I have decided that every now and again I will post some administrative stuff, to remind readers of a few things that might get buried in the normal firehose flow of the blog.
1) I’m on quite a few social networks! You can add me as a friend/subscribe to my stuff on MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, Mahalo, Flickr, and YouTube.
2) If you like something you see here, please click the Digg, Reddit, Stumbleupon and/or Slashdot button. I put them at the top of every article to make it easy. Spread the love! I check Digg’s space section at least twice a day to see what’s hot, and you should too.
3) There is a whole big website attached to this blog.
4) I have a policy on commenting here, which basically boils down to "Don’t be a jerk." Still, please read that link for details. I also have a statement on my posts about politics and religion. There is a link on every blog page about it, right under my logo to the right.
5) Did you know I shill stuff? I have a bookstore and a Cafe Press store.
6) As time goes on, I’ll probably add more stuff to this list.
That’s it. Thanks!
January 15th, 2008 at 8:25 am
I’m not a trackback I’m a HUMAN BEING!
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Seemed the most reasonable thing to say at the time.
January 15th, 2008 at 8:35 am
Phil, I’ve tried adding you on Myspace before, but it says you don’t accept invites from bands*. What’s up with that?
* I’m not even in a band, anyway. I’m a composer who does everything on my computer so I have a Myspace “band” account instead of a personal account.
January 15th, 2008 at 9:16 am
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January 15th, 2008 at 9:26 am
I keep forgetting that you have a full website…but I do have one little complaint! I wish you would do more movie reviews! I know they must be a lot of work, but I always get such a kick reading about the bad science.
January 15th, 2008 at 9:51 am
I too must say I enjoy the bad science movie reviews.
January 15th, 2008 at 9:54 am
I also miss the stream of Bad Astronomy movie & TV reviews. I think the solution would be to dedicate a slot in the forum for guests to post their own BA reviews. They could all follow the precedented format laid out by classic BA reviews, but all content would be the sole responsibility of the reviewers themselves.
January 15th, 2008 at 9:55 am
By the way, I can’t help noticing the Bad Astronomy thong at Cafe Press. I’d be disappointed had there been no thong!!
January 15th, 2008 at 10:00 am
@ Mark…
ewww.
January 15th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
Can you make your RSS list longer? Often an interesting discussion drops off the list after a day or two due to prolific blogging our your part…
January 15th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Kevin said: “ewww
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Can you imagine the script a couple could follow while incorporating the thong into their intimate proceedings?: “I’ve been a very, very ba-a-a-a-ad astronomer!”
January 15th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Is there some reason why going to many BA pages now causes a dialog box to pop up asking you to run an ActiveX control? It gets kind of annoying after a while.
January 15th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
Any problem with shilling requests for Minties? http://podblack.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/bad-without-minties/
January 15th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
I’ve seen you on facebook before but never added you because I thought it was your personal networking thing or something. Oh well, if you say it’s ok on your blog, I’ll add you on facebook for sure.
January 16th, 2008 at 6:48 am
Thanks for the update Phil. Any thoughts of updating the blog’s theme to something a little more modern, like K2? Also, it doesn’t look like you are running the ‘Bad Behavior’ plug-in. VERY recommended!
January 16th, 2008 at 7:33 am
Did you really mean “…Stumbleupon and/exclusive or slashdot…”?
http://www.geocities.com/thorin.geo/and_or_invalid.html
January 17th, 2008 at 11:46 pm
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