Removed the Newsfeed Syndication

Posted by Chris on Sep 19, 2010 in Blog | 0 comments

I recently added a few syndication subscriptions to the site so that I could pull tech news from other sites and have posts for it here with links to the original site. I decided that this was stupid and annoying. The damn newsfeed already out-posted me and my “Subscriber” users shot up to like 1700. I don’t believe these users are real and are in fact from the syndication since the majority of them are xxxx@www.syndicatedwebsite.com. I think the blog will benefit more by going back to just having posts by me, which will also force me to post more often . I was hoping to see some traffic spikes due to the newsfeed and I did see a minor spike but nothing worth getting excited over.  Read more here...

New look for the Blog

Posted by Chris on Jul 6, 2010 in Blog | 0 comments

After a few hours of non-stop theme hunting and customizing, I have finally gotten a fully customizable blog that supports everything I was looking for. After some custom editing the theme is now 100% better for my needs. The theme doesn’t throw a ton of colors at you (which I always hate) and instead is gentle on the eyes, and just damn simple to use. I am working on removing the “Pages” across the top because I don’t use pages, I would rather use categories. So my work is not yet done. Enjoy the new faster loading, less ad filled blog!!

Blogging about blogging

Posted by Chris on May 19, 2009 in Misc Thoughts | 0 comments

The Joy of Blogging

I am taking a break from fitness information to post about something else. I have recently, 2 days ago, quit smoking. Yes I love fitness but I was a smoker. This has been made sufficiently easier since I started this blog.

I have discovered a love for writing in blogging here at my website. I suppose I have always enjoyed unforced creative writing but just the idea of being able to spit out all of the ideas I have has helped me enjoy writing.  Read more here...