Have you ever wondered how many domain names there are on the Internet? As of this writing, Internet research company Whois Source that regularly tracks movements in new registrations, de-registrations and transfers of domain names, reported there are more than 137 million domain names worldwide. Of these, there are 101 million .COMs, 14.5 million .NETs, 9.8 million .ORG -- the three most popular top-level domains. In Australia, the … [Read more...]
Lightbox-ing: A new Postie experiment
November 2, 2011 By 1 Comment
A reader, Alex G, emailed in to ask how he can have his images display in a lightbox rather than open a separate post page. (Thanks for the query, Alex.) I must admit I have not considered a lightbox display for images sent from my mobile phone. When I install Postie in my blogs, I custom-configure the image display of the Postie plugin to show only a medium size image (which of course is dependent on your Media settings), and I have disabled … [Read more...]
Revisiting “Poetry editing and punctuation” with a poll
January 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Before I miss this opportunity, there is a quick poll going on at emanilapoetry.com asking members and readers what they think: Which is correct to use between words? Single space or double space? Though it may appear trivial to others, spacing in poetry is very important as others consider spacing as an element of the poem itself. Aside from errors in grammar and spelling, improper use of spacing and punctuation is one of the common errors … [Read more...]
Are you writing your emails in all capital letters?
November 15, 2010 By 3 Comments
In writing emails, blog comments, and messages in discussion groups, there are certain rules to observe. One of them is not to write in all capital letters. Aside from the difficulty in reading messages written in all capital letters, one other important reason why we do not write in all capital letters is social in nature. Writing in all capital letters is like shouting. This has been a long-standing netiquette for many years. … [Read more...]
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