tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post765358859029814077..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: We fear change.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-16371315066109281092008-12-17T20:39:00.000-05:002008-12-17T20:39:00.000-05:00Stale.But, having said that I come for the vittles...Stale.<BR/><BR/>But, having said that I come for the vittles and not the ambiance.<BR/><BR/>Keep up the good writing. <BR/><BR/>Ha! Word verification "serin" I read it quickly as siren as in the song that keep you coming back.<BR/><BR/>How fitting! Keep singing TamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-59364306802738152222008-12-13T16:33:00.000-05:002008-12-13T16:33:00.000-05:00Red flaming letters on a black background.Internet...Red flaming letters on a black background.<BR/><BR/>Internet v0.01ß FTW!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-79099330467534017842008-12-13T11:01:00.000-05:002008-12-13T11:01:00.000-05:00Same Same all good....Same Same all good....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-70482796497137876132008-12-12T21:52:00.000-05:002008-12-12T21:52:00.000-05:00pink isn't my favourite colour but i'm here anyway...pink isn't my favourite colour but i'm here anyway :) ... contents way out-weight style for me any day and i like reading your stuff.<BR/><BR/>vw: imorag - <I>an immoral muslim.</I> (oops, did i say that!).Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06506274310934059070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-73546259124731544862008-12-12T20:13:00.000-05:002008-12-12T20:13:00.000-05:00Rack 'em!The comment about moving the ad to the si...Rack 'em!<BR/>The comment about moving the ad to the side and cleaning up the links sidebar couldn't hoit.skipelechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06143096983722927294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-67738391735272631472008-12-12T17:58:00.000-05:002008-12-12T17:58:00.000-05:00Nothing new to add. Sorry Bob, but I gotta go with...Nothing new to add. Sorry Bob, but I gotta go with Weetabix and the majority of the boys and girls. <BR/> Why put new paint on the house if the old stuff isn't peeling? It's a happy place to visit, and there's nothing wrong with familiar.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-87861780198962046772008-12-12T17:21:00.000-05:002008-12-12T17:21:00.000-05:00OK, since some people are taking it more seriously...OK, since some people are taking it more seriously than I did at first...<BR/><BR/>Maybe the questions should be:<BR/><BR/>1. Would anyone quit reading if you didn't change it?<BR/><BR/>2. Would anyone quit reading if you did?<BR/><BR/>3. Would you attract more new readers if you did change it?<BR/><BR/>4. Are you thinking of changing it for your readers or for yourself?<BR/><BR/>I'm of Og's mind - unless it abuses my eyes to try to read it (and it currently does not do that), I read for the content and not for the glitz. That's why I don't think you need to change.Weetabixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03483498608206295895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-46938566753160940032008-12-12T17:11:00.000-05:002008-12-12T17:11:00.000-05:00It's not that I don't like change, it's that I rea...It's not that I don't like change, it's that I really like stability...<BR/><BR/>Rickrremingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07700598824835257409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-31158841554514537402008-12-12T16:47:00.000-05:002008-12-12T16:47:00.000-05:00No problems reading it, and navigation is easy. Le...No problems reading it, and navigation is easy. Leave it be. At most, put a different picture at the top.John Hardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02465149724793433817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-16031439595196520102008-12-12T15:07:00.000-05:002008-12-12T15:07:00.000-05:00I too was once hesitant about change...and then I ...I too was once hesitant about change...and then I discovered wordpress and haven't looked back...Now I probably change a little too much.Marsha Loftishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031737126950792447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-79056822317275884472008-12-12T15:03:00.000-05:002008-12-12T15:03:00.000-05:00I'm going to disagree with nearly every comment I'...I'm going to disagree with nearly every comment I've seen so far and say that your blog could use a little work.<BR/><BR/>First, I see it on a 1024x768 resolution, so it may appear different on something different. But here with the details:<BR/><BR/>Banner: Size ok, but nondescript. (I'm not perfectly happy with mine, either). Preferably in colors that contrast to the main page colors.<BR/><BR/>There's an ad immediately under the banner that I find irritating; IMO, all ads should be in the sidebar and not allowed to interfere with <I>your</I> side of the blog.<BR/><BR/>Having said that, your sidebar takes up as much screen space as your text area; if you can tweak it so it's sidebar sized (narrowed), it would be better.<BR/><BR/>I'm a big fan of black text on white background. Perhaps experiment with different fonts, but this is a minor thing. Minor tweaks are changes to color of links, post headers, etc.<BR/><BR/>Word Verification: untess (of the Und'urbervilles?Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11402651457453813639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-91859876527243925052008-12-12T14:42:00.001-05:002008-12-12T14:42:00.001-05:00I’ve often been asked, “What do you think is the b...I’ve often been asked, “What do you think is the biggest contributing factor to failure?”<BR/><BR/>I can easily answer that question with one word… inaction.<BR/><BR/>To succeed, you have to do something, something that will move you toward what you want. When you’re not moving toward what you want, you’re suffering in what you don’t want. It’s like quicksand, and you get stuck there. It paralyzes you, so that just taking the first step seems unachievable.<BR/><BR/>But the first step is better than the quicksand because it’s one step closer to where you want to be and what you want to be doing. And that inaction is what kills more businesses and relationships than anything else.<BR/><BR/>Avoid failure… take action!<BR/><BR/>Check out this great resource I've been using to fuel my motivation: www.johnassaraf.com/hia. Let me know what you all think!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-69735524168483841662008-12-12T14:42:00.000-05:002008-12-12T14:42:00.000-05:00I like it as is. I've passed on blogs because the...I like it as is. I've passed on blogs because they were hard to read, but never because the layout wasn't punchy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-85869482578259658442008-12-12T14:08:00.000-05:002008-12-12T14:08:00.000-05:00Can you change it so that it dispenses 1911's thro...Can you change it so that it dispenses 1911's through my screen? <BR/><BR/>If it can't do that, I say don't bother.Weetabixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03483498608206295895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-32413852622226946632008-12-12T13:44:00.000-05:002008-12-12T13:44:00.000-05:00Function before fanciness. How many novels can you...Function before fanciness. How many novels can you name where the pages contained something other than black type printed on white pages? Me neither. That's because high-contrast schemes and legible text are easy on the eyes.<BR/><BR/>The Internet is littered with poor design, and I can assure you that, as a person who reads a large quantity of electronic documentation (for fun and profit), loud colors and busy background images make it harder than it needs to be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-36497198854945236572008-12-12T13:12:00.000-05:002008-12-12T13:12:00.000-05:00I like pictures - but I'm a picture kinda visual a...I like pictures - but I'm a picture kinda visual and graphicky photo and interface usery type, it's how I (don't) make a living - changing other people's stuff. I'm not real keen on the pink bits, but just don't go white on black. The gray <I>is</I> kind of lean and thinning.NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-40905004783539395522008-12-12T12:16:00.000-05:002008-12-12T12:16:00.000-05:00Make it look good to you. If you start entertainin...Make it look good to you. If you start entertaining one commenter saying "Well I'd like to see it as..." then in about two seconds flat after making the change you'll have another saying the new one gives you a headache, and four more swearing never to read again unless you go to taupe on mauve with a third group saying death to the taupe&mauvers, the true path is cyan on goldenrod and you'll be spending all your time messing with CSS files and too pissed off about it all to bother blogging.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-83379453105189860432008-12-12T12:07:00.000-05:002008-12-12T12:07:00.000-05:00If it is not necessary to change, it is necessary ...If it is not necessary to change, it is necessary not to change.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-77784440121883914402008-12-12T10:36:00.000-05:002008-12-12T10:36:00.000-05:00I shall join the horde of those with no opinion or...I shall join the horde of those with no opinion or inertial resistance to change.Matt Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03500429239798601210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-77563835255276984652008-12-12T09:58:00.000-05:002008-12-12T09:58:00.000-05:00Please leave it alone. Works fine as it is, and t...Please leave it alone. Works fine as it is, and the changes I've seen in other blogs scream "Don't do it!"<BR/><BR/>Winter blahs and the "Yankee weather" must be getting you down.<BR/>Same in these parts.<BR/><BR/>But Spring, the time of renewals and housecleanings, is even worse for unnecessary changes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-81883295285326449462008-12-12T09:55:00.000-05:002008-12-12T09:55:00.000-05:00Your blog, your choice. I stop by for the words, ...Your blog, your choice. I stop by for the words, not the font.BobGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405172215849046373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-126462200713387932008-12-12T08:22:00.001-05:002008-12-12T08:22:00.001-05:00I can think of better things to talk with you abou...I can think of better things to talk with you about at 0330 after a night in the bar, but I digress...<BR/><BR/>You blog is fine by me, but then mine is pretty crappy looking and I could care less, so maybe I'm not qualified.José Gigantéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00808360534075501817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-7935444467781235472008-12-12T08:22:00.000-05:002008-12-12T08:22:00.000-05:00The phrase, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it," app...The phrase, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it," applies to page layouts as well as pistol magazines.The Captainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04380728808430721337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-20534817511854982442008-12-12T08:13:00.000-05:002008-12-12T08:13:00.000-05:00Just write, sweet lady, just write...screw the lay...Just write, sweet lady, just write...screw the layout.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-63045874035928129562008-12-12T08:10:00.000-05:002008-12-12T08:10:00.000-05:00"There are two types of fools in the world:The fir..."There are two types of fools in the world:<BR/><BR/>The first ones say, 'This is old, and therefore good'.<BR/><BR/>The second ones say, 'This is new, and therefore better.'"<BR/><BR/>It's a nice interface to read. I'd say, 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it.'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com