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Some Brilliant New Blogs

Wednesday 10 October 2018 / Antony Simpson / Leave a Comment

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It’s hard to find good blogs. But today using Twitter, I’ve found some brilliant new blogs:

mancunian-charm-blog-image — Mancunian Charm

mental-health-and-dyslexia-blog-image — Mental Health and Dyslexia

the-tsundoku-chronicles-blog-image — The Tsundoku Chronicles

the-southerner-blogs-blog-image — The Southerner Blogs

cup-of-tea-a-messy-bed-blog-image — A cup of tea, a messy bed

Hope you enjoy these blogs. Take care,

Antony

Minor Tweaks

Monday 21 April 2014 / Antony Simpson / Leave a Comment

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe internet giants like Amazon, ebay & Google only make small tweaks to their sites, rather than design overhauls. The reason for this, is that it gives visitors a sense of familiarity. Over the years my blog has had many designs (see Geeky Post: Website Development). I love the current site design of my blog, but like any design their are flaws and things that could be improved.

So here’s a list of minor tweaks I’ve recently made to the design and functioning of the blog:

WordPress Menu functionality added.
Booklist pages now have book image covers, along with a link to Buy The Book on Amazon. Pages include: Book List 2014 & Book Lists.
Older Book Review blog posts now all have had image book covers.
Rearranged layout of comment form, including: changing title to ‘Your Comment’ and adding ‘Name:,’ ‘Email:’ & ‘Website:’ labels before respective textfields rather than after.
Removed spam-stopper Plugin, which required an extra question on the comment form to confirm that you’re human. This was removed as already have Conditional CAPTCHA for WordPress which is sufficiently effective. This overall makes commenting/interacting on my blog easier.
On comments, Authors websites (appear as link on their name) open in new window/tab.
On sidebar, added an Amazon banner that isn’t java based. This increases compatibility with Apple devices, such as the iPad and the iPhone.
On sidebar, shorted About Me section to less than 50 words (46 words to be precise).
On sidebar, added Book Chic Club and Urbangay under Blogs of Interest.
On sidebar, removed several blogs that haven’t been updated in sometime under Blogs of Interest.

I’ve got more small tweaks planned over the coming months, along with the usual reviews and other great content.

Write soon,

Antony

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More New Blogs

Sunday 25 September 2011 / Antony Simpson / Leave a Comment

Reading Time: < 1 minuteEvery now and again I search the web for some new blogs. Here’s the latest additions to the Blogs of Interest section on the side bar:

Cynicism and the City – A blog of a gay man that I found to be really interesting. He is also a really engaging writer. He writes about things in his life. He describes himself as: Twenty one, no wiser. Hopeless romantic or heartless cynic? You decide.
Stephen’s Blog – Writing about all sorts of topics that takes his interest including: men, music, sports, political issues, etc.
Adam M is 30 – I love that Adam does a “What I Learned This Week” post as well as anything else he sees as worth a post.
branches up, roots down – A pagan blog. Each and every post causes you to think and is well written. It is a truly insightful blog that I look forward to enjoying.
The Modern Hermit – A gay man’s blog were he writes about computer games and his love life. Another well written blog.
Top to Bottom – A blog that explores homosexuality.
+ Twenty One – A blog by a guy called Wayne who blogs about his friends and other items of interest. Thought it was worth keeping an eye on.

Enjoy the new reads, Blog soon,

Antony

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Blogs of Interest: An Update

Saturday 20 August 2011 / Antony Simpson / Leave a Comment

Reading Time: 2 minutesEvery now and then I go in search of new blogs to read. So I’ve scoured the web and added some new blogs to the Blogs of Interest section on the sidebar. The new blogs are:

Dead Robot – A blog of a gay man, look good so thought I’d add it.

Follow My Bliss – A blog of an American comedian who quit her desk job to follow her bliss. Loved the idea of following her bliss or what makes her happy. And since she is doing what makes her happy and my main mission in life is to be happy, she was a must have addition to my Blogs of Interest.

Occult View – A pagan blog – A pagan blog that looks really interesting. Love the background half day and half night. Thought it was worth keeping an eye on.

Eavesdropping in the Boys Club – A blog written by a man, for women to know what men think about dating and relationships. As a “reformed womanizer, a liar and a cheat” he has some really interesting blog posts.

Curly Hair and False Eyelashes – A blog of a 27 year old woman with secondary breast cancer. Blog posts often inspiring, sometimes funny and always worth a read.

Now blogs that have been removed from my Blogs of Interest section of the sidebar and the reasons why:

Mike Lawson’s Blog – He very rarely blogs these days and when he does it seems to be nothing but a negative rant. Whereas at first, I thought it was cleverly, witty and well argued now it just seems like a bitter-queen-rant. No offence to the author just my opinion

Thoughly Good Blog – The blogger loves the Proms and I have no issue with that, it’s just I don’t. And these days it’s all he seems to blog about, apart from his thoughts of occasional bits of news. He’s grown his blog and changed it to attract a certain audience and I feel like I’ve been left behind. Again, no offence intended to the author.

And I Am Sombody – Removed as my Norton comes up saying it’s got webrooter attacks on the site and that it’s blocked them. For safety I’ve not included the link here. Plus he never updates. It’s ashame as I used to enjoy reading his blog and it never used to have webrooter attacks on it.

All the others that I haven’t mentioned have remained on from my last update and are ones that are constant. Ones that I continue to enjoy to read. So go and check some of them out.

Happy Reading,

Antony

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