Entries Tagged 'Computer' ↓

Learning to Blog

I have finally gotten around to reading some of the documentation on blogging and how to set up a Word Press blog. It’s surprsingly easy to operate at a simple level and yet has many layers that can become quite complex. For example, I am using one of the many free themese available (This one is called WP-Andreas01, named for the person who developed it). It is a three column format with two sidebars and the post in the middle. To this I have figured out how to add a calendar, an RSS syndication link up, some page links, a description of the photo in the header (I replaced the default photo). I also have figured out some simple formatting and how to stick a photo in a post, like this one.

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Search engines and personal privacy: not spying…

For those of you interested in Security in general and worry (as I do) about sites that store information about you, here is an interesting piece from Edward Tufte, the well known author who write about depicting information graphically.

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Web Page

I’ve used WordPress to set up this Blog. I’d like to get some templates to make setting up a web page as easy this was (and it was free!). But the templates I’ve seen so far are not that great and cost $50 each. There is one service that allows subscriptions for $189 for unlimited downloads of templates, but all their templates look the same and are boring.

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