July 11, 2007
cross-posted from raincoaster Not that we pay any attention to rules in the first place, but we’ve got to start with some kind of thesis statement before we can argue about it, right? So here are five pieces of advice for intellectuals from steve fuller‘s book the intellectual, and yes, the lowercase is his, or […]
Posted in: attitude, bigotry, change, community, friends, identity, looking inward, relationships, self-image
diet-safe cake
July 10, 2007
We’ve all wanted to have our cake and eat it, too. And once you’re “of a certain age” you’d rather like to not gain any weight from it, either. Well, the blog curiouslycrafty has answered our prayers with their latest creation, which, while lush and satisfyingly rich, has fewer than fifteen calories a serving. Life-size […]
site-specific stress
July 9, 2007
Now, this is interesting…but also a bit of a well duh. According to a study released by the Social Issues Research Centre in Oxford, sites that load slowly and are hard to navigate caused classic signs of stress including sweating and an increase in heart rate. Now, theoretically this means you could get your aerobic […]
Posted in: blogging, computers, fitness, health, humour, letting go, practicality, productivity, stress, work
workaholic? moi?
July 6, 2007
Who’s a workaholic? It certainly wouldn’t be me, nor you…would it? Ha! Remember the Eighties, where you were supposed to be a proud workaholic, in your little blue suit and tie? That was back before we got lives. Or brains, I think. Now it’s more fashionable to have a balanced life, and thank god for […]
ten ways to be a good “friend”
July 4, 2007
This is a cool article from Valleywag on how to manage your online “official” relationships, ie your LiveJournal flist, your Friendster/MySpace friends list, LinkedIn connections, etc. It’s a different world from meatspace, and you can’t simply transfer rules from here to there. You’ll find yourself importuned by many, many strangers and you need to develop […]
training heart rate zones
July 4, 2007
We’ve covered resting heart rates, and you already know that when you work out, your heart rate increases. And you also know that when your heart rate increases too much, you need to slow it down. But what you may not know is, just exactly how hard your heart should be working in order for […]
podcast: a map of awakening: the five spiritual faculties
July 3, 2007
These are the five Buddhist spiritual precepts, explained and expanded upon by Diana Winston, from the excellent collection at DharmaSeed. These principles, as with much of Buddhist practice, can be used by anyone, Buddhist or not. These are paradigms that are universal: you can look at your life, analyze it according to these principles, and […]
Posted in: accomplishment, attitude, change, goals, humour, inspiration, letting go, looking inward, motivation, practicality, procrastination, productivity
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