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How I love the Interwebs

Some thoughts on comments and comment spam

18 January 2011 Meta-blogging

I‘ve been thinking about comments lately. It was Delurking Day the other day, and I got an interesting e-mail from a reader. She asked me why bloggers think comments are so important. She noted that we as site owners can plainly see the traffic, so why do we want people to comment? I thought it [...]

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Delurk dammit!

14 January 2011 How I love the Interwebs

Well, well, well, whaddya know — it’s Delurking Day 2011! Thanks to Chris at Rude Cactus, lurkers are exposing themselves all over the interwebs. So now I can coerce you — yes, you, the one over there hiding behind the dual 17 inch monitors, don’t think I don’t see you peeking! — to come out [...]

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So far, 2011 is looking pretty damn good!

1 January 2011 How I love the Interwebs

It’s barely 10:00 on New Year’s Day, and (at the risk of jynxing myself) I’ve gotta say, it’s been a pretty damn good year so far. I woke up at a spectacular 6:20 am, almost a full hour later than I’ve woken or been woken up for most of the month of December. As the [...]

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A bloggy year in review

29 December 2010 Meta-blogging

I must admit, I am not a huge fan of year-end retrospectives. However, I am a bit of a nostalgic fool. (And apparently a bit of a confused hypocrite to boot.) I’ve done this year-end meme a couple of times, and I like the way it manages to tell the story of our year in [...]

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It’s a 21st Century Christmas, and there’s an app for that!

10 December 2010 5 things

This post was inspired by a CBC article about how Shaw Cable moved its beloved Yule Log channel to a Video On Demand channel. The previously free stream featuring nothing but a Yule log burning in a fireplace, now entering its 25th year, will now cost 99 cents. The fee, plus a matching amount from [...]

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Five ways to enjoy an Ottawa winter with your family

9 December 2010 How I love the Interwebs

My bloggy buddy Guillermo writes two blogs for families that have recently immigrated or are planning to immigrate to Canada – one in Spanish and one in English. You might remember his hilarious guest post here called “32 things about Latinos in Canada.” Now Guillermo has asked me to return the favour with a guest [...]

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You think I’m funny? You think I’m FUNNY! *squeee*

1 December 2010 How I love the Interwebs

Beloved will tell you, there is no living with me right now. Not since I found out that Postcards from the Mothership was shortlisted as one of the five finalists in the Humour category of the 2010 Canadian Weblog Awards. Did you catch that? The HUMOUR category. *swoon* Humour! I mean, I was so honoured [...]

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Canada Reads 2011

28 October 2010 Books

Back in the day, I used to blog a lot about books. Way way back in the day, I used to consider myself somewhat of a fan, if not an authority, on Canadian Literature. So when I heard that CBC Radio was compiling a list of the Top 40 Essential Canadian Novels of the Decade, [...]

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This is worth reviving the sideblog for!

24 September 2010 Consumer culture

Found this and had to share! “Ever dreamed to go space journy with your R2D2?? Unfortunately, such a dream can’t be true at the moment. But now this tiny R2D2 can serve you Soy Sauce by your one-hand little move, leaning the R2 body a little to put appropriate Soy Sauce on Chinese or Japanese [...]

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The State of the Mom Blogosphere

14 September 2010 How I love the Interwebs

Sorry, I still don’t have time for a proper blog post today, but I received this from my old friends Cooper and Emily at the Motherhood and thought you might be interested: You’re invited to join a live chat on “The State of the Mom Blogosphere,” hosted by some of the most influential mom bloggers [...]

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