Do You Keep A Blog?

[Super Hero Guy]

And do you want to share it with us. I've been keeping mine for a couple of weeks now, it can be seen here:

http://jack-matos.livejournal.com/

I wanted to share this last entry I wrote, just because I can't stop thinking about it.

Wednesday, February 8th, 2006
10:41 pm I'm Obsessed
I am absolutely obsessed with a girl. A girl named "Adela". Oh sure, she's not what most guys would call hot, but she is the sweetest, most beautiful, most wonderful girl I have ever laid eyes upon. I can hardly contain myself being near her. Just the sound of her name sends me ecstacy. She speaks with the most cute little Russian accent, has long blonde hair, a face that just radiates with a classical beauty. She is always smiling, she's so smart, seems so sweet and kind. Look at me, talking about her like this. Truth is I don't even know her that well. But I want to find out everything there is to know about her. She seems so perfect that I'm almost afraid if I talked to her for long I would become highly disillusioned. Oh Adela, I wonder if she even suspects how I feel about her, and if she could ever feel the same way for me.

Current Mood: indescribable

[howyadoin]

Yup. The link's in my signature.

[ragnarok_2012]

http://Ragnarok-2012.livejournal.com

[elheffe]

I started one, but couldn't keep it up. I mean, I can barely keep up here, a blog's just asking for trouble.

[Jeff Brady]

Yep, check the sig.

[Suzanne]

No. I've never been one to keep a diary. The only time I did was for a school assignment, and even then I couldn't maintain it regularly. Plus, does anyone really need or want to know how I spent my day? They'd be bored to tears.

[howyadoin]

No. I've never been one to keep a diary. The only time I did was for a school assignment, and even then I couldn't maintain it regularly. Plus, does anyone really need or want to know how I spent my day? They'd be bored to tears.A blog doesn't have to be a diary, though. Most of the ones I read aren't.

[MacQuarrie]

I contribute occasional pieces to Suspensio of Disbelief (http://comicfacts.blogspot.com). And occasionally I weaken and do a blog-like rant at Monkey Spit, though it's been ages since I posted an article there.

[Rae Rodriguez]

Sketchbook: http://raerodriguez.blogspot.com/
Live Journal: http://www.livejournal.com/sweet_opiate
Sketchbook Feed on LJ:
http://syndicated.livejournal.com/rrsketchbook/profile

There we go.

[west3man]

Yes. There's a link in my sig.

[Smell]

I keep a blog about all the buildings and construction sites I get to visit - I only update about once a week or so, but you can clicky on the linky in my sigy

Dom

smellsy

[BlairH]

I am absolutely obsessed with a girl. A girl named "Adela"
This thread is useless without pics.

[Wesley Dodds]

Yep:

hatebush.blogsome.com (http://hatebush.blogsome.com)

"I just don't like this George Bush prick"

[nubly]

i keep one. usually just to collect my thoughts and reflect back on them.

[J Dog]

Yup. Got one:

http://jdog.onesite.com

Check it out. MAybe join the site and start your own blog page.

[Joe Rice]

I've got a personal one I don't add to all that much and a group blog with Doug Strange, Kid Omega, and my buddy Brant. The link to that one is in the sig.

[Jaye]

Sketchbook: http://raerodriguez.blogspot.com/
Live Journal: http://www.livejournal.com/sweet_opiate
Sketchbook Feed on LJ:
http://syndicated.livejournal.com/rrsketchbook/profile

There we go.


Cool, I just added your LJ sketchbook feed to my list!

[tricksterpup]

This thread is useless without pics.
http://www.dogdoo.com/images/Honey.jpg


I have a blog as well. I havent really had to much time to update it.

[west3man]

http://www.dogdoo.com/images/Honey.jpg


I have a blog as well. I havent really had to much time to update it.
Try not to slobber* all over it, when you do, please.


* - Or poop.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Nope..I don't blog . I know friends who do but they have more patience for it. To each thier own I suppose. Good luck with Da Bloggin ! ;)

[Noah Johnson]

I never used to, but then I woke up one morning and found myself a professional full-time screenwriter. Screenwriters blog, so I decided I'd follow the crowd. Link's in my sig.

[tricksterpup]

Try not to slobber* all over it, when you do, please.


* - Or poop.
Nah, sometimes, Blogs are just filled with Crap.

[i_mmmchocolate]

Yep:

hatebush.blogsome.com (http://hatebush.blogsome.com)

"I just don't like this George Bush prick"

You insane mad man! You changed your blog again!

I'm here: clicky, clicky (http://formalism.blogspot.com)
I tend to go off on EPL tangents...can't help it.

[Ed Cunard]

What happened to your other blog(s)?

[Brandon Hanvey]

I keep a blog of my current comic projects at my site http://thegeekout.com/

I see most people use LiveJournal and Blogger, but I think WordPress is the best blogging software around.

You can either host it on your own site.
http://wordpress.org/

Or have they can host the blog for you.
http://wordpress.com/

[west3man]

I keep a blog of my current comic projects at my site http://thegeekout.com/

I see most people use LiveJournal and Blogger, but I think WordPress is the best blogging software around.

You can either host it on your own site.
http://wordpress.org/

Or have they can host the blog for you.
http://wordpress.com/
I may have to check that out. I've got some issues with Blogger.

[Shellhead]

I am absolutely obsessed with a girl. A girl named "Adela". Oh sure, she's not what most guys would call hot, but she is the sweetest, most beautiful, most wonderful girl I have ever laid eyes upon. I can hardly contain myself being near her. Just the sound of her name sends me ecstacy. She speaks with the most cute little Russian accent, has long blonde hair, a face that just radiates with a classical beauty. She is always smiling, she's so smart, seems so sweet and kind. Look at me, talking about her like this. Truth is I don't even know her that well. But I want to find out everything there is to know about her. She seems so perfect that I'm almost afraid if I talked to her for long I would become highly disillusioned. Oh Adela, I wonder if she even suspects how I feel about her, and if she could ever feel the same way for me.


Does she work at Subway?

[tricksterpup]

Does she work at Subway?
I wonder if she has a cute redheaded friend who works there as well?

[ratzo]

Link in my sig.

[Jeff Brady]

What happened to your other blog(s)?

They seem to have been wiped. It's a shame, they were entertaining, too. Now it's just photos and futbol.

[Brandon Hanvey]

I may have to check that out. I've got some issues with Blogger.

What kind of issues?

[Lone Ranger]

Yup - set one up a few months ago.

There's a link in my signature as well - I talk mostly about older comics and movies.

It's nice to have a little place on the web to call your own.

[west3man]

What kind of issues?Off the top of my head...

The level of html familiarity one seems to need, at times, is excessive. But you can still blog without knowing much about it.

The comments sections seem rather limited, unless you know certain tricks, apparently. I've seen Nikki do things with hers that I've been unable to do with my comments section. I'm sure she'd share her secrets, but the kinds of things I'm talking about shouldn't require "cheats."


What do you dig about the one you recommended?

[Mr.Manifesto]

blogs make me feel too emo. i used to keep a notebook but that was years ago.

[i_mmmchocolate]

What happened to your other blog(s)?

Craziness.

[Ed Cunard]

You and your elusiveness...

[howyadoin]

Cool, I just added your LJ sketchbook feed to my list!I don't understand what a feed is.

[Ed Cunard]

I don't understand what a feed is.

You can subscribe to feeds of blogs/livejournals/websites to read with an RSS reader, like the Google one (http://www.google.com/reader).

[howyadoin]

You can subscribe to feeds of blogs/livejournals/websites to read with an RSS reader, like the Google one (http://www.google.com/reader).I swear, the words look like they're in English, but...

[i_mmmchocolate]

You and your elusiveness...

That too. I don't know; it seemed like a good idea at the time.

Meanwhile, Wesley changes blogs all-too-frequently, that jerk.

[Ed Cunard]

I swear, the words look like they're in English, but...

I'm not a tech guy. I'm kind of parroting tech guys and hoping one of them will come explain better/correct me. Basically, there's a... thing called an RSS feed that updates when blogs update, and if people sign up for a special program thingy, it'll aggregate all the feeds of blogs they subscribe to, so they only have to view their reader instead of manually going through 2-100 blogs (or however many).

[Perry Holley]

Out of curiousity, what's the difference between a blog and a livejournal? Is there a difference?

[i_mmmchocolate]

Out of curiousity, what's the difference between a blog and a livejournal? Is there a difference?

I like blogspot's style than livejournal's. But, that's just me.

[Ed Cunard]

Just the tech of it, really. LiveJournals give you certain options blogs don't--community rings, the ability to decide which readers can read what content--like, if you only want certain people to have full reading access, you can set it up that way.

Blogspot is fairly easy, so it's what I use, even though it (as West pointed out earlier) is kind of crappy, and it breaks down a lot, etc.

[i_mmmchocolate]

Blogspot is fairly easy, so it's what I use, even though it (as West pointed out earlier) is kind of crappy, and it breaks down a lot, etc.

I stayed away from livejournal because it always seems more 'cluttered'.

Blogspot is simple and easy for simple and err easy folks.

[Brandon Hanvey]

What do you dig about the one you recommended?

Nicole is the person who turned me on to WordPress.

Some of the features I like are:
No rebuilding when I want to change things

Categories and sub-categories.

Comment control (I have it set-up right now that I have to approve the first post by a person before they can post on the blog. I also have a "black list" of IPs and pharses to catch Comment spam.)

Check out more WP features here
http://wordpress.org/about/features/

[Gordon Smith]

I use GreatestJournal (http://ossian.greatestjournal.com/) for my tepid work, book and cat-obsessed blog.

[Ed Cunard]

I stayed away from livejournal because it always seems more 'cluttered'.

Blogspot is simple and easy for simple and err easy folks.

Of course, if you've got the HTML know-how, you can make Blogspot sing for you. My blog has the same basic template as Zilla's, but he's really made his pretty (http://zillascomics.blogspot.com/).

[Jaye]

I'm not a tech guy. I'm kind of parroting tech guys and hoping one of them will come explain better/correct me. Basically, there's a... thing called an RSS feed that updates when blogs update, and if people sign up for a special program thingy, it'll aggregate all the feeds of blogs they subscribe to, so they only have to view their reader instead of manually going through 2-100 blogs (or however many).


Oh. Sorry, I gotta undo the feedy thing because I have no programy thing.

[Ed Cunard]

Oh. Sorry, I gotta undo the feedy thing because I have no programy thing.

But you have a Livejournal, right? I think there's something built in to that set up, like the friend's list or som--

You know, I should shut my... keyboard when typing about things I don't know much about.

[i_mmmchocolate]

Of course, if you've got the HTML know-how, you can make Blogspot sing for you. My blog has the same basic template as Zilla's, but he's really made his pretty (http://zillascomics.blogspot.com/).

That's the prettiest blog ever.

[Jaye]

Heh, no worries. I always click on her Never Ending thread to see her sketches anyway.

[Tadhg Adams]

Oh. Sorry, I gotta undo the feedy thing because I have no programy thing.

Safari does RSS feeds. So does Firefox, though it handles it differntly in the form of "Smart Bookmarks" which I prefer.

[Rae Rodriguez]

Cool, I just added your LJ sketchbook feed to my list!
Thank you .

[Ronald Bryan]

I rarely keep up with my blogs, but they are there.

[Kevinroc]

In my sig.

[Bloopinator]

I used to have one but It was deleted or something cause so many people complained about my blog talking about the truth. The truth that the Great PO-TA-TOE that I keep in my room is the real God. They just didn't want to except their ways were wrong even though the Great PO-TA-TOE talks to me and told me he was God.

[zombie]

I have a LiveJournal that I haven't updated in...almost a month. I should probably do that sometime. People might start to worry.

[ragnarok_2012]

An RSS feed is a relatively new kind of bookmark. Internet Explorer doesn't do it yet. The next generation of Internet Explorer will be able to do RSS, I believe.

Firefox and many other web browsers are RSS-capable.

I included two screenshots. The first one shows the RSS button at the bottom of my Live Journal Blog. It's the orange button that I circled. You select that in Firefox and you can make an RSS feed in any folder with the rest of your bookmarks.

The next screenshot shows a bunch of RSS feeds I have inside my blog folder under bookmarks. Selecting a feed, as I have done, will show you the titles of all the latest entries made on that website.

[Suzanne]

A blog doesn't have to be a diary, though. Most of the ones I read aren't.That's true. Either way, I'd be horrible at maintaining something like that, procrastinator that I am :p

[heystacy]

I keep one. The link is in my signature.

[howyadoin]

Question for the Blogger users: is there anywhere I can find add-ons or ways to customize the layout if I'm not too HTML-savvy?

[Trulyures]

I used to keep a myspace, but I deleted it, now I am left with a xanga

[Joe Grendel]

We have got to get you people off of LiveJournal and to something less horsish assish looking.

http://www.lby3.com/

[Grant]

I started one when Cronin locked all the "diary threads". I rarely update it.

Despite the fact it's called "Grant's Daily Update"

[pennywisdom]

EDIT: That blog is now defunct.

[Smoogis]

http://smoogis.blogspot.com/

That's my new blog, just started a week ago maybe.

[pennywisdom]

Question for the Blogger users: is there anywhere I can find add-ons or ways to customize the layout if I'm not too HTML-savvy?
I also use Blogger, and from my experience, it's pretty easy to alter the template if you're patient enough to sit there and squint at lines of code for a while. I'm not computer savvy at all, but I just winged it and figured out most of what I was interested in... take a look at this link:

Click. (http://help.blogger.com/bin/topic.py?topic=22)

First you have to go to your control panel, and then go to the "Template" tab. There is a big section in the middle full of code. All these things control your blog's settings, even if you don't know what they are or how they work. Just tweaking them will alter your blog. I found this advice (http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=114&topic=22) to be particularly useful. If you take a look at my blog, you'll see that it looks a lot different than the standard Minima Black template, because I just screwed around with the placement of objects and colors until it looked the way I wanted it to.

[pennywisdom]

howy - Another tip: Make liberal use of the "Preview" button at the bottom of the screen when you're experimenting. Don't save your settings unless you're positive that it is just so. If you screw up, you can also click "Clear Edits" and it will take you back to the last saved settings (IIRC). Be careful. I don't want to be held accountable if your blog gets wrecked. :p

[Punchy]

My Blog: the Backbeat

click below

[pennywisdom]

*edit*

10 char

[DLFerguson]

Derrick Ferguson's Notebook 3.0
http://dferguson.livejournal.com/

Basically just me running off at the mouth about my writing with the occasional personal ranting and movie reviews thrown in to keep people interested and reading.

[Nikita]

I don't know how anyone has time to start their own blog on top of keeping up with work, email, message boards, etc. Seriouly, where do you crazy people get the time!? :D


I tried to start a blog but then I realized that I'd actually have to put effort into doing it and I gave up. Don't judge me! I'm lazy! I'm too lazy to blog! *hanging head in shame*

[heystacy]

I don't know how anyone has time to start their own blog on top of keeping up with work, email, message boards, etc. Seriouly, where do you crazy people get the time!? :D


I tried to start a blog but then I realized that I'd actually have to put effort into doing it and I gave up. Don't judge me! I'm lazy! I'm too lazy to blog! *hanging head in shame*


I love writing, so I don't mind putting time in for my blog. I learned to post pictures so I can do a lot of cool things. You have to want it. Sometimes I have plenty to write about. Other times I have very little to post. Its well worth it for me.

[howyadoin]

I don't know how anyone has time to start their own blog on top of keeping up with work, email, message boards, etc. Seriouly, where do you crazy people get the time!?Most of the info in mine came from a binder I've been putting together since 1987 - the Big Book of Booze.

[Punchy]

It takes me like less than 5 minutes to write a blog entry. I just write about my life.

[howyadoin]

It takes me like less than 5 minutes to write a blog entry. I just write about my life.Yeah, but you're a rock star.

[Dennis K]

No, I don't.

[Punchy]

Yeah, but you're a rock star.
You believe everything you read?

[Jeff Brady]

Most of the info in mine came from a binder I've been putting together since 1987 - the Big Book of Booze.

Ya think DC's Paradox Press would publish that?

[Wyclefdoug]

Yes I do keep a blog. The link is in my signature.

Obviously it's called The Only Opinion That Counts. It's about 8/9 months old. I update it with about 3-6 articles Sunday-Friday. Basically, I search for articles, highlight them and then offer up my opinion.

I discuss everything there from politics, pop culture, books, movies, sports, video games, etc.

So do me a favor and check it out, and if you like it, check back often.

[jessecuster3]

So apparently my blog mostly failed, but it is being reborn like a phoenix and will now be my personal space to ruminate on and keep track of my poker playing.

[howyadoin]

So apparently my blog mostly failed, but it is being reborn like a phoenix and will now be my personal space to ruminate on and keep track of my poker playing.I've damn near run outta things to say on mine. I've pretty much exhausted all the material I've been compiling over the years, and Modern Drunkard beat me to a lot of possible subjects.

[Ed Cunard]

I'm giving up mine at some point this week/weekend, and starting a brand new one that's less comics focused.

[jessecuster3]

I've damn near run outta things to say on mine. I've pretty much exhausted all the material I've been compiling over the years, and Modern Drunkard beat me to a lot of possible subjects.

Oh come on, you can at least keep track of what you drink when you go out, and go on from there.


I have almost hit 10,000 hands online. Once I do I am going to reset my stats and then each day or maybe week I will blog what they are what games I played, how much up or down, hands that I won or lost and so on.

[howyadoin]

Oh come on, you can at least keep track of what you drink when you go out...Jack & Coke.

[jessecuster3]

Jack & Coke.


Ok I stand corrected, you are boring ! :)

[Loren]

I only recently added it to my sig, but I've had my Loren Collins for Congress (http://voteloren.blogspot.com/) campaign blog running for a few months now.

[Wannabe]

I keep a blog on Myspace. It's updated once in a while, although it hasn't in quite some time.
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog&pop=1

[the4thpip]

I got bitten by the blog bug recently.

http://the4thpip.blogspot.com/

[Stony]

I tried it once.
It wasn't really me.

[Deathstroke]

Nope, I don't keep a blog. I post enough here and elsewhere that it would be rather redundant.

[Sir Tim Drake]

I tried to keep a blog, but it escaped.

[HomerJay]

I tried it for a short time, but couldn't maintain it.
CBR is pretty much my blog.

[adam_warlock_2099]

I've had one for about a year and a half. One non-comic related one, which is the one I keep up the most, the other dealing with comics I don't. Mostly because in that particular forum, there are not many comic collectors there. This is why I am here.

adamwarlock2099.blogstream.com
thanosoftitan.blogstream.com

[Lone Ranger]

My blogs has had ebbs and flows - lately, I've been a bit more active. I stay away from the personal stuff, and just write about things that are on my mind (usually comic related).

I guess I could post some of the things - but sometimes I feel like a monologue.

[Chase]

Yeah, um, I was looking to see if any CBR members have active blogs, as I'm interested either starting a CBR blog group or just linking to their blogs. And, of course, I'm always up for a good read. ^_~

[Michael P]

I wish I had a blog.

[Chase]

I wish I had a blog.

There are websites that offer free blogging, like BlogSpot (http://www.blogspot.com). Unless you were lending some witty commentary on how everyone and their mother has a blog. If so, then I agree, hahaha. But yep, I was just interested to read some blogs from the colorful CBR community. ^_^

I could host you, I think. Depending on how much traffic you generate. ;) I'm not sure if I have the bandwidth. :confused: *ponders*

[ragnarok_2012]

I blog pretty regularly on Live Journal (though most of its friends only).

[Matt Algren]

I wish I had a blog.
Me too.

[Gingold]

I wish I had a blog.

I'm mildly astonished to hear that you don't.

[Michael P]

There are websites that offer free blogging, like BlogSpot (http://www.blogspot.com). Unless you were lending some witty commentary on how everyone and their mother has a blog. If so, then I agree, hahaha. But yep, I was just interested to read some blogs from the colorful CBR community. ^_^

I could host you, I think. Depending on how much traffic you generate. ;) I'm not sure if I have the bandwidth. :confused: *ponders*

Okay, now I feel bad. That was an in-joke about how my blog has been infrequently updated for about a year now.

I actually did get an idea this week for a pretty big project for it, but there's no way I can start it with my life as it is right now. Hopefully by the end of the year.

[Matt Algren]

I wish I had a blog.

P.S. Blogger is the Great Satan.

[Demon wizard]

I just started on like a week or so ago. See my sig for a link.

[Jeff Brady]

I wish I had a blog.

You really should put it in your sig. It's easier than digging through your profile.

P.S. Blogger is the Great Satan.

Google is our dear and glorious leader.

[Ronald Bryan]

Me too.
Works better with you since you have a link in your sig.

[Matt Algren]

You really should put it in your sig. It's easier than digging through your profile.Or clicking on his name and clicking "Visit Michael P's homepage!".
Google is our dear and glorious leader.Google's awesome. Blogger's their g*nger stepchild.

[Matthew E]

Well, hey, I'm not too proud to advertise myself in such a thread.

My blog is linked in my sig. It's a Legion-of-Super-Heroes-centric blog, updated several times a month, with prompt reviews of every Legion comic published, and continuity notes, profiles of individual Legionnaires, and miscellaneous other articles posted monthly if not slightly more often. It's a fairly easy schedule to stick to, which I hope means that I'm never going to burn out on it and will therefore still be doing it years from now.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Never had a Blog. I really don't care for one either. I know many have them. But to each their own I suppose.

[Ben Morgan]

Nope.

...

[Royal]

Kakutogi-Gumi!!

[Typo Lad]

My blog, in my sig, has over a thousand daily readers.

Someone needs to tell them I'm not funny.

[Matthew E]

My blog, in my sig, has over a thousand daily readers.

Including me.

[Chris Nowlin]

I would like to start a blog one day.

I have a website.

I don't update the main page often, though. The only one I regularly update is the webpage for the course I teach and that's not of general interest