Posts by Azuka
Of Blogs and Blogging III
I’m sorry for leaving the series hanging. Ideally, I ought to be making a post per day. This part, and the next will deal with blogging proper. I’ll be using two popular blogging platforms — Automattic WordPress and Google Blogger. For this part, we’ll be discussing signup, making a post, commenting, and customizing your layout. […]
Hotelling the Windows Way
I was reading the issue of Infoworld that arrived in the mail today and I saw this: Bill Gates may soon be joining Leona Helmsley and Donald Trump among the world’s elite hoteliers. Sir Bill’s investment group is part of a consortium bidding to take over the Four Seasons Hotel chain. One can only imagine […]
Of Blogs and Blogging II
Yesterday I laid some background work on what a blog is. Today, I’ll go into more in-depth analysis, using pictures where necessary. Some of the common features which most blogs have include permalinks, two-way communication and syndication. As the content of a blog’s home page is pretty dynamic, visitors to a blog need access to […]
Of Blogs and Blogging I
I gave a speech sometime last week discussing blogs and spent a good nineteen minutes trying to convince my classmates to pick up blogging. Well, I hate talking, but I managed to spend 9 more minutes than the allotted time. I’ll spend the next few posts discussing blogs and hopefully educating us on the blogosphere […]
Status
I tried installing Slackware today. I was too lazy to look up the parameters for fdisk and cfdisk, so I got out my Fedora DVD and wiped my second hard disk clean (there’s a Fedora install on it but my Windows Vista RC1 installation erased GRUB and installed its own tacky boot loader). Dumb me! […]
Weird?
I’ve been tagged by Vera, that annoying lady who doesn’t know I’ve got exams next week. I’ll do it anyway — anything for Miss Green :D. Shaving: I don’t shave under my arms — I pull all the hair out. I also love plucking out my eyebrows and eyelashes. I’ve plucked my brows clean before. […]