I’ve tried Patreon, I’ve tried Onlyfans and neither of them have the flexibility of my own little space, so here’s the plan: I’m going to migrate my blog to a higher WordPress package which allows plugins, and then I’m simply going to stay here. For everything. The higher WordPress package will let me use aContinue reading “A couple of false starts and here I stay…”
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18 Years Old!
My blog is 18 years old! It was started in March 2004 as a Livejournal and having been ported through both Blogger and finally WordPress, here we are. 18 years later. So, what did I look like in 2004? Strangely enough, about the same size (I still have those leathers and I can still fitContinue reading “18 Years Old!”
Facebook is down!
That, my friends, is why you don’t put all your eggs in one basket! Not only is Facebook down, but also Instagram and WhatsApp.
A return to real blogging.
I’ve seen a lot of blogs both on WordPress and Blogger “fire up” recently after many years of sitting there untouched. I wonder if COVID-19 has made people realise that there’s more to life than sharing cat pictures on Facebook? I’ve always loved the blogging platforms, and even though I’ve moved around over the yearsContinue reading “A return to real blogging.”
A few changes around here.
1. Comments are now powered by Disqus. It makes it easier for you to subscribe and follow the discussion. 2. The background is how dark blue. It just looks nicer.
So Tumblr is cleaning up it’s act.
I’ve just had a message through that Tumblr is getting rid of all adult content at the end of December. That’s 99% of it’s servers emptied then! I’ve never seen a bigger wank bank than Tumblr. It’s all porn! I suspect they’re renaming it Tumblrweed.
From self hosted to this…
After many attempted hacks I’ve decided to block access to my old blog (except through a hidden URL) and forward all the hits over here from my old domains. It’s a sad state of affairs when your admin pages are hit 4 to 6 times a day, repeatedly, by bots attempting to gain control ofContinue reading “From self hosted to this…”