Comments on: An Open Letter to All Those Blogging Folks I Love to Read http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/an-open-letter-to-all-those-blogging-folks-i-love-to-read/ falling indelibly into the past Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:26:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: KF http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/an-open-letter-to-all-those-blogging-folks-i-love-to-read/#comment-1489 KF Sat, 03 Jul 2004 17:31:24 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=684#comment-1489 <p>Whoo-hoo!  One success, and suddenly life is again worth living!  I now know when the speedysnail has updated! </p> <p> (Thanks, Rory.  I owe you one.) </p> Whoo-hoo!  One success, and suddenly life is again worth living!  I now know when the speedysnail has updated!

(Thanks, Rory.  I owe you one.)

]]> By: Jake http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/an-open-letter-to-all-those-blogging-folks-i-love-to-read/#comment-1488 Jake Fri, 02 Jul 2004 21:27:56 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=684#comment-1488 <p>Wow. Thanks for the info, Shasta. Unfortunately, it looks like the ping function is only for paying customers (or at least, I don’t seem to have that option). This could be a sign that it’s time to upgrade from a free livejournal account to something better. </p> Wow. Thanks for the info, Shasta. Unfortunately, it looks like the ping function is only for paying customers (or at least, I don’t seem to have that option). This could be a sign that it’s time to upgrade from a free livejournal account to something better.

]]> By: Shasta http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/an-open-letter-to-all-those-blogging-folks-i-love-to-read/#comment-1487 Shasta Fri, 02 Jul 2004 01:39:16 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=684#comment-1487 <p>Jake - LJ does offer RSS feeds for everyone, though they only offer partial text feeds for free users.  Your feed would be here: </p> <p> <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/calamityjake/data/rss" rel="nofollow">http://www.livejournal.com/users/calamityjake/data/rss</a> </p> <p> Also, if you edit your userinfo page in LJ, it gives you an option to ping weblogs.com automatically whenever you update, and weblogs.com also pings blogrolling.com.  While the process isn’t glitch-free--for example, the ping goes through even when I post to a community, when there’s no new post in my actual journal--it does make things a little easier. </p> Jake - LJ does offer RSS feeds for everyone, though they only offer partial text feeds for free users.  Your feed would be here:

http://www.livejournal.com/users/calamityjake/data/rss

Also, if you edit your userinfo page in LJ, it gives you an option to ping weblogs.com automatically whenever you update, and weblogs.com also pings blogrolling.com.  While the process isn’t glitch-free–for example, the ping goes through even when I post to a community, when there’s no new post in my actual journal–it does make things a little easier.

]]> By: Rory http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/an-open-letter-to-all-those-blogging-folks-i-love-to-read/#comment-1486 Rory Thu, 01 Jul 2004 21:43:33 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=684#comment-1486 <p>Just for you, Kathleen. Damn, now I have to write something to test if it works. </p> Just for you, Kathleen. Damn, now I have to write something to test if it works.

]]> By: Jake http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/an-open-letter-to-all-those-blogging-folks-i-love-to-read/#comment-1485 Jake Thu, 01 Jul 2004 02:25:54 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=684#comment-1485 <p>Some of us are currently using <a href="http://www.livejournal.com" rel="nofollow">crappy but free blogging sites</a>. Hmmm, maybe that’s why nobody reads it… Well, at least I have a convincing rationalization for my lack of popularity. </p> Some of us are currently using crappy but free blogging sites. Hmmm, maybe that’s why nobody reads it… Well, at least I have a convincing rationalization for my lack of popularity.

]]> By: chuck http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/an-open-letter-to-all-those-blogging-folks-i-love-to-read/#comment-1484 chuck Wed, 30 Jun 2004 22:02:30 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=684#comment-1484 <p>I’m with you.  I really like being able to visit other peeople’s sites, and I’ll often forget to check blogs that don’t ping blogrolling. </p> I’m with you.  I really like being able to visit other peeople’s sites, and I’ll often forget to check blogs that don’t ping blogrolling.

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