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Michael Crichton – Freedom of Speech vs. Patented Speech

March 21, 2006 – 10:45 am

In a very unusual and interesting editorial in the NY Times, Michael Crichton reports that “This Essay Breaks the Law”: Actually, I can’t make that last statement. A corporation has patented that fact, and demands a royalty for its use. Anyone who makes the fact public and encourages doctors to test for the condition and […]

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Get Rich Quick! Go Freelance! Successful Entrepreneur! NOT!

January 18, 2006 – 6:09 am

Want to make money with your blogs? Want to have the public racing to your blog to find out what you are going to say next? Want to live in a big home with lots of electronic toys and know that you don’t have to worry about your kid’s college bills? Want fame and popparatzi […]

By Lorelle VanFossen | Posted in Blog Babble, Web Wise | Comments (2)

The Secret Recipe of Comment Spam Comments

April 4, 2013 – 3:05 pm

Mr. Louis Vuitton just sent me a message in my blog comments I’d like to share with you. I share this touching message because it is highly educational when it comes to the art of spam comments, and serves to remind us of why we love having Akismet, the best comment spam fighter, on our […]

By Lorelle VanFossen | Posted in Blogging, Blogging Tips, WordPress News | Tags: akismet, comment spam, comments, evil, spam, spam comments, WordPress Tips | Comments (33)

A Day of Healing and Suffering at the Clackamas Mall

December 18, 2012 – 10:44 pm

“I feel greedy.” We stood in the cold outside the Clackamas Mall, arms wrapped around each other, watching the crowd expand to release individuals and couples to step forward and place their candles on the memorial stage. The faces of the two deceased smiled over the mournful group gathered before them. The photographs were snapshots […]

By Lorelle VanFossen | Posted in Blog Babble, Blogging | Tags: blog writing, clackamas, clackamas mall, event, grief, grieving, guns, heal, healing, memorial, newtown, reporting, sharing, shooting, violence, Writing | Comments (5)

For the past few months, rumors were flying that WordPress was going to remove the Links/Blogroll feature of WordPress. As of August 2012, it is now gone from many WordPress.com. MacManx, Happiness Engineer at WordPress.com, recently stated: The Links section was removed from the core WordPress.org software, which means that it will probably be removed […]

7 Blogging Steps Even Veteran Bloggers Forget

June 24, 2012 – 11:23 am

Originally published in Blogger and Podcaster Magazine and updated. I write for a variety of online and offline magazines. They’ve graciously permit me to republish my articles. Participating in a recent multiple guest blogger event, I edited and review posts by many top bloggers before publishing. I was rather stunned to find that even veteran […]

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