Tumblelogs are the punk rock of blogging.
Don’t think about it, just write - Telegraph via Taylor McKnight
Monthly Archives: August 2007
Taylor McKnight: Interesting Tumblelogs
24 Aug 07
Taylor McKnight lists a number of tumbelogs that he follows. Some of these really showcase the design freedom allowed by Tumblr.
Firefox Memory Usage on Windows Is Ridiculous
22 Aug 07
After a few hours of steady usage of Firefox in Windows it begins eating up all of the RAM.They call this a feature:
What I think many people are talking about however with Firefox 1.5 is not really a memory leak at all. It is in fact a feature.
To improve performance when navigating (studies show that 39% of all page navigations are renavigations to pages visited < 10 pages ago, usually using the back button), Firefox 1.5 implements a Back-Forward cache that retains the rendered document for the last few session history entries. This can be a lot of data. It’s a trade-off. What you get out of it is faster performance as you navigate the web.
Screenshot taking from my work machine.
I feel that 475mb of memory usage is more ridiculous than a “feature” should be. However, I do not plan on leaving Firefox anytime soon. I currently use it on Windows, Mac and Linux. Sidenote, Outlook is awful too.
Business as Usual Soon
20 Aug 07
We have now returned home from the hospital. Stacy and Vaughn are doing well. Mommy and daddy are still pretty tired. I guess baby is too; even though all he’s done is sleep today. I am working on weeding through and processing 238 photos.
If anyone has left comments that have not been moderated or asked for support on any of my themes, I will get to them soon.
Charles Vaughn Wilkins Has Arrived!
18 Aug 07
I would like to introduce you to Vaughn, our newborn son!
IAMWW 404 Page Listed on Smashing Magazine
17 Aug 07
My current 404 page was listed today on Smashing Magazine in their post showcasing some of the most beautiful, creative and user-friendly 404 Error Pages.
Tumble-Hybrid: The Perfect Personal Website Format
17 Aug 07
In my opinion, a tumblelog is an excellent format for a personal website. It allows you to quickly post photos, conversations, video, text, quotes and links without a lot of overhead.
Tumblr is a great service that allows users a large amount of customization of the their tumblelogs for being a hosted service. Several sites have brilliantly integrated Tumblr into their static and dynamic sites for their blogging needs.
When redesigning my family website, I seriously considered this route. That is when I realized a few drawbacks on things I wanted available on the site.
- No built in search
- No built in commenting system
- Lack of archives
There are ways to get around the first two items.
Then after reading Ben Gray’s article on implementing the tumble-hybrid approach into the Texpattern CMS. I thought this would be a great format to develop and use. Allowing me to post some quick posts and lengthier content that allow comments and be easily accessed through archives as well.
“The whole point of a Tumble-Hybrid is to free yourself up from the over-produced weblog and experience more real-time life and living, which you will now log of course. Writing paragraphs upon paragraphs of pure punditry is time-consuming, distracting, and sucks the life and fun out of this medium. Besides, who are you writing to anyway?”
Shawn Anthony
