Category Archives: blogging

spam disclaimer

14 Saturday Jul 2007

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This morning I was skimming through myAkismet spam file before deleting stuff in case any comments from friends got stuck there by accident and I saw one that at first glance looked like it came from me!!! WTF? Okay, on closer inspection it had a Yahoo search page as the website and the name was ‘azaharwordpresscom’ all together (not just ‘azahar’), but I thought, hell, what if other people get this and think it’s me spamming?. I deleted it but I’ve saved the IP number, which goes to a webpage saying that it originated in Amsterdam. 😕

What would be the point of this kind of spam, since there wasn’t a link in the message? Should I report the IP number? Just forget about it? Anyhow, just in case it ends up in other people’s spam files I wanted you all to know that it wasn’t me! Has anyone else had this happen to them? Or do most people not bother checking their spam before deleting?

5 reasons why I blog

07 Saturday Jul 2007

Posted by in blogging, friends, life stuff, miscellany

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I have been tagged by Woodpigeon.

So here goes. Though I suspect this is going to be more difficult than it looks . . .

  1. Like Woodpigeon and a few others, I began my ‘online life’ on a forum started by Douglas Adams called h2g2. Also like Woodpigeon, I started my blog because h2g2 had been going through some changes that I didn’t feel comfortable about. So at first the blog became an extension of what I had been doing on h2g2, but with more personal freedom (being able to edit posts and comments, upload photos and also being able to say fuck whenever I felt like it 😉 ).
  2. It’s a creative outlet. I enjoy coming up with topics that I hope other people will also enjoy and find interesting, then finding a wee thumbnail piccy to go with it and sharing thoughts and ideas with those who stop by and comment. I suppose the response to my blog is also gratifying. Although I don’t think I do this to attract attention per se, I’m always quite chuffed when a particular post draws a lot of comments. So far I haven’t become addicted to checking out my blog stats, though of course I do look at them now and again.
  3. As well as keeping in touch with friends I’ve known for years (both online and in RL) I’ve met some wonderful new friends here and feel my life has been quite enriched by having met them. Compared to who one is able to meet in RL (which can be somewhat limited) I find that communication in the blogosphere really opens up the possibilities of finding individuals from all over the world who have a wide variety of interests and experiences. It’s also a wonderful way to not feel alone. I can come here any time of the day or night and find comments written, and then go off and read what others have written on their blogs and comment there. Quite often I just enjoy reading without commenting, which I’m sure many others also do.
  4. It’s sometimes a personal diary as I also write about things going on in my life and trips I’ve taken, as well as just some things I feel quite strongly about, like relationships & friendships and personal self awareness stuff.
  5. Finally, it’s just fun. I love talking and I love writing. So this is a great place to do both at once. 🙂

I shall now tag . . . Wandering Coyote, truce and Metro.

The untagged are welcome to share their reasons too.

 

my first blog anniversary!

01 Tuesday May 2007

Posted by in blogging, fun stuff, life stuff, media, miscellany

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It was a year ago today that casa az was born.

Previously my only experience with online forums and journals was on h2g2 , started by Douglas Adams and now run by the BBC. And perhaps if they hadn’t had a total ‘blackout’ on hootoo for about two days around the beginning of last May I wouldn’t have looked elsewhere. But I’d seen other friends starting up blogs and because I was already using WordPress as the content manager for my online clothing store I decided to go with them. Another bit of serendipity as all other blogsites I’ve tried out since (just out of curiosity) have shown themselves to be a lot less user friendly.

And so one year, 275 posts and almost 40,000 peeks later I am very happy that things turned out the way they did because my time here has been very special… interesting, enjoyable, at times thought-provoking & challenging, and with the extra added bonus of having met some fabulous new friends. I’m also very happy that several of my old h2g2 pals, and also some of my RL friends, have chosen to come and visit me here.

So thanks for having made this such a wonderful year
and I hope we’ll share many more together!

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random posts

27 Friday Apr 2007

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Have you seen the latest cool WordPress toy?

By adding ?random to the end of your WordPress.com URL it will redirect you to a random post on your blog. You can then use it as a link in a sidebar text widget as I’ve done, or else just go to the admin bar when you’re logged in and when you hover over “blog info” the first menu item is a random post link.

It’s quite fun visiting random posts on other people’s blogs, especially on those that I’ve only come across recently. 😎

who reads pages?

28 Wednesday Mar 2007

Posted by in blogging, media, miscellany, musings

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Does anybody ever read blog pages?

This morning I totally reorganised my various pages and sub-pages so that they were, um … more organised. But then I thought – should I have bothered? Well, other than I actually enjoy doing that sort of thing.

When you go to someone’s blog do you actually read the pages? Or do you only read the most recent posts? Just curious . . .