Tag Archives: blogging

The Long Aloha

And so the adventure begins. I wrote my first blog hosting app in 1999. Poor thing was a barely-there knock-off of Blogger, but it got the job done for my users. A few months later, I integrated it into the … Continue reading

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Occasional Drama Queen

Pity poor comic blogger Valerie D’Orazio… her existence is one of perpetual torment, as she is by turns ignored, abused, and attacked by everyone she encounters. Her crime? Being more perceptive, sympathetic, and intelligent than everyone else. Or that seems … Continue reading

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Alive in Baghdad

Alive in Baghdad delivers some fascinating footage from Iraq, stuff that drives home just how complex the situation is on the ground. For example, here: …they’re covering the accidental damage to a small (but crucial) medical clinic and pharmacy which … Continue reading

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Sins of the Blogosphere

Ken Lowery on the “why” of seemingly hollow comics blogging: “I don’t want to hear any of this shit about ‘because it keeps me writing,’ or whatever; those are lame, cop-out reasons to free you of any potential responsibility.” Don’t … Continue reading

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Byrne, Blondes, and the Ethics of Offense

I’m a fan of Mike Sterling’s Progressive Ruin, one of the more consistently fun reads in comics blogdom. He seems like a really nice guy. But I found myself disagreeing with something he said today, something about a guy who … Continue reading

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