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Stackoverflow Blog Podcast

Back in September, I blogged about how I’ve become a podcast addict. I said I’d follow up with short posts on the podcasts I listen to and why I give some of the precious little time I have to listen to them. I look forward to the stackoverflow blog podcast each week, so here’s why. [...]

Posted on December 27, 2009 at 1:09 pm by Paul Brabban · Permalink · One Comment
In: blogging, Development

Reflections on the Year of the Blog

I’ve been rambling inanely on blog.crossedstreams.com for a year now, and it seems like an opportune time to briefly reflect on the experience. Here’s some figures, to start with. Posts: 61. (about 4.5 posts per month for thirteen months) Genuine Comments: 52. Spam Comments: 5,337. (Thanks Akismet, you rule!) Feed Subscribers: 27. (My subscribers also [...]

Posted on December 8, 2009 at 10:28 pm by Paul Brabban · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: blogging

Upgrade Over

…and it looks like blog.crossedstreams.com survived! The upgrade process described on the WordPress site is a bit manual and nervewracking, but (for me, at least) it went like a treat. And WordPress 2.8.3 sure beats 2.3.whateverIwasonbefore for look, feel and features. Maybe now I can get that permalinks thing sorted. I also hope that the [...]

Posted on August 8, 2009 at 8:23 am by Paul Brabban · Permalink · Leave a comment
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WordPress Upgrade Time

Ok, I’ve been running on the version of WordPress that my web hosting provider provided when I signed up, which was already quite out of date at the time. Hey, I’ve been busy! But now, it’s time. Time to do the backups, time to upgrade to the latest version, and it’s a big jump. So [...]

Posted on August 8, 2009 at 7:27 am by Paul Brabban · Permalink · Leave a comment
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