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4:17:18 PM 
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Just stumbled across this post in Mark Bernstein's blog about the differences between foreground and background material in blog writing:
Background material forms part of the weblog gift economy. Blogrolls, gift lists, book notes, music links -- none of these are compelling in isolation, but together the form a base for clustering, community, and consensus....and yes, I know, I still haven't discussed blogrolling. I'm working on it!
Meanwhile, I'm also trying to wrap my mind around Tinderbox. It seems like it might feature a lot of the key elements of my PEP fantasy.
While I'm in the neighborhood, I should also mention Weblog Kitchen, a resource that probably makes this blog of mine superfluous!
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4:08:28 PM say what []
The indefatigable dws has launched a dynamic Radio FAQ channel. To participate, he says, start a RadioQuestions channel on your blog and tell him about it. He's aggregating the questions, answering them when he can, and other wise putting out word so that others can answer what's left.
My first question would be, how do you subscribe to the RSS feed for a single channel? For that matter, is it possible to beam different channels to different hosts (it seems to be but I don't see anything like that in the Radio interface). Also, is it possible to use the Manila-Blogger bridge to send just one channel to Blogger API site. Lastly, why aren't headings showing up in my relay site?
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3:28:38 PM say what []
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2:36:38 PM say what []
In the meantime, here's a MeFi post that links to an interesting content-linking experiment:
posted by nomisxid August 1 1:40 PM. Tangent.cx is now online. Endquote first came up with a concept for automating self-linking within his own blog. Now he's expanded the idea so that you can build a network of content-driven-sites that auto-link their content with your own. The niftiest part, to me, is his new link pop-up menus, so that one word can link to articles from multiple sites. [MetaFilter]
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2:29:29 PM say what []
[Macro error: The file "08" wasn't found.] ...ok, that along didn't do it. I see that none of my posts today are streaming out to the Salon Blogs server. On a hunch I poked around my www/2002/ folder and saw that there is an 07 (month) folder, but no 08. I created an 08 folder (though I'm sure I shouldn't have to do that by hand), and now I'm going to see if posting works.
If not, I'll restart the machine (maybe some handling component crashed overnight). If that fails, I'll have to get some technical support!
10:21:09 AM say what []
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10:13:19 AM say what []
What I find interesting is that we can become prisoners of our habits, good and bad. BB listed several reasons why she has resumed blogging and quoted from a piece of advice she received. Essentially, it reminded her that she can do as much or as little of this as she wants, and partake of as much or as little of the habits, customs, and cultures of blogging today as she wants.
Part of the joy of this time we live in is that we are making our own rules. Don't look over your shoulder too much or aim to duplicate someone else's idea or performance. Be yourself, express yourself, enjoy yourself.
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10:05:06 AM say what []
