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Category: blog maintenance
TDR’s Traffic Was Up 50% This Year
It’s been quite some time since I last discussed how many visitors this blog is getting, and today that interregnum ends. It’s been a great year at The Digital Reader,...Continue reading
There’s a Problem With My Spam Filter
Have one or more of your comments on this blog gone astray recently? If so, you might have fallen victim to an over enthusiastic spam filter. A few days ago...Continue reading
Black Friday Open Topic
There’s a lot of potential gadget buyers showing up today after searching for obscure devices, so I thought it might be useful to post an open topic. Got a question?...Continue reading
I Broke Google Reader: An Adventure in Extreme Reading
As my regular readers know, I am an information junky. I gather info just to collect it and because I’ve learned that the more info I pile up in one...Continue reading
I’m Alive Again
It may have taken me a full day but The Digital Reader is finally back online. In a strange way I was one of the victims of Hurricane Sandy, though...Continue reading
The Digital Reader Will be Liveblogging the Amazon Event on Thursday
This is just a quick note to let everyone know that I am still on to cover the Kindle Fire 2 unveiling on Thursday. I’m planning to use a new...Continue reading
Last Night’s Storms Took Out My Internet Connection
Folks, sorry for the silence today. The storms that everyone is talking about today seems to have hit my ISP rather hard. I have Verizon DSL at home, and that’s...Continue reading
Mobile Might Not Be The Future But it is Definitely a Necessity
A few weeks back I added a mobile theme to this blog, and today I thought it would be interesting to post an update on the changes I’ve seen in...Continue reading
Please Excuse the Mess, Folks
If you visited this blog earlier this morning you might have noticed it was down. I’m still not sure what happened but something bad occurred at my hosting company this...Continue reading
Check Out My First T-shirt Design
I’ve just concluded my first contest on 99Designs and I wanted to get some feedback on the designs. For a long time now I’ve been wanting to get my blog’s...Continue reading
There’s a Problem With the RSS Feed
Hi Folks. I just wanted to let the people using the RSS feed know that I am aware of the spurious posts in the feed. I have a plugin which...Continue reading
Sharing Options Return to The Digital Reader
I got an email yesterday from a reader with a request. The reader wanted an easier way to share links, so I took a few minutes yesterday and installed a...Continue reading
The CES Swag Giveaway Prizes Have Shipped
I’d like to thank everyone who entered the contests earlier this week. Surprisingly, more people wanted the USB backup battery than other prize.( I would have gone for the backpack,...Continue reading
Why My Blog is Faster
Yesterday I invited feedback on my new blog theme, and today I thought I would explain what else I did last week. I haven’t seen very many posts like this...Continue reading