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#Blaugust2018 Tally & August Gaming Goals in Review
Tally Tally! Yesterday, I wrote a farewell post to Blaugust a day early, noting that while I posted 18 posts here (including this one) on this blog, I did the majority of my writing on my creative RP...
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Great Tumblr Kerfuffle
Tumblr is an interesting thing. It’s a blogging platform firmly entrenched in social media elements that’s fairly user-friendly in design. I actually have always really liked most of the functionality...
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Happy 5th Blogiversary!
Five years ago today, I launched the blog that would eventually evolve into this blog. I always point out in these blogiversary posts that I’ve been blogging a lot longer than 5 years… this just...
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FFXIV: Pony Farming Like It’s 2019
I’ve played FFXIV for over 5 years. I’ve done a lot in this game during this time, and often delve into as many systems as the game provides — from maxing out Squads, to chasing dumb achievements, to...
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FFXIV: Data Center Move – April Dates
Based on the information provided by the official FFXIV website, we now have dates when we can expect the data center expansion to happen. Europe will get a new Data Center, Light, on Tuesday, 2...
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Blaugust: Adding A Favicon to WordPress
One thing I noticed as I visited other blogs during Blaugust is that while many have a favicon, some do not. There was a time that adding an icon to a WordPress required a lot of fiddling, or a theme...
View ArticleBlaugust: Halfway Point Check-In
I consider today the halfway point for the month of August, so I decided to write a quick re-cap check-in on how I’ve been doing this month. So far, I’ve managed some sort of blog post every day for...
View ArticleAutomattic (WordPress) Acquires Tumblr, I’m Late to the Party
Somehow, some way, I the news of WordPress buying out Tumblr this past week completely flew by me (I realized I was not following the Staff Tumblr on my account, for one thing). I didn’t know anything...
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Being Social on WordPress: Turning on Likes and Reblogs
For better or worse, there’s long-been a movement towards using the quick and easy “Like” or heart button to acknowledge that you’ve seen something someone else has posted. On one hand, it’s nice to...
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Blaugust 2019: Value Yourself, Value Your Content
Do you guys mind if I get up on a soapbox today and discuss something that’s a bit of a pet peeve of mine? I want to talk about taking pride in what you do, and creating a sense of value around your...
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Blaugust: Let’s Talk About WordPress Reader
I do a lot of praising about Tumblr’s great dashboard because it’s a feature that is at the heart of the blogging environment. The platform does an amazing job at delivering other people’s content to...
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Blaugust: RSS Feed Readers – The Big Switch
Yesterday I posted about using WordPress.com Reader to keep up with your content. So, what about blogs that aren’t part of WordPress that you’re interested in? That’s where the old fashioned RSS Feed...
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Blaugust: Staying Motivated
Will you look at that – it’s the final few days of Blaugust! Wow, you’ve almost made it! And this week is Motivation Week. So I thought I’d write a bit about what motivates me. And… this is a terrible...
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Blaugust 2019 – The Month in Review
I know that tomorrow is technically the last day of August, but I always post my monthly gaming goals outcome on the final day of the month. I’ll be drafting that up to go tomorrow as my last post for...
View ArticleFarewell Blaugust & August Gaming Goals
It’s the final day of August – we all made it through! I did write a summary of Blaugust and how I’ve successfully posted (including this post) every day this month. I wasn’t sure I’d be able to...
View ArticleHappy 6th Blogiversary!
Here we are, another year come and gone, and this blog is still here! I know that it’s not quite as active as it was years in the past, but much of that is because my interests have fractured off into...
View ArticleBlapril Cometh – A Call to Bloggers
I have been terribly out of the loop in the blogosphere lately, mostly because work (despite working from home) has super ramped up for me lately. When you write for work, and you’re putting all your...
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Spot of Mummery– My “New” FFXIV Blog Project
Summary: I’ve imported two and a half years of micro-blogging content from my character-based FFXIV Tumblog to a WordPress blog – Spot of Mummery – where I’m finally embracing it as a full blogging...
View Article2021: A Year of Blogging Simplification
I’ve decided that this year, I want to make this blog the center of all the things that delight and inspire me. Welcome to 2021. Over the past couple of years, I’ve stumbled upon hobbies and interests...
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New Site Banners
It’s a new year, and it’s time for some new site banners! I haven’t put any site banners into the rotation for quite a while, so I decided with the consolidation of blogs and topics, it was as good a...
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