31 Mar 2022 » 2 min read about Blog & Site Meta
This morning, for a period of about two minutes, a blog post appeared here on the blog with the title, “Character Counts Commentaries.” Then it was gone. I thought an explanation was in order. As regular readers know, I set a goal for myself this year to write two posts each day and thus build…
03 Mar 2022 » 1 min read about Blog & Site Meta
If anyone happened to notice the blog down earlier today, I confirm that it was, in fact, down. It went offline around 10:45am ET and was back online about 10 minutes later. I don’t know the cause, but I was going to check with WordPress on it. This was the first outage I’ve experienced since…
04 Feb 2022 » 2 min read about Blog & Site Meta
Way back in 2021, I set a goal of publishing at least one blog post every day for a year. This was the norm for me for many years, but the few years prior to 2021 had seen a sharp decline in my post frequency. On December 31, 2021, I made my goal. I published…
20 Jan 2022 » 1 min read about Blog & Site Meta
Since I have started writing two posts a day, I have been getting ahead of myself. Today, for instance, is January 20, 2022, and the two posts I wrote today are now scheduled for January 29 and January 30 respectively. Between now and then, every day is already scheduled, and each day I write two…
04 Jan 2022 » 1 min read about Blog & Site Meta
We are just about halfway through the final week of our vacation, and we are spending this week at Walt Disney World. I’ve have had posts scheduled through much of my vacation and have been checking in for comments and things periodically, but this week, I’ve been mostly offline enjoying time with the family. Also…
02 Jan 2022 » 1 min read about Blog & Site Meta, lists
I wrote 452 posts in 2021. Those posts totaled about 315,000 words. I published at least one post every day of the year, meeting the goal I set for myself at the beginning of the year. It felt good to write nearly every day1 and I was pleasantly surprised to see the blogs stats up…
31 Dec 2021 » 1 min read about Blog & Site Meta
Well, I did it! Back on January 1, I set a goal of trying to post every day in 2021, after letting things slack off for several years prior. With this morning’s post, I have met that goal. Including this post, I wrote 454 blog posts totaling 293,000 words. Given that there are 365 days…
12 Dec 2021 » 2 min read about Blog & Site Meta
Those of you with a keen eye may have noticed a new menu options available on the blog this weekend: A Curated Index to the Blog. This is something I have been wanting to do for a while, and I managed to get about the first 10% percent completed so far. This new page takes…
23 Nov 2021 » 1 min read about Blog & Site Meta
Just a reminder that I am taking this week off from the Practically Paperless posts. Lots of holiday preparations going on, and I wanted a little time to relax. Episode 8 will be back here next week, Tuesday, November 30.
28 Oct 2021 » 1 min read about Blog & Site Meta
Just a heads-up that over the next couple of days, you may notice some upcoming changes to my reading list page. Among the new features I will be adding over the next several days: A “top” page with a summary table for my reading. The table will have links to individual years. There will still…
27 Oct 2021 » 2 min read about Blog & Site Meta
Today, October 27 is the 300th day of the year. Given that I have published at least one post every day this year, that makes for 300 consecutive days of blog posts. I thought that little accomplishment noteworthy enough to mention. Here is a heat map of what those 300 days look like: In these…
13 Oct 2021 » 1 min read about Blog & Site Meta
Well it crept up on me, and I didn’t notice it until this evening: Yesterday’s Practically Paperless post was my 7,000th post on the blog. This morning’s post on my favorite baseball books was my 7,001st. Seven thousand posts! It’s hard to imagine that I’ve written that much here, but the evidence is right in…