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MORE of Professor Raincoaster’s Little Lectures

February 17, 2008 – 5:24 am

I thought I’d better explain something. In case you’re wondering why I don’t read/comment on your blog anymore, there’s probably a very simple reason.

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miscellaneous blogging advice I have given out recently

September 8, 2007 – 7:34 am

Faking your own death is good for hits
Being exposed as a serial killer is good for hits
Flamewars are great for hits
If at all possible, blog nekkid. They can tell.

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Blogging for Beginners August 18-25th

August 7, 2007 – 2:55 pm

Just a quick note to let everyone know that raincoaster media (ie me!) will be giving the popular course Bloggging for Beginners again. This will be split into two half-day sessions, a week apart, to give students time to work with their blogs and develop specific questions and fluency. Let’s face it: we were all [...]

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Blogging for Beginners: from Zero to Technorati in 7 Hours

July 24, 2007 – 2:26 am

What: Blogging for Beginners: from Zero to Technorati in 7 hours
When: 9:30am-4:30 pm, Saturday, July 28th, 2007
Where: Tradeworks Training Society, 2nd floor, 87 East Pender Street at Columbia, Vancouver
Why: Get your blog up and running in one day:
strictly limited to no more than 8 students, this course covers blog basics like:
· what a blog can [...]

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help! forums!

May 19, 2007 – 9:43 am

Yesterday was a typical day at the WordPress.com help forums. And, typically, I composed a rant to blow off some steam. Enjoy:
“Hi there! I’m an expert on web design, although I don’t know what a template is and cannot figure out how to use the search forum box, and I’ve only been here thirty seconds, but [...]

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operation global media domination: social bookmarks

November 27, 2006 – 4:33 pm

Here is the code for the social bookmarking I’ve been putting at the bottom of my newer posts. If any tech-savvy persons out there would care to improve it with images, I’d be very grateful and promise to host the images myself.
Again, a word of warning: I, myself, have not tested these. But I’ve seen [...]

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professor raincoaster’s little lectures: WordPress 105, Pages vs Posts

June 3, 2006 – 7:59 am

Today, class, we are going to discuss Pages versus Posts.
This is a Post. A blog post. Pretty much all of WordPress is blog posts, as WordPress is blogging software and a blog host. Your posts go in chronological order from oldest (at the bottom of the page) to freshest, and if you're using a template [...]

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YouTube is Down!!! And productivity surges across the land…

June 2, 2006 – 6:24 am

From YouTube:
ALL YOUR VIDEO ARE BELONG TO US.

UPDATE: No, we haven't been hacked. Get a sense of humor.

UPDATE 2: Apparently we can't spel.
UPDATE 3: Please stop calling the office, we're trying to work in here.

By raincoaster | Also posted in Blogging, Censorship, Culture, Entertainment, Fans, Movies, Work | Comments (2)

professor raincoaster’s little lectures: WordPress 104, changing picture size

May 28, 2006 – 4:23 am

This is important, because the column in your blog is only so big; in the case of this template, it's about 500 pixels wide. If you try to post a pic that's larger than that, it goes off to the side, slows down the whole blog something awful, and causes warts to grow inside your [...]

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professor raincoaster’s little lectures: WordPress and Photobucket 103, putting in pictures

May 28, 2006 – 3:31 am

This one isn't that easy, actually. There is a lot to putting in pictures that I don't know, and I shall be sure and tell you so, like right there, where I just said that. Otherwise, when I'm telling you something, assume I know what I'm talking about. It helps my self-esteem.
So you want to [...]

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