I am still working on a list of the top WordPress plugins but I guess that is ok since they have not released WordPress 2.7 yet. I had no idea that there were so many of these plugins.
Open Comments
Comments are open on this blog now. No name or email address required. After opening comments, comment rates have increased, but oddly enough none of them have been anonymous. I did notice one person decided to skip the email and web-site fields. The funny thing is the email address is never made public anyway. It is just used for follow-ups.
Commenting is good for you
Entering your web-address/blog in your comment creates a link back to your site. That link moves you a little higher in the results of anyone that searches a keyword used on your sites, which increases your odds of finding friends with common interests. Of course, commenting on some blogs help more than others. The more traffic the site is getting, the more valuable the link from that site, unless the site is using a no-follow tag, in which case it doesn’t help much at all. This blog does not use the no-follow tag and so getting a link from here is very helpful.
Quote of the Week
I’ll never be eaten by alligators again.
A reply on facebook
My twitter updates are automatically copied over to facebook and occasionally people will respond there instead of on twitter. Here is one from this week.
Facebook reply to the Tweet: The story is more more powerful than the facts.
Darrell A. Harrisand sometimes, vice-versa~
Luke GedeonSometimes… but not these times. The days of “the fact” are quickly fading… only to return in the midst of a great war on domestic soil. Until then the great storytellers will rule the world.
Twitter:
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lgedeon I decided to experiment with allowing anonymous comments on my blog today. Comment frequency has increased but none have been anonymous. ???
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lgedeon @jimthomason I love that plan! I do it with many objects, but glasses are great. How do you see to find your glasses w/o glasses on to see?
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jimthomason I have a new exercise program; running up and down the stairs at home looking for where I put my glasses.
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lgedeon I am so glad my mind is attached…. otherwise I would have lost it. Oh wait you can’t lose what you never had, so I’m good.
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jamesdickey “Daddy, why do you always skip commercials? I like commercials, because you might see something you don’t already have.” I am in trouble!
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lgedeon @jabancroft Wow! you must have really good ears. π
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jabancroft OH: “We shouldn’t be colliding with another galaxy. That’s just sloppy management. Who’s looking into this?”
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lgedeon @MariSmith Commented on: http://is.gd/7je6 Very interesting question.
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MariSmith Want to win a *NEW* MariSmith.com blue light-up pen?! Make a comment on this post then tweet me that you did! http://is.gd/7je6
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lgedeon I would rather starve than decide what to eat.
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lgedeon @sondernagle Oh… I thought that sound was me kicking a tea cup and spilling it all over the floor.
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sondernagle That sound you just heard? That was @garyvee breaking something.
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lgedeon Twitter API documentation is in a PBWiki. π
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lgedeon Just discovered http://friendorfollow.com/ and found out I was not following some people I thought I was.
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lgedeon Why can’t our kids be allergic to sugar instead?
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lgedeon I love two-finger scroll! Instantly usefull, and I keep finding new uses.
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lgedeon Also who are the best Asia Twitter users? People in or talking about China, Korea, Japan, Tiawan, Tibet, Nepal, India, Singapore, Thailand?
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lgedeon Anybody know of some New Englanders, I should be following?
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lgedeon OH: Typos in Twitter are called “Twypos” π
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pamslim today was a massively whack full moon day. anyone else have bizarre things happen?
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KyleFlaherty See folks, got to keep the faith with the Pats. #patsjets. Only a FG away.
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lgedeon @mattgillooly better be careful that could come back to sting you someday. π
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lgedeon Embarrassed, but excited! to say that I just discovered what cURL does.
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mattgillooly just convinced my sister that there’s a restaurant in Providence that servers a burger made from ground-up bees.
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adamjt Why I hate MS: I’m still working on a server issue that’s been vexing me for days, and which would be easy to fix if not for the registry.
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maurilio Caught looking at Twitter and my non-twittering friend was offended. “I’m going to shove this twitter up your . . . ”
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MariSmith Want to win a *NEW* MariSmith.com blue light-up pen?! Make a comment on this post http://is.gd/7jf4 then tweet me that you did!
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lgedeon hmm… let me restate that: The fact of the matter is “the story” is more powerful than the facts. If you’re saying, Duh: sorry, I’m slow.
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lgedeon The story is more powerful than the facts
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HelloKit boss just doesn’t get it. wants a new anti-virus because this one finds too many viruses.
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lgedeon @danschawbel The danger of being really cool, like the marketing guys were 20 years ago, is that you get arrogant and stop learning.
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cspenn Chuckling at the revelation that Framingham, MA is the source of “Ice Mountain” bottled water by Nestle, straight from MWRA tap water.
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danschawbel 80% of marketing executives haven’t been using this web 2.0 stuff π http://tinyurl.com/6367uv
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alfredtwo why aren’t schools teaching social media http://snurl.com/5br5y I’m pretty sure that some are.
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lgedeon @sondernagle If you are on 10.5.4 you can also set it to do a two-finger click instead of ctrl-click.
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sondernagle @lgedeon I keep forgetting about it. Need a two finger salute sticker or something for my MacBook.
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lgedeon @MichaelHyatt My favorite recession benefit: Lower gas prices. π
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MichaelHyatt I just posted β10 Benefits of a Recession.β What can you add to the list? http://bit.ly/zFaW
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lgedeon @simplebits 8:30 EST what timezone are you looking for?
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simplebits Uh, what time is it? #jetlag
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lgedeon I just realized I am not following enough people.
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I’m troubled by all of this nuissance