OK, So I’m an Idiot. I Don’t Get Typepad Trackbacks

by Jay Thompson on October 31, 2006

I'll admit it. I can't figure out trackbacks in blogs running on Typepad. Is it just me? Am I really this dense? If I link to a fellow WordPress blog, the link and a little snippet just magically pops up in that WP blog comment. I do nothing other than make an active link to a blog post. (I assume this only works if the blog author has "allow pings" enabled. But why wouldn't you?) Typepad … [Read more...]

The Carnival of Real Estate Turns Sweet 16

by Jay Thompson on October 30, 2006

Jim Duncan over at Real Central VA hosts the 16th edition of the Carnival of Real Estate. As usual, some great posts are to be had. Out pal Jim Cronin over at the Tomato gets top nod, but all the others are quite worthy. In addition to being located in Charlottesville, the town I was born in, Jim's Real Central VA is a superior real estate blog. Once you're done playing in the Carnival, you'd be … [Read more...]

Filling Out the Blogroll

by Jay Thompson on October 29, 2006

I'm woefully behind on updating my blogroll. The wife would say I'm woefully behind in getting the kitchen re-tiled, but that's a blog post for another day. (Home Improvement/Tiling Tip #1 -- Rent a tile saw. I don't care what it costs, rent one. Trying to cut tile, particularly curves and odd shapes by scoring and using nippers sucks. It REALLY sucks) But I digress... Here are a few of our … [Read more...]

I Broke the Blog!

by Jay Thompson on October 28, 2006

We're having a little technical difficulty with The Phoenix Real Estate Guy right now... For whatever reason, all of the "sub pages" (comments, categories, etc) are returning "Page Not Found" errors. The pages are there, I can seem them in the directories, I can access everything via the WordPress Admin panel, but visitors (at least me, so I assume everyone) can't get to them. I have no idea … [Read more...]

On Chicken Little, Booming & Crashing, Insanity and Herd-minded Snakes

by Jay Thompson on October 25, 2006

This morning, "Seth" made a comment on the "cool island living web site" post. I believe he intended to comment on the "Chicken Little" entry (either here, or here). I always appreciate comments on the blog and wish more readers would comment. It helps lead to healthy debate. Debate is educational, as well as fun. I'm re-posting Seth's comment here, as well as my response. I didn't just want to … [Read more...]