Comments on: For Blogomaniacs http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2002/06/23/for-blogomaniacs/ Stephanie Booth's online ramblings Wed, 23 May 2012 20:55:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Prentiss Riddle http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2002/06/23/for-blogomaniacs/#comment-1966 Prentiss Riddle Thu, 27 Jun 2002 15:47:00 +0000 http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2002/06/23/for-blogomaniacs/#comment-1966 <p>Of course, about ten minutes after I posted that, my watchlist updated <br>itself. Go figure.</p> Of course, about ten minutes after I posted that, my watchlist updated
itself. Go figure.

]]> By: Prentiss Riddle http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2002/06/23/for-blogomaniacs/#comment-1965 Prentiss Riddle Thu, 27 Jun 2002 15:33:00 +0000 http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2002/06/23/for-blogomaniacs/#comment-1965 <p>I'm another Freshblogs user. I like it, but I must say they need to put a <br>bit of effort into documentation. None of their publishing methods is <br>self-explanatory (I ran into the same apparent bug with munging the host <br>and path in the FTP upload). When I realized that the watchlist is not <br>behind a password I wrote my own cronjob to pull my watchlist rather than <br>relying on them to push it with FTP or HTTP. <br><br>I'm still mystified as to what causes the watchlist to be updated; they <br>say <a href="http://www.alargehead.com/comments.php?78015788">elsewhere</a> that <br>they do watch <a href="http://weblogs.com">weblogs.com</a> but supplement that with "trained monkeys <br>implementing a top-secret algorithm". Which I would find an adequate <br>explanation except that my watchlist has stayed static all morning, when I <br>can see for myself thatsome sites have had updates since the times <br>reported by Freshblogs. The trick they mention in their <a href="http://www.freshblogs.com/faq.php">FAQ</a> of using Edit Template to <br>force the watchlist to be "re-serialized" doesn't seem to have any effect.<br><br>Hopefully it's all stuff that will shake out shortly.</p> I'm another Freshblogs user. I like it, but I must say they need to put a
bit of effort into documentation. None of their publishing methods is
self-explanatory (I ran into the same apparent bug with munging the host
and path in the FTP upload). When I realized that the watchlist is not
behind a password I wrote my own cronjob to pull my watchlist rather than
relying on them to push it with FTP or HTTP.

I'm still mystified as to what causes the watchlist to be updated; they
say elsewhere that
they do watch weblogs.com but supplement that with “trained monkeys
implementing a top-secret algorithm”. Which I would find an adequate
explanation except that my watchlist has stayed static all morning, when I
can see for myself thatsome sites have had updates since the times
reported by Freshblogs. The trick they mention in their FAQ of using Edit Template to
force the watchlist to be “re-serialized” doesn't seem to have any effect.

Hopefully it's all stuff that will shake out shortly.

]]> By: Baud http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2002/06/23/for-blogomaniacs/#comment-1964 Baud Mon, 24 Jun 2002 10:09:00 +0000 http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2002/06/23/for-blogomaniacs/#comment-1964 <p><a href="http://www.daypop.com">www.daypop.com</a> : les URLs les plus bloggées du moment...<br><br>B.</p> http://www.daypop.com : les URLs les plus bloggées du moment…

B.

]]> By: Baud http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2002/06/23/for-blogomaniacs/#comment-1961 Baud Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2002/06/23/for-blogomaniacs/#comment-1961 <p>www.daypop.com : les URLs les plus bloggées du moment...</p> <p>B.</p> http://www.daypop.com : les URLs les plus bloggées du moment…

B.

]]> By: Prentiss Riddle http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2002/06/23/for-blogomaniacs/#comment-1962 Prentiss Riddle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2002/06/23/for-blogomaniacs/#comment-1962 <p>I'm another Freshblogs user. I like it, but I must say they need to put a bit of effort into documentation. None of their publishing methods is self-explanatory (I ran into the same apparent bug with munging the host and path in the FTP upload). When I realized that the watchlist is not behind a password I wrote my own cronjob to pull my watchlist rather than relying on them to push it with FTP or HTTP.</p> <p>I'm still mystified as to what causes the watchlist to be updated; they say <a href="http://www.alargehead.com/comments.php?78015788">elsewhere</a> that they do watch weblogs.com but supplement that with "trained monkeys implementing a top-secret algorithm". Which I would find an adequate explanation except that my watchlist has stayed static all morning, when I can see for myself thatsome sites have had updates since the times reported by Freshblogs. The trick they mention in their <a href="http://www.freshblogs.com/faq.php">FAQ</a> of using Edit Template to force the watchlist to be "re-serialized" doesn't seem to have any effect.</p> <p>Hopefully it's all stuff that will shake out shortly.</p> I’m another Freshblogs user. I like it, but I must say they need to put a bit of effort into documentation. None of their publishing methods is self-explanatory (I ran into the same apparent bug with munging the host and path in the FTP upload). When I realized that the watchlist is not behind a password I wrote my own cronjob to pull my watchlist rather than relying on them to push it with FTP or HTTP.

I’m still mystified as to what causes the watchlist to be updated; they say elsewhere that they do watch weblogs.com but supplement that with “trained monkeys implementing a top-secret algorithm”. Which I would find an adequate explanation except that my watchlist has stayed static all morning, when I can see for myself thatsome sites have had updates since the times reported by Freshblogs. The trick they mention in their FAQ of using Edit Template to force the watchlist to be “re-serialized” doesn’t seem to have any effect.

Hopefully it’s all stuff that will shake out shortly.

]]> By: Prentiss Riddle http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2002/06/23/for-blogomaniacs/#comment-1963 Prentiss Riddle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2002/06/23/for-blogomaniacs/#comment-1963 <p>Of course, about ten minutes after I posted that, my watchlist updated itself. Go figure.</p> Of course, about ten minutes after I posted that, my watchlist updated itself. Go figure.

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