I’ve been thinking recently that the outlook and style of this blog could change a little bit. I’m sure some of you feel the same- the layout is a little too utilitarian, even for me. Alas, I’m hampered by two logistical problems. One, I don’t know to redesign/overhaul the blog’s look myself and two, I [...]
At long last, your comments will soon appear on the site the moment after you leave them, as I will no longer have to moderate them. The reason I began moderating comments in the first place was due to the overwhelming amount of trackback spam this blog received on a daily basis. Each day, I [...]
Apologies for going dark (or, as a friend pointed out, white) for about 24 hours. I made a technical mistake while trying to upgrade to the latest version of WordPress and inadvertently killed the blog, or thought I did. Fortunately my server host and friend was able to fix things up in no time. Amen. [...]
’tis the October holiday, and while it would be nice to relax in Kunming all week, I’ll be up to something far more interesting. A few friends and I will be going off to towns in the central Yunnan countryside, traveling almost exclusively by bicycle. I won’t have the opportunity to blog during the trip, [...]
Just a quick note about spam. Recently, the amount of spam comments this blog has received has gotten out of control. Every day, I sift through literally 500 comments selling me porn, pharmaceuticals, and various other goods that I don’t want. I must admit that I usually don’t scroll through my comments very carefully, as [...]
Chris downblog notified me that some of his comments have not appeared on the blog. Because something like 95% of all comments I receive are spam, I tend to go through them very quickly in my queue, often deleting them in bulk. If by mistake I delete one of your legitimate comments, please let me [...]
A day late, but no less sincere: a very happy new year to all of my readers!
Several of you have informed me that the link to my Flickr photos leads to an error page. In an attempt to fix this, I discovered that WordPress contains a weird aversion to allowing blogroll links that contain an @ symbol, which my Flickr URL does. So for those of you who want to see [...]
Several of you have informed me that my site loads very slowly due to the size of the photographs. I’m aware of the problem and will start fixing it today. Thanks, and if there are any other visibility issues please let me know in comments or via e-mail.