Category: Blogs and Blogging

If you’re no longer receiving emails from Bookworm Room when there’s a new post up, I have a solution for you. A few days ago, I had between 2,500 and 3,000 subscribers to my blog — that is, if you signed up, every time I published a post, it would

My apologies for the long silence. Things have been busy and I’ve been working 16 hour days. Not complaining; just explaining why blogging hasn’t happened. Now that the Sturm und Drang of the past days, weeks, and months is over, and we’re heading into the peculiar wonders of a Biden

I was worried about the downside of going public with my name on the internet, but I discovered that there are upsides too. Back in 1981 and 1982, I spent a college year studying in England. It was a truly wonderful time, both socially and academically. One of my closest

On Sunday, I had a glorious time cleaning out my garage. It’s now well-organized, swept, shop-vacuumed, cleared of spiders and their webs, and is generally a pleasant space. However, somewhere along the line during that cleaning, I managed to scratch my cornea. I spent most of today knitting (which I

I seem to have come under a denial of service attack. I’ve loaded CloudFlare — which you already know if you’re reading this post — and am just hoping that this whole thing resolves itself. Having said that, I’ve had a steep learning curve about servers, denials of service, and

Right now, it’s happy dance time. Substantive posts will follow soon!!

Whew! My internet was down Saturday morning and I finally got it back late — very late — Sunday night. It turned out that there were a lot of problems. First, the modem that Spectrum gave me five weeks ago was defective. Second, and much more critically, it turned out

Something is wrong with my internet connection, so blogging will not be happening this weekend. With luck, the internet will spontaneously repair itself very soon. I haven’t had luck so far when it comes to this failed connection, so all that I can do is wait for the Spectrum repair

I got some feedback that made me think I’m on the right track with changes to my blog, but it’s still a work in progress. This theme has more features that I like when compared to the previous one and is more flexible in its setup. Expect continued tweaks in

It’s still the Bookworm Room, but I’ve remodeled a bit to make the posts easier to read. It was time for a change here at the Bookworm Room to make posts easier on the eyes. It’s still the same old content, but just reformatted a bit. (Well, not really a

Working on a post now. I promise to put something up before 10:00 p.m. EST.

I’ve spent the past month with family and clients, none of whom I could turn down when they asked for my help and time, but I will blog tomorrow. I promise! I owe everyone who comes here an apology for my minimalist posting of late. The fact is that family

I’ll be on the move for the next week, so I cannot promise regular blogging. But…. As you’ve noticed by now, Wolf Howling has instituted a wonderful new daily feature talking about historic happenings on a given day. Because Wolf Howling is one of the most historically literate people I’ve

A few months ago, I decided to give ProtonMail a try. I did this for two reasons: (1) it’s encrypted from end to end and (2) I hate being dependent on Google, which is an intellectually corrupt corporation. The problem is that ProtonMail may well have the worst email interface