Author: J. J.
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Google Buzz does not help me
Google Buzz is the Web’s latest Twitter-like tool, launched on February 9th. At this point in the game, it’s not the features of these sites (among them being Facebook and FriendFeed) that developers are focusing on, but the built-in user base; Megan Berry on HuffPost agrees. Buzz is just adding to all the loud Web…
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New post every Tuesday morning
They say that publishing on a predictable schedule improves site traffic. I considered doing this when I revamped Zepfanman.com last March, but I wasn’t sure how much time I wanted to devote to this blogging hobby of mine (“hobby” being the operative word). Since I average 3.63 posts per month, I might as well guarantee…
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Full featured commenting with Disqus
More site upgrades for Zepfanman.com (on top of the ones I did during the holidays). I’m trying to maintain the K.I.S.S. mentality, but the Disqus commenting system looked way too handy to pass up. Implemented it this evening. Check it out at the bottom of this post. The biggest selling points were Facebook Connect login,…
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First snow
It snowed! We had fun. Photos. That’s all for now. Happy New Year!
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My IMDb votes explained
You may have noticed my Internet Movie Database (IMDb) lists on my About page or frequent appearances on my FriendFeed. I’ve been adding movies to IMDb for a long time (I currently have 1501 of them); while the website usability hasn’t improved much in its near-20-year lifetime, IMDb has been a handy free database. I’m…
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Working on some site improvements
I’ve been up to a little site maintenance. I finally got a license in the footer, but I’m still trying to figure out the best way to back up my FriendFeed in the right column. I’m also trying to tweak my site feed so that the “Read the rest of this entry” cut-off shows up…