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Watch as I blog while drinking this glass of water!

(ventriloquist's dummy speaks) As a matter of fact, I DO have some strong views on ghost-written blogs.

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Use WordPress.com or Gravatars? You'll want to fill out your profile - now

7 October, 2010
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by Rob Cottingham

If you're a WordPress.com user, you've come across Gravatars before. They're the avatar, or user image, associated with your account, and they show up next to your comments - not just on your own blog, but on any WordPress.com blog... and on any other blog or forum that has Gravatars enabled. (The word is short for "globally recognized avatar", and there are plugins available for Drupal, Moveable Type and even the venerable GeekLog.)

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Turn a one-hit wonder into a rock star

How a popular (but off-topic) blog post can boost the rest of your content

27 August, 2010
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by Rob Cottingham

Stories abound of rock bands who produce hours and hours of music that deepens the soul, challenges the psyche and redefines human existence in a new, profoundly meaningful way.

And then they write one frigging novelty song, and that's the one that chews its way to the top of the charts. You spend years writing songs about social justice and the human condition, but I Just Choked on a Tic Tac is the song that defines your life's work.

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Disconnected? No problem!

Five ways to work on your blog when you aren't online

19 July, 2010
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by Rob Cottingham

Originally posted on BlogWorld Expo.

Flaky wireless connections are a fact of life for bloggers on the move. If it isn’t tortoise-slow downloads, it’s a password that never seems to “take”. If it isn’t a connection that keeps dropping, it’s a router that refuses to give you an IP address.

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Last RSSpects

Can you resuscitate your dead blog?

16 July, 2010
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by Rob Cottingham

It's official - I'm the cartoon blogger for BlogWorld Expo, coming this October in Las Vegas. And as part of my duties, I'm running a weekly cartoon on their blog. This post originally accompanied one of them.

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Big whoop. NASA gave me a SHUTTLE!

(blogger to spouse, under fuselage of large fighter aircraft parked in their driveway) It's an experimental stealth fighter, and it's ours. All I have to do is say something nice about the weapons industry in my blog.

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Grade inflation

(elementary student to teacher) As you're grading my book report, I hope you'll bear in mind my 45,000 blog subscribers who will be awaiting the outcome with great interest.

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And for god's sake, turn off Google Latitude!

(army commander on patrol) Ramirez, you take point. Butterfield, you maintain radio contact and lay down smoke if we engage. And Dietrich - did I SAY this was bloggable?!

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Pretty much the last time I FollowFriday'd anyone, too

(one old person to another) 2010. Yep, last time I commented on a blog was way back in 2010.

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From screen to paper

Northern Voice: The Book Broads on turning your blog into a book

8 May, 2010
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by Rob Cottingham

New media turning into old? It's not as counterintuitive as you might think, as Angela Crocker, Kim Plumley and Peggy Richardson of The Book Broads explained.

Notes from the Book Broads' talk on turning your blog into a book