Archive for the 'Blogging' Category
Check out the yachting blog “Where is D.J. Today”
2 Comments Published by paul April 4th, 2008 in Blogging, Writing, familyAnyone who enjoys reading Blog de Puree and who is a boating or yachting enthusiast should check out my brother-in-law’s blog, Where is D.J. Today.
I was impressed with D.J.’s last blog post. His use of yachtsmen vernacular and the emotion of a captain that exuded from his post was really fantastic.
“That the sea looks like [...]
Using related links and content as you write: Check out Zemanta and 3DWriter
1 Comment Published by paul April 3rd, 2008 in Blogging, IT, Writing, internetA week ago, European startup Zemanta launched in Alpha with a product for blogs to suggest links, pictures and other related content and tags while you write blog posts. It uses a semantic analysis engine that serves up the relevant information in your Internet browser as you write.
According to TechCrunch, this type of application only [...]
WordPress may go social
0 Comments Published by paul March 6th, 2008 in Blogging, Online community, internet, newsTechCrunch blogs that Automattic founder and WordPress creator Matt Mullenweg may look towards developing social networking tools for its famous blog software.
The news is that Matt hired Andy Peatling, “the developer behind BuddyPress, a social network built on top of WordPress. BuddyPress will now become an official WordPress project.”
As many of our readers know, we [...]
Blog de Puree gets another facelift
0 Comments Published by paul March 3rd, 2008 in Blogging, IT, internetWe have a new look. Again.
I hope it’s not frustrating to our readers. The last design, while cool as hell had too many bugs that I was not able to fix.
This new design, called 3K2, is based off the original Wordpress theme called Kubrick. We felt that this three-column design brought more information above [...]
Random Friday video: How to talk like a Japanese prostitute
3 Comments Published by paul February 29th, 2008 in Blogging, internet, recreationThis video is R rated, and we’re not entirely sure where it comes from, other than being YouTube. But hey, if you’re looking to talk like a Japanese prostitute, this is the instructional video to watch.
It’s high time we’ve updated the look and feel of Blog de Puree! And man, did we go for broke!
With this new design, we’ve decided to incorporate graphics that really depicted what this blog is all about, a blend of many things. And of course, we’ve got the main players up above.
Some important facts about [...]
What our son will probably deal with in a few years
0 Comments Published by paul October 8th, 2007 in Blogging, family, internetRandye found this cartoon online, which gave us a good laugh. We figure our young son would probably be dealing with this issue.
Wordpress as a content management system for niche communities
0 Comments Published by paul May 25th, 2007 in Blogging, Online community, internetAs many who read our blog have guessed, we use an opensource blog system called Wordpress. Before we decided to install a version of it on our site, we did a little shopping around and found that it was quite easy to use and it received great recommendations.
We’ve been using it about a year now [...]
Social networking is no fish story on Angler’s Web site
0 Comments Published by paul May 24th, 2007 in Blogging, Online community, internetA mentor of mine would often talk about an online niche publishing website that he helped to develop called Reel-Time. At the time of its founding, it was ahead of its time. A saltwater fly-fishing website that directed its focus to a micro-niche community when the Internet was just beginning to find its legs as [...]
Draft of possible blogger code of conduct posted
0 Comments Published by paul April 14th, 2007 in Blogging, internetTim O’Reilly, the man who is often credited with coining the term, “Web 2.0,” posted early this week that he’s working on a blogger code of conduct. While a code of conduct for Web sites is not a new idea, it is interesting that someone has blogged about a global standard for blogger, blog reader [...]

