I thought it would be a great idea to put a little twitter gadget on my sidebar. Short updates about what I do I can write on the go on my mobile that is too short for a blog post. I've started blogging again and this would be my main reason for tweeting at all. However there were a few problems.
The first one is that the sms twitter thing doesn't work. You have to send 4 sms messages to get it too work. I tried twice and it doesn't work. The second thing is that twitter update gadget on blogger doesn't work. Also Twitter own twitter update widget doesn't work and it actually has a error message: "Hmm, an empty timeline. That's weird.". No it's annoying that you have a known problem which you do nothing about. There's nothing weird about that.
Twitters own javascript for such a thing also doesn't work once inserted on to my blog. Twitter own explanation why the widget doesn't work is "The REST API (everything on api.twitter.com) is rate limited to 150 unauthenticated requests per hour per IP address." Once you exceed that limit the widget doesn't work. Discussions about that problem has been around on message boards a couple of years and Twitter's standard answer is IP related and people do not get their Twitter widget to update, ever.
Is says it should work in theory but it doesn't in reality. So I won't be tweeting from my mobile to my blog because it fails in both ends, in reality...
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Should I blog more?
Yes I should. It's a good way to develop your writing skills or in my case as often as I blog, maintaining my writing skills. But then again I've been ircing a lot lately. Ircing however requires another form of writing skills apart from blogging. A quick wit and the ability to write fast and correctly.
When I wrote blog posts in the past I used to rely heavily on spell and grammar checkers and my original text used to be terrible. But ircing has helped me get it right from the beginning because in irc you usually don't get a second chance. There's no delete or backspace. The time the window of opportunity is open isn't measured in minutes, it's measured in seconds.
So yes I'm still writing English...
When I wrote blog posts in the past I used to rely heavily on spell and grammar checkers and my original text used to be terrible. But ircing has helped me get it right from the beginning because in irc you usually don't get a second chance. There's no delete or backspace. The time the window of opportunity is open isn't measured in minutes, it's measured in seconds.
So yes I'm still writing English...
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
We got married
Yesterday it was one month ago since we got married. And this is the first time I'm blogging bout it. I fear my blog have sort of been neglected lately. But life is wonderful and more important than this =). But the blog is till alive and I don't promise more updates but I'll try =).
Monday, January 09, 2012
Any good blogs out there?
During the last year most of my favorite bloggers have either stopped blogging altogether or have greatly reduced their posting frequency. I realize that for many people (including myself) one’s blog is a phase of one’s life and when that phase is over the blogging stops. That is part of the reason I don’t update often myself. I have no real need to blog but I think it’s important to maintain my writing skills in other languages than my mother tongue Swedish.
So to you people who are still reading my blogs, have you found any interesting blogs out there you can recommend? Those that update often and are written in an entertaining way about nothing and everything. Thank you in advance…
So to you people who are still reading my blogs, have you found any interesting blogs out there you can recommend? Those that update often and are written in an entertaining way about nothing and everything. Thank you in advance…
Friday, December 23, 2011
Fall to sping
With an outside temperature of + 4 C accompanied with with a fresh breeze and rain we're definitely not getting a white Christmas or a winter. I'm still hoping for January that winter will turn up. Between fall and spring there should be a winter somewhere...
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Monday, December 12, 2011
It's here...
About a week ago it started snowing and has snowed ever since. You think we have a full winter now? Well not really, it doesn't snow much, about a centimeter each day. So we now have a snow layer of 5-10 centimeters. I haven't actually shoveled yet but I have begun moving the garden furniture and other things that our children have left on thew lawn into the garage.
Due to the fact that we are in the process of emptying my parents house and there are items that we haven't found buyers for the garage is already filled with some of those items and our own stuff that we don't need right now so we wont have a car in our garage this winter. I actually had to move things around to find room for the garden furniture.
Besides all of this I love the winter...
Due to the fact that we are in the process of emptying my parents house and there are items that we haven't found buyers for the garage is already filled with some of those items and our own stuff that we don't need right now so we wont have a car in our garage this winter. I actually had to move things around to find room for the garden furniture.
Besides all of this I love the winter...
Thursday, December 01, 2011
Oncoming storm
This is a warm winter, for Finland. Right now we are having those autumn storms that usually comes in October, early November. It's rainy, it's dark, it's an oncoming storm that should last up until next week...
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
It's all for me...
As most if not all bloggers I like readers and I like comments. The fact that they/you take the time of reading my posts and sometimes even making an effort to comment is something I highly appreciate. Thank you.
But I think in order keep the spark alive I need to do this for myself. I think most bloggers are exhibitionists in the sense "Look at me!". Whether it is to show of their writing skills, their clothes, their lifestyle, their kids it comes down to them and their life. I would even refer people who use their blog as a cheap therapist, although their need to be seen has a bit more serious side, to "Look at me!". I know because I wrote one almost a decade ago
For a number of years this blog has been about satisfying you readers. And when you forget yourself and start satisfying others you become self censoring beyond what is reasonable. You're too afraid to offend or bore someone. So you try to make everybody who reads your blog unoffended and unbored. Those of you who are familial with my writing style know I offend very few but it can be very boring when you try to please everybody.
But those who followed my blog about 5 years ago know that I can write very well. I didn't have many readers and most importantly I didn't have any readers among the people I know IRL. I didn't care what people thought because I was writing it all for me, myself and I. But when I got readers and comments from my friends IRL, encouraging comments, but still comments I started thinking about what I was writing. I started self censoring and I lost my spark. My blog posts started to deal with my difficulty to write and the imminent death of the blogosphere.
Well I think I found my spark again. I still care very much what people think of me but I'll try to ignore that trait of my personality here. I did it once and I can do it again. So for the sake of your entertainment I'm doing it all for me ;-P.
But I think in order keep the spark alive I need to do this for myself. I think most bloggers are exhibitionists in the sense "Look at me!". Whether it is to show of their writing skills, their clothes, their lifestyle, their kids it comes down to them and their life. I would even refer people who use their blog as a cheap therapist, although their need to be seen has a bit more serious side, to "Look at me!". I know because I wrote one almost a decade ago
For a number of years this blog has been about satisfying you readers. And when you forget yourself and start satisfying others you become self censoring beyond what is reasonable. You're too afraid to offend or bore someone. So you try to make everybody who reads your blog unoffended and unbored. Those of you who are familial with my writing style know I offend very few but it can be very boring when you try to please everybody.
But those who followed my blog about 5 years ago know that I can write very well. I didn't have many readers and most importantly I didn't have any readers among the people I know IRL. I didn't care what people thought because I was writing it all for me, myself and I. But when I got readers and comments from my friends IRL, encouraging comments, but still comments I started thinking about what I was writing. I started self censoring and I lost my spark. My blog posts started to deal with my difficulty to write and the imminent death of the blogosphere.
Well I think I found my spark again. I still care very much what people think of me but I'll try to ignore that trait of my personality here. I did it once and I can do it again. So for the sake of your entertainment I'm doing it all for me ;-P.
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