So that was some break from blogging, eh? To all those who kept my RSS feed just in case, thanks for sticking around! I bowed out from the blog last September with a case of MMS – Merlin Mann Syndrome. It just so happened that as his blog 43folders was going through an identity crisis, [...]
Entries Tagged 'Blogging' ↓
Don’t call it a comeback
May 5th, 2009 — Blogging, Personal
While I was gone…
June 21st, 2008 — Blogging
You may have noticed technical problems on the site, especially if you tried to leave a comment. It took a while to track down the problem, but I got to the bottom of it. If you run your own blog using WordPress, it may be worth reading on, otherwise I’d skip the rest of this [...]
This nut is no longer blocking me from your blog
May 3rd, 2008 — Blogging, Turkey
The ban on WordPress blogs in Turkey is over. I realized this when I saw my feedreader automatically updating the WordPress blogs I read. For the last seven months I’ve had to connect to Princeton servers first in order to get around the ban, all because the nutty creationist Adnan Oktar convinced a civil court [...]
Busy, busy, busy
October 17th, 2007 — Blogging, Personal
I’ve been working more, and more consistently, than at any period in my life. I know because I’m still keeping the time logs to prove it. Unfortunately this has meant less time for blogging, which I’ve missed. On the other hand, I’ve found that after a day or two of not checking my RSS feeds [...]
All WordPress.com blogs blocked in Turkey
September 15th, 2007 — Blogging, Turkey
I tried to visit orgtheory.net today and received a message saying that the site had been blocked by a Turkish civil court. I got this message before when I tried to read a politics blog at CNN and found it annoying, but I didn’t investigate the story until today. It turns out that lawyers working [...]
The top 10 unusual search terms that led to Jim Gibbon.com
June 15th, 2007 — Blogging
I’m always curious what brings people to Jim Gibbon.com, so the other day I looked over the complete list of search terms that eventually led someone from Google to this blog. Below are 10 of the more interesting search strings I found. how should i finish sex spiritual significance of pitbulls learn how to circumcise [...]
Two anniversaries
May 25th, 2007 — Blogging, Personal
I can barely believe it, but yesterday was my 4th wedding anniversary. It seems like only yesterday that we walked into the hall for our Turkish ceremony accompanied by an unrequested playing of the theme song from “Titanic” (maybe I can upload a video some day). Kind of a shame that I’m now in South [...]