Microsoft’s MSN Spaces threatens to dominate with formal toolsets while others, like Blogger, hope to keep the technology’s pioneering spirit alive … However, with MSN Spaces, Microsoft is delivering a pre-set suite of blogging and complementary services on a platform that doesn’t allow for much manual tweaking and extension on the part of the end-user.

- The battle for the blogosphere | InfoWorld | News | 2005-05-27 | By Juan Carlos Perez

This is one of the main reasons I like running my own servers. I can do what I want, when I want it, how I want it.

I’m master of my own ‘domain’, so to speak

I like open source stuff better anyways.

I just got off the phone with a reporter from iSeries Network … she wanted to talk to me about iSeries Blogging

I sure hope all this attention doesn’t go to my head.

[update 6/13/05]
The article was ‘published’ in iSeriesNetwork’s email newsletter: it can be found here.

Well, I’m famous now … this blog was mentioned prominently in the May edition of eServer Magazine: iSeries Edition ENGPGM column (written by Ryan Rhodes) titled “iBlog — iSeries bloggers are popping up around the internet”.

This blog, Mike Wills, and Colin Williams‘ blogs were mentioned. My IMHO blog was mentioned too.

I wonder if it will increase the traffic?

Journal of Darth Vader, Lord of the Sith and Servant to His Supreme Excellency the Emperor Palpatine.

- The Darth Side: Memoirs of a Monster

Hehehe … love it.

Here we offer a few simple precautions to help you maintain control of your personal privacy so that you can express yourself without facing unjust retaliation. If followed correctly, these protections can save you from embarrassment or just plain weirdness in front of your friends and coworkers.

- EFF: How to Blog Safely (About Work or Anything Else)

This can also apply to your family … if you decide to talk about parents, inlaws, siblings, etc.

According to The Gematriculator, my site is …

… or, if you prefer, it’s …

… hmmm … is this good or bad?

Being a blogger can get you in trouble nowadays, at least if you write something that sufficiently vexes your employer.

FAQ: Blogging on the job | CNET News.com

This is a pretty interesting FAQ regarding blogging on the job.

I admit, I sometimes do blog on the job … but I try to limit the amount.

Oh man, this had me on the floor laughing …

I was kicking through my blog posts just checking out what ad’s Google’s AdSense program would serve and this ad showed up…

I wasn’t entirely sure I wanted to know what it would link to … but I clicked on it anyway. As it happens, it took me to eBay … no used tuna though

If you check the bottom of this page, you SHOULD be able to see a graphical representation of recent posting.

Not very exciting, but could be interesting.

… for eServer Magazine, iSeries Edition!

The topic of the interview wasn’t particularly ground breaking … just about being an iSeries Blogger.