by Ryan M. Healy on January 27, 2012
The headlines and copy used in big brand ads are often so ridiculous they’re hardly worth commenting on.
But I found this post by Nancy Friedman both funny and interesting. She writes:
“X just got better” [is] a formula frequently employed by headline writers short on time and imagination.
She then lists 18 specific examples where this headline formula was used, each one as dull as the last.
Actually, that’s not entirely true. Among her examples there is one exception that stands out like Christmas lights in July:
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by Ryan M. Healy on January 26, 2012
In my early twenties, I wrote a number of “philosophical fragments.” These thought-fragments were inspired by Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations and Søren Kierkegaard’s Philosphical Fragments.
Fragment #92 I wrote says this:
Creativity thrives under limits, be they natural or imposed.
Since then, I’ve seen this principle at work time and time again.
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by Ryan M. Healy on January 26, 2012
If you’ve installed CommentLuv on your blog and are seeing an Internal Server Error when leaving a comment, here’s the problem.
First of all, your site is probably hosted with Hostmonster or BlueHost. These two hosting companies have the same owner. Both hosting companies use CPU throttling if a script or chron job is taking too long to process.
Unfortunately, I did not know this until now. This site is hosted on Hostmonster. When I checked my Control Panel, I discovered my host is throttling my site more than normal, probably because of high traffic volumes.
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by Ryan M. Healy on January 25, 2012
I bought and installed the CommentLuv Premium plugin over the weekend.
Now, every time you leave a comment, CommentLuv will automatically pull in your latest blog post and create a link to it.
Because I have the Premium plugin, there are some additional things you should know:
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by Ryan M. Healy on January 24, 2012
Old media is still a powerful tool that influences millions of people every single day.
Yet the media is far from objective in its coverage of political issues. Reporting is dead; but putting spin on information is alive and well (even if you’re in the “No-Spin Zone”).
With that in mind, let’s talk about this issue of “electability.” Why is it being repeated so much by the talking heads on TV?
The reason is simple:
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CommentLuv Internal Server Error
by Ryan M. Healy on January 26, 2012
If you’ve installed CommentLuv on your blog and are seeing an Internal Server Error when leaving a comment, here’s the problem.
First of all, your site is probably hosted with Hostmonster or BlueHost. These two hosting companies have the same owner. Both hosting companies use CPU throttling if a script or chron job is taking too long to process.
Unfortunately, I did not know this until now. This site is hosted on Hostmonster. When I checked my Control Panel, I discovered my host is throttling my site more than normal, probably because of high traffic volumes.
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