• February 26 2010

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    I’m “buzzing” around

    I wanted to apologize for the lack of activity around here lately, although I should point out that my lengthy comparative analysis of various free, public authoritative and recursive DNS resolving services has been updated to include yet another new competitor to the mix, DNS Resolvers by Toronto, ON-based easyDNS Technologies. I would encourage everyone to read it - or re-read it, as the case may be.

    Nonetheless, I should point out that I’ve been “buzzing” around elsewhere lately, sharing items my Google profile through Google Buzz, their newly launched social-networking micro-blogging application that’s better than Blogger, and the best-kept secret of Google Reader - Google Reader Shared Items. With the help of a browser bookmarklet, it creates a sort of “link blog” of Web clips and snippets along with notes the author chooses to pen. I don’t use a feed reader but this part of Google Reader is magnificent. So, be sure and see what all the “buzz” is about as that is where I am these days!

    I’ll still post here infrequently when I decide to write longer-form, essay style blog entries.

    Feb 26, 2010 @ 10:57 pm

    post tags: blogging doug mehus

  • December 21 2009

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    Odds & Sods is now on Tumblr

    I am somewhat of a blogging pioneer, having personally blogged on a variety of topics ranging from the personal to current events, business and technology news off and on on a variety of platforms since 2000. That last one never really got off the ground although I admire Posterous for its dead simple user interface, custom domains and nice, plain templates. Tumblr just seems to be taking off a little more quickly than Posterous and has much of the same features, including a slick interface and custom domains. So, I’ve decided to go with Tumblr.

    My only hope is that I’ll actually have time to start blogging again and make the former Doug’s Blog great once again. I’m hoping to write mainly about business, media, political and technology stories interspersed with a few personal ones as well as some interesting URLs I’ve found on the Web.

    So, I hope you’ll “follow” me on this new Web journey. “Tumble” along with me, won’t you!? It should be fun.

    Dec 21, 2009 @ 7:34 pm

    post tags: Odds & Sods administrivia Tumblr Posterous blogging