[lit-ideas] Re: Blogging
- From: Thomas Hart <tehart@xxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 09:19:34 -0400
That's the best you can do for sarcasm?
When you say something worthy of my support, you'll have it. Until then, no.
Tom Hart,
Spotsylvania, VA
"As to the species of exercise, I advise the gun. While this gives [only]
moderate
exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise, and independence to
the mind.
Games played with the ball and others of that nature, are too violent for
the body
and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun, therefore, be the
constant
companion to your walks." Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Peter Carr, August
19, 1785
On Jul 15, 2012, at 10:43 PM, carol kirschenbaum <carolkir@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I appreciate your support, Thomas.
>
> ck
>
> On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 7:34 PM, Thomas Hart <tehart@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'll be 67 years old on Thursday. I'm auditing classes, via iTunes U, on
> Music, the Hebrew Bible and Christianity, Physics, etc. Reading the past year
> has included Wm. James, Matthew Josephson on the Robber Barons, Hegel, Marx,
> Kierkegaard. According to most people I know I've been an SOB (Swell Old
> Boy?) most of my life.
>
> Some dogs just lay down and do nothing. Others are out catching frisbees. It
> all depends on the dog's attitude.
>
> Some people are just intellectually incurious.
>
> "All women are created equal.
> Then some become Marines"
>
> Katy Perry video for "Part of me"
>
> Thomas Hart
> tehart@xxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On Jul 15, 2012, at 9:34 PM, carol kirschenbaum wrote:
>
>> Old dog here. Tried learning new tricks. Didn't stick. It's true, I'm
>> probably an idiot.
>>
>> ck
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 6:12 PM, Thomas Hart <tehart@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Writing requires the manipulation of semantic elements, including coding
>> elements for breath pauses that can affect perceived meaning. The difference
>> between a comma and a semi-colon was fought over, I've read, at the
>> Constitutional convention.
>>
>> It is not necessary to be a master, but you should at least have some
>> competence.
>>
>> Insects are specialized, and look where they are. Specialists are by
>> definition idiots.
>>
>> "All women are created equal.
>> Then some become Marines"
>>
>> Katy Perry video for "Part of me"
>>
>> Thomas Hart
>> tehart@xxxxxxx
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jul 15, 2012, at 8:55 PM, carol kirschenbaum wrote:
>>
>>> This post is precisely why I don't blog. Although the tech stuff here is
>>> probably quite helpful to some, it turns me off in a way that performing
>>> statistical computations can only approach. Nowadays, speaking one's mind
>>> entails coding. Oh yuck.
>>>
>>> ck
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 5:44 PM, Thomas Hart <tehart@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> The problem with things like Blogger, Wordpress, Sandvox, and iWeb is that
>>> they use tricks behind the scenes to make it easy to insert video,
>>> pictures, etc. However, and this is a biggie, they generate code that
>>> you're not responsible for, at least in the sense that you didn't write it
>>> directly. So if one of the programs is discontinued, as iWeb will be at
>>> some point in the furure, you're sort of stuck with trying to redo the web
>>> site. Plus, as far as I know, they generate HTML 4.0 code, and the web is
>>> moving to HTML 5.0. 5 is easier to use, and to control. For example, in 5
>>> you can create a piece that will hide/reveal graphics, text, etc:
>>>
>>> <details>
>>> <summary> This is a big list of all movies with Mickey Rooney</summary>
>>> List of all movies with Mickey Rooney
>>> </details>
>>>
>>> When that code is viewed in a capable browser (Safari 5.2, 6.0, Chrome, but
>>> not Firefox), you can click on the text in the summary and see all movies
>>> with Mickey Rooney in a nice list. In other browsers, it will just display
>>> as a list.
>>>
>>> To achieve the same thing in HTML 4.0 requires writing a Javascript
>>> routine.
>>>
>>> With the shutdown of MobileMe I've had to move some 400 posts from there to
>>> my home server, and I converted from iWeb to strict HTML 5.0 and CSS3.
>>>
>>> I can send any interested party a copy of the stylesheet, and template that
>>> I'm using.
>>>
>>>
>>> "All women are created equal.
>>> Then some become Marines"
>>>
>>> Katy Perry video for "Part of me"
>>>
>>> Thomas Hart
>>> tehart@xxxxxxx
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jul 15, 2012, at 11:16 AM, Julie Krueger wrote:
>>>
>>>> Anyone have an informed preference for Blogger versus WordPress? Trying
>>>> to do something that makes more sense than flipping a coin, here...
>>>>
>>>> Julie Krueger
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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