Hopefully - assuming this works - all new articles posted on here will be automagically tweeted out via Feedpress using my custom URL shortener - michele.cat Fingers crossed! … [Read more...] about And Now With Custom Short URLs
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Dumping Feedburner
I've finally dumped Feedburner. If you're subscribed to this site's RSS feed you should *hopefully* be reading it via Feed.press I'll post more about why I switched over to Feedpress, but suffice to say that Feedburner is probably going to be killed off by Google at some point and I'd prefer not to be "stranded" :) … [Read more...] about Dumping Feedburner
Posterous Dies – Posts Imported
With Posterous being shut down - supposedly yesterday - I have imported all the posts from my Posterous account into this site. You won't notice the posts unless you peruse the archives, but they're there .. They also look a bit odd, but I thought it best to preserve them somehow.. even if it did look a bit odd ... … [Read more...] about Posterous Dies – Posts Imported
Big Companies Trying To Monopolise .blog, .cloud and more
ICANN is currently evaluating a couple of thousand applications for new top level domains. Most of the applications are for new and interesting domain extensions (the bit on the right of the dot) that will provide greater consumer choice and foster competition. Unfortunately a smaller subset is from a companies that believe they have special rights to corner off entire … [Read more...] about Big Companies Trying To Monopolise .blog, .cloud and more
Automatically Generating Rich Snippets For Recipes
I've been blogging on and off about my experiences and progress with dieting over on my diet blog. One of the things that I've also been doing is sharing recipes for the various things I've been eating. In order to display them "sanely" I opted for a Wordpress plugin called "Easy Recipe" mainly for the display. I wasn't as concerned with the rich snippets and microformat … [Read more...] about Automatically Generating Rich Snippets For Recipes