Dipping into the Blogpond

Well, we’ve just hit 24 hours since “launch” and we’ve had an awesome response 38 new members have joined up (now up to 62) and we’ve had over 500 (or maybe even 600) new postings. At one stage last night we had 275 people looking at the forum.

After struggling to keep this a secret I can now make this exciting announcement! Over the last few weeks Snoskred, Andrew Boyd and I have been co-ordinating a new community project called “Aussie Bloggers“. Our aim for this project is “empowering, encouraging, supporting and promoting Aussie Bloggers and the Australian blogosphere in general”. To facilitate […]

Blogpond.com.au fortnightly update for 27th December. New blogs debuting in the top 100 and new blogs to Bumpzee.

I visited my grandmother today. She is 99 and turns 100 in May. What my grandmother has taught me, by the way she conducts her life, in to focus on the positive.

Mr Grumpy Capsicum (spotted at Woolies) was not looking forward to the salad…

With the comment timeout plugin you can set comments to automatically close after a certain amount of time, meaning that no one (including spammers) can make a comment on a post over X days old. Here’s an idea of the level of customisation available (available in the options menu after you’ve installed and activated the plugin)….

To me, this type of testing is critical. It allows a teacher to identify children that are “at risk” – perhaps requiring some form of early intervention so they don’t lag behind. And also identify the ones who have a good grasp of the basics and perhaps might need extra stimulation. Funding for this kind of testing will benefit all children.

While Darren Rowse is basking in the glory of being the token Aussie in the Forbes top 25 Web Celeb list (congrats Darren), Mick Liubinskas from Tangler has set up nominations and voting for Australia’s Top 20 Web Celebs.

It occurred to me the other day that over the course of the last six weeks, I had written 52 posts. Of these, many were quite in-depth requiring a fair bit of effort.

I also realised (with a little help) it was way too much for a balanced life. And balance is very important.

Blogpond.com.au fortnightly update for 13th December. New blogs debuting in the top 100, new blogs to Bumpzee, and news from around Australia.