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Noggin Blogging and WP to MT permalinks

I don’t remember hitting my head at any time, but I have painful and biggish swelling a couple of inches behind my left ear, about the size of a lime; the scalp in front of it is numb, and my ear and jaw hurt a bit. I’d like to say that I went out on […]

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You know

..you’ve been writing about weblogging technology too much, when you start to compare it to a washing machine. However, it’s a good subject for the Labor Day holiday because no one is going to read what you write during the weekend, anyway. Speaking of disconnected, I received an email at my gmail account asking to […]

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Technology Weblogging

When is a weblogging tool like a washing machine

In comments to my post,WeblogTweaks: Tool Independence Jacques Distler wrote: There are things that one can do in WordPress that one cannot (easily) do in MovableType. And there are things one can do in MT that one cannot (easily) do in WP. The day that our tools become interchangeable is the day that one can truly say […]

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Technology Weblogging

Tool independence: The export format

The first challenge to moving a weblog is getting a snapshot of your weblog data in a format that can be imported into the new tool. To create an export that works with most tools, at least for moment, you’ll want to export your existing weblog’s data using the Movable Type import/export format. WordPress doesn’t have […]

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Technology Weblogging

Weblog tweaks: tool independence

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Once upon a time, a weblogger was defined by the tool they used as much as the type of material they published and the style of writing they favored. We were, and many still are, a fiercely loyal bunch when it comes to the software that help us publish our […]