Brad Enslen

Nov 2018

Google, the Social Silos and the Web Traffic Future

The video below is of interest to SEO’s, webmaster’s trying to create their own informational websites, and ...
Nov 2018

Like: 11 Things Not to Buy Before Black Friday

Like via 11 Things Not to Buy Before Black Friday | PCMag.com Some good advice here.
Nov 2018

DokuWiki: First Impressions

I’ve been installing and setting up a DokuWiki. My hosting ISP provides automatic install for 4 different wiki eng...
Nov 2018

In Reply to: Directory Features

In Reply to: Directory Features. Kicks Condor. I’ve worked out a search index that’s entirely done in JavaScript   ...
Nov 2018

Halloween 2018 After Action Report

Weather: Mild high 50’s F., no rain, no wind. Takeaways: Grandmother directing her grandchildren from the sidewalk...
Oct 2018

Oct 2018

Bookmark: Federated Wiki

Bookmark: Welcome Visitors A nice light wiki founded on two principals: mixed content and profligate copying to encourag...
Oct 2018

Who's going to start #Indieweb hosting?

After Gutenberg drops and we see the damage to Wordpress and after Known blogging platform reaches a stable ver. 1.0, wh...
Oct 2018

Software: A Brace of Banner Makers

I went looking for banner maker software the other day. First I looked at free online banner makers, because I’m c...
Oct 2018

In Reply to: Deplatforming and making the web a better place

In Reply to: Deplatforming and making the web a better place Yes. This is one part of the process and a good first step....
Oct 2018

Wiby.me a fun niche search engine.

The Wiby search engine is building a web of pages as it was in the earlier days of the internet.     Wiby.me i...
Oct 2018

Thought for the Day / My Favorite Heinlein Quote

“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building...
Oct 2018

You can tell a website is Old School when they fill out the Description meta tag completely. New School leaves it blank and tries to cram everything into the Title tag. We do this because we are adapting to what games Google best. SEO.

Oct 2018

Webmastering and Showbiz and HTML Glory

I always looked at being a webmaster as being like the owner, programming manager, DJ of a radio station. Which is prett...
Oct 2018

Supper: Two spicy black bean veggie patties, lots of broccoli (bleck) some left over mac and cheese.

Drinking: a English nut brown ale homebrew which is pretty good.

Later: brownie, cos broccoli eating requires a reward.

Oct 2018

Bookmark: 5 Major Crops In The Crosshairs Of Climate Change : NPR

Bookmark: via 5 Major Crops In The Crosshairs Of Climate Change : The Salt : NPR So what will replace corn on Iowa&rsquo...
Oct 2018

People are always posting photos of their cats, dogs and kids (pretty much in that order of popularity). What about donuts? Donuts get no love. We need more donut picks on social media.

Oct 2018

Bookmark: Pine64 is Working on a Linux Smartphone Running KDE Plasma | It's FOSS

Bookmark: via Pine64 is Working on a Linux Smartphone Running KDE Plasma | It’s FOSS Interesting.
Oct 2018

Nostalgia: Extreme Tracker is Still Functioning

Blast from the past: while digging up directory sites I found that the hosted stats provider Extreme Tracking is still a...
Oct 2018

Shifting discussion around

Just a quick note: I’m going to shift future directory related posts to Indieseek.xyz blog. Past posts on the topi...
Oct 2018

Like: Tim Cook privacy: Apple CEO calls for comprehensive data laws in America - The Verge

Like via Tim Cook data privacy speech: Apple CEO calls for comprehensive data laws in America - The Verge “data-industri...
Oct 2018

Like: The Right Finds the Perfect Weapon Against the Left - Bloomberg

Like via The Right Finds the Perfect Weapon Against the Left - Bloomberg To put it simply, the American left has been ha...
Oct 2018

English Strong Ale

I’m drinking a bottle of home brew English Strong Ale I made back in 2011! This is really very good, and yes, stro...
Oct 2018

Share buttons on posts, do they ever get used?

Setting up another Wordpress blog caused me to examine features which visitors use and ignore here. The big one is the S...
Oct 2018

MS Outlook (web) for my Hotmail account keeps nagging me to authorize notifications every time I login. Clicking “Maybe Later” did nothing. It’s obvious it won’t stop nagging until I say yes.