Category Archives: meta

Let’s Encrypt on WordPress.com

Posted on April 10, 2016 by

A couple of days ago, WordPress.com announced that they are now supporting TLS for custom domains (which is how this blog is hosted). There are many reasons for not hosting a blog yourself even if you have the necessary skills, like not … Continue reading →

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Five Years of Blogging

Posted on January 1, 2012 by

When I started this blog in December 2006, I didn’t think I’d keep going for five years. Now, more than a hundred articles later, there’s still no shortage of topics to write about. Five years is like eternity in my … Continue reading →

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Moving to blog.mafr.de

Posted on July 23, 2011 by

This blog has been running for four and a half years now. That’s quite a while in internet time, so I’ve decided to move it to my own domain at https://blog.mafr.de/ (the old URL will be valid indefinitely, though). Since … Continue reading →

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Tag Cloud and New Theme

Posted on January 15, 2011 by

Web sites need design updates from time to time and this blog is no exception. While I was mostly happy with the Sapphire theme, code examples didn’t look good and it didn’t support widgets on the article pages. Most importantly, … Continue reading →

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So Much for 2010

Posted on January 2, 2011 by

2010 is over and almost forgotten already and my blog has been running for four years now. Like in previous years, I haven’t been posting much, but pretty regularly. The helpful people from WordPress sent me an email with some … Continue reading →

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Top Articles in 2008

Posted on January 1, 2009 by

2008 is done and over with. Before moving on I’ll follow David’s example and post my most popular articles in terms of page views.

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Meta: One Year of Blogging

Posted on December 22, 2007 by

I’ve been blogging for a full year now and since the calendar year is coming to an end, too, it’s time for a tiny bit of reflection. One of the main premises of this blog is to keep meta blogging … Continue reading →

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