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I've been messing around with the backend of this here blog, fixing and reorganizing and deleting. I've deleted all my archives from 2001 up to November 2007. The weight of all those entries and comments associated with them was bogging down my blogging from an administrative point of view. That and I just didn't feel comfortable with all that personal stuff from so much time up there. I have saved the content and hope to commit it to print for my personal use and rememberance.
A few important technical issues:
- I reorganized and reclassified the blog links to the right. You might not agree to where I put you, but hey I'm no librarian so I organized them as I saw fit. My single list was just getting too big so I thought it would be a good idea to break some down into categories. They should show up as drop-down menus - let me know if they don't work for you. You should be seeing a drop-down list of plain 'ol blogs, artsy-fartsy blogs, gay & punditry blogs, nature blogs, shaw & dc blogs, and dead blogs. The last list was created for those old skool blogs who no longer post entries, but have a body of work that is still worth a visit. That is where I will put YOUR BLOG if you don't frikkin' update soon.
- I see from my server log stats that some of you are only bookmarking category pages. Don't you like the rest of what I write, other than entries categorized under 'woof'? When you link to or bookmark this blog, please use this base URL: http://www.jimbo.info/weblog
- I've been told the RSS feed and trackbacks don't work. Then I'm told they do work. What case is true for you? The problem may never have been fixed, or maybe it only works for some of you. If it works or does not work, please leave me a comment as to what system/browser/interface you're using, and under what conditions it does or does not work. Hopefully we'll figure out how to fix it.
- Webmistress: you may delete that massive "archives" folder on the server, and any old stuff up to November 2007. Thanks!
Any other URL (web address) will only link to some of the entries from this blog, but not all of them.
I had a very nice holiday and birthday weekend with a lot of debauchery, but am generally refreshed despite this malingering cough I picked up somewhere. Judging from the complaints about weather delays and choruses of screaming children on the airlines, I don't regret avoiding travel this time of year.
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The RSS feed looks to be working fine, using Firefox and Google Reader and everything looks to be the same in Safari too. I'm on a Mac. Oh and the feed even works on the phone that dares not speak it's name HA!
Oooooh... I made the art, music & photo category! FANCY! :D
I watch your blog using the RSS feed to Live Journal and it works just fine for me. I enjoy your wit and observations.
Your archive deletion has now created several dead links from my blog. Thanks!
I like your blogroll breakdown. I've just discovered Bug Girl. Love her!
As for your RSS feeds, your index.xml died for me earlier this year, so I switched it to atom.xml and started receiving update notifications again, which made me do a Richard Simmons happy dance.
But Jeff...you're the main RSS complainer - how does it look on your hypersensitive artsy computer?
Jocko: I'm horrified that I inadvertently enable iPhone usage via this blog.
Thanks for the technical feedback...other readers please feel free to share more, even if it's the same comments...it gives me a better idea how it's reading for everyone.
The RSS feed works on my browser, Firefox 3.0.5 on Ubuntu. It's my weblog that is not parsing the XML correctly from your feed. I'll have to look into it from my end. Sorry to cause so much alarm.
Bummer, I was hoping you'd delay expunging your archives, I had stopped at Jul 2007 last night and working backwards. Oh well...
Just last week I looked through your archives at all of your visits to me in Arizona, reflecting on the good times.
I've been using RSS for your blog for about 6 months (I think) and it's
been working fine. As with the first commenter I'm using Firefox (currently version 3.0.5) and Google Reader. Believe it or not, I think yours was one of the first blogs I ever read. It was about 2 years ago this March coming up.I was looking for pictures of Gabe Kapler and there he was! I also enjoy the birdwatching stories among other things as well as your commentary on Battlestar Galactica. Happy 2009 and I hope your neighborhood gets safer.
I need to come to your main site more often. I love the banner. Perhaps a little too much...
RSS feed works fine for bloglines.com
No problems with RSS on Bloglines, Google Reader, Safari, Firefox, on any OS. Same story with the mystical and arcane programs I use on my Linux box at work.
I understand the desire to purge, though I'm rather skittish about doing it myself (as a seasoned blogslacker, I'd lose all my content!). Good call on keeping a personal archive, though; you can always re-post the best stuff later if you're so inclined.
Finally: w00t, thanks for the link!
Jimbo, I appreciate all the work you put into your blog. RSS feed works find for me through my Yahoo page.
Very interesting read. Thanks.