Tag Archives: Blogging

Comments and Blog Glitches

Posted on January 7, 2013 at 8:58 pm by Bob Cesca

So you’ve probably noticed that I’ve been wrestling with the blog today. The good news is that I’ve resolved the loading issues and improved the blog’s speed from “D” letter grades at GTMetrix.com to “A/B” grades. The Disqus comment system … Continue reading →

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Please Welcome Mr. Brink as Our New Sunday Contributor

Posted on October 21, 2012 at 5:03 pm by Bob Cesca

We’ve been following Mr. Brink’s hilarious and insightful comments on the blog for years now and so we’ve decided to graduate him up to the main page of the site as a regular contributor on Sundays. Consider him our Sunday … Continue reading →

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Follow Me on Sulia.com

Posted on August 7, 2012 at 12:20 pm by Bob Cesca

I’ve started posting short entries over at Sulia.com — it’s sort of like a hybrid of a Facebook wall and Twitter, but categorized by topic area (in my case “Liberal”). So if you have some time, go over there and … Continue reading →

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Is This Thing On?

Posted on July 13, 2012 at 11:00 am by Bob Cesca

I forgot to drop in a note about this yesterday, but yes, the site was down for a solid three hours or so Thursday morning. Whenever we get bursts of traffic, and viewers start hitting the main page with all … Continue reading →

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Our Blogotubes Blew a Gasket

Posted on June 25, 2012 at 5:37 pm by Bob Cesca

So we’ve been fighting bugs with the site for the last 24 hours and finally tracked the issues to the Daily Banter branding on the site. It’s only been temporarily removed while we troubleshoot the code. We haven’t been kicked … Continue reading →

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Harry Reid Cancels Vote on Protect IP

Posted on January 20, 2012 at 1:46 pm by Bob Cesca

Another nail in the coffin for these awful, awful bills. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called off a vote on controversial anti-piracy legislation Friday — the surest sign yet that a wave of online protests have killed SOPA and PIPA … Continue reading →

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The Netroots Nation Crowd Is Not the Base

Posted on June 27, 2011 at 10:45 am by Bob Cesca

Revolution Messaging/Democracy Corps commissioned a straw poll for attendees at Netroots Nation. I hasten to underscore that I’m not criticizing Netroots Nation or the people who attended. I wish I could have been there myself. That said, Steve Singiser at … Continue reading →

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Comment Away

Posted on May 19, 2011 at 7:32 am by Bob Cesca

After a lot of monkeying, I think we’re all settled with a comment routine. Finally. Disqus is fully installed and all prior comments have been imported — all 100,000+ of them from more than 11,000 blog posts. If you don’t … Continue reading →

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Programming Note

Posted on April 11, 2011 at 10:20 am by Bob Cesca

Thanks again to JM Ashby for keeping the blog stocked with fresh outrage while I’ve been traveling. Tomorrow is the last day for this particular round of airline madness, so things should be back to normal beginning Wednesday. Specifics about … Continue reading →

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Programming Note

Posted on April 4, 2011 at 1:58 pm by Bob Cesca

I will be traveling beginning Wednesday night through next Tuesday, but I’m going to try to keep up posting here whenever I can. Meanwhile, I’m sure JM Ashby (and perhaps Elvis and Weber) will keep you informed, entertained and fully … Continue reading →

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