Blogging Milestones: Created my WordPress blog in Nov/Dec, 2012. Received my first “comment” to one of my blog pages from an outsider (someone whom I didn’t know) in Feb, 2014, inquiring about a Model Railroading book they were interested in. They apparently found my bog/website via a google search, looking for a specific (and rare) […]
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Website CSS changes – documented
This is a technical post regarding CSS changes made early on, when first creating this website in late 2012 and thru-out 2013. Top Image – Original CSS, Bottom Image – My tweaked CSS Basically, adding a black bar, with white text on each of the sidebar widgets, and making the background of the same area white, […]
Apology (w/explanation) to my subscriber(s)
An apology is in order, along with an explanation. When I first created this blog, 3-1/2 yrs ago, I would only write and post a blog entry, on average, a couple of times a month, and would then manually copy that posting over to Facebook since this WP blog didn’t have any actual readers. After leaving […]
A fav blogger of mine wants to give up…
One of my fav FB bloggers made a decision a week ago to take a break from writing, but then wrote the following post this morning. My South Carolina Life You might want to read her post first (to understand the context) before reading my comment to her: Susan, I had a friend over this […]
Wise words when deciding whether to post or not on social media
Here are some wise words from a fellow blogger when posting on social media: “I type out roughly 10 Facebook statuses a day… Normally about 2 make the cut. I always ask myself: Is it encouraging? Is it helpful? Is it loving? Is it going to fix something? Is it hilarious? It has to hit […]
Video plagiarism – part 2
A follow-up by Jaime, regarding the person who was copying her video talks, word for word (i.e., plagiarism). Apparently video blogging is copyright-able, and is indeed IP (intellectual property), and Jaime had her lawyer issue a “cease and desist” letter, etc. to the plagiarizer. She also then shares her thoughts as to how she used […]
Video plagiarism – part 1
Jamie is someone that I sometimes view, since she usually has a few inspiring/motivating thoughts, etc. She recently learned that there was a person who apparently also watches Jamie’s videos but then made her own “videos” using Jamie’s words – word for word. Watch this short video, you’ll first see Jamie speak for a few […]
Cyber Bullying
Cyber bullying – what causes a person to become a bully? This attached article is about bullies bullying authors via Amazon book reviews as well as on the “GoodReads” book review social media site. You might want to read it before reading the rest of this posting, in order to better understand where I’m coming […]
