Tag Archives: Meta-blog

 So, as social media companies exercise more and more control over the content users post, and as those companies employ algorithms that are more and more quixotic in their moderation (I’ve seen people put into Facebook jail for using normal … Continue reading →

 You may have noticed that I’ve been posting very little music-related content here of late. That’s mainly because I went really hard-core into music posting the last few months of 2020 (December especially), and this month I’ve been focusing on some … Continue reading →

 The way this works is that when someone comments, I get an email at my Gmail address telling me there’s a comment to check. I do, and I publish it if it’s not spam. Every so often that system gets … Continue reading →

I spent a bit of time this past weekend making a few changes to Byzantium’s Shores, which you may notice if you’re particularly eagle-eyed and you’re familiar with the old lay of the land here. Some of these changes were … Continue reading →

I’m giving this blog a much-needed refreshing this weekend, so if things look slightly different, that’s why. Bear with, folks! –Still tinkering….

I’ve just discovered that Blogger has again done that thing where it fails to notify me via email that there are comments awaiting approval (a few from my Christmas music posts!), so I apologize if you thought I rejected your … Continue reading →

So for the last while I’ve been wondering why nobody comments on anything here anymore…and then Roger emails me to say, “Hey, I’m leaving comments and they never clear moderation, so are you getting the notifications emailed to you?” Guess … Continue reading →

I do this quiz every year, so let’s get on with it…. Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year? As I pretty much keep my resolutions to “Read a lot, write a … Continue reading →