<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post9180912420589395000..comments</id><updated>2011-07-13T16:13:18.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Silliman&#39;s Blog: </title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9180912420589395000/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/story-as-best-i-understand-it-is-this.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>12</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4468969882902971670</id><published>2010-03-08T16:30:34.544-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-08T16:30:34.544-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Oi what a pain. The best thing about Wordpress tho...</title><summary type='text'>Oi what a pain. The best thing about Wordpress though, is that you can install it on your own server and be the boss of your own site, with no intermediary. It&amp;#39;s the best thing for media-rich blogging.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9180912420589395000/comments/default/4468969882902971670'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9180912420589395000/comments/default/4468969882902971670'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/story-as-best-i-understand-it-is-this.html?showComment=1268083834544#c4468969882902971670' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/story-as-best-i-understand-it-is-this.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9180912420589395000' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9180912420589395000' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-328297626"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 08, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-712338449309641868</id><published>2010-03-05T20:09:04.098-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-05T20:09:04.098-05:00</updated><title type='text'>It is likely that this year Google will start inco...</title><summary type='text'>It is likely that this year Google will &lt;a href=&quot;http://searchengineland.com/site-speed-googles-next-ranking-factor-29793&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;start incorporating latency into its ranking algorithm&lt;/a&gt;. So blogger is probably doing maintenance to prevent pages from dropping their search engine rankings.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9180912420589395000/comments/default/712338449309641868'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9180912420589395000/comments/default/712338449309641868'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/story-as-best-i-understand-it-is-this.html?showComment=1267837744098#c712338449309641868' title=''/><author><name>Patrick Dillon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04175884937968045605</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/story-as-best-i-understand-it-is-this.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9180912420589395000' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9180912420589395000' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1634681312"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 05, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8756644976531743308</id><published>2010-03-05T18:37:41.531-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-05T18:37:41.531-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I&amp;#39;m sorry to write with bad news, but the newl...</title><summary type='text'>I&amp;#39;m sorry to write with bad news, but the newly segmented archives ain&amp;#39;t working right.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First, there&amp;#39;s the general &amp;quot;confusion&amp;quot; caused by the doubling up of dates -- the end date of one set is the same as the start date of the next.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The more serious problem is that a number of the newly segmented sets don&amp;#39;t contain everything that is I&amp;#39;m sure you</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9180912420589395000/comments/default/8756644976531743308'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9180912420589395000/comments/default/8756644976531743308'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/story-as-best-i-understand-it-is-this.html?showComment=1267832261531#c8756644976531743308' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13733977161680651117</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/story-as-best-i-understand-it-is-this.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9180912420589395000' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9180912420589395000' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 05, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2518446390366381329</id><published>2010-03-05T15:26:13.725-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-05T15:26:13.725-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron, thanks for this - it most certainly is very u...</title><summary type='text'>Ron, thanks for this - it most certainly is very useful information. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wonder if the offline archives couldn&amp;#39;t be converted to pdf&amp;#39;s, than uploaded and stored off-site, with  links from your main page.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of course, not being a techie, there probably is a very good reason it wouldn&amp;#39;t work that I can&amp;#39;t think of.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You are right about WordPress: it is </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9180912420589395000/comments/default/2518446390366381329'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9180912420589395000/comments/default/2518446390366381329'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/story-as-best-i-understand-it-is-this.html?showComment=1267820773725#c2518446390366381329' title=''/><author><name>Issa&#39;s Untidy Hut</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='19' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_B8FZWhBd6x0/SndTYgHH3aI/AAAAAAAAA8E/w5H60DhdL0U/S220/lilliput.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/story-as-best-i-understand-it-is-this.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9180912420589395000' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9180912420589395000' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-926068283"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 05, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4928938210830051027</id><published>2010-03-05T12:11:48.683-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-05T12:11:48.683-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I&amp;#39;ll offer a (maybe predictable) corporate pro...</title><summary type='text'>I&amp;#39;ll offer a (maybe predictable) corporate profitization speculation (but why not, Google has teams of people dedicated to &amp;quot;monetizing&amp;quot; certain of its functions (think YouTube).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why wouldn&amp;#39;t Google -- particularly given the for-profit approach of some blogs (talking non poetry blogs here, obviously) -- start making these &amp;quot;improvements&amp;quot; that limit users (</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9180912420589395000/comments/default/4928938210830051027'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9180912420589395000/comments/default/4928938210830051027'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/story-as-best-i-understand-it-is-this.html?showComment=1267809108683#c4928938210830051027' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13733977161680651117</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/story-as-best-i-understand-it-is-this.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9180912420589395000' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9180912420589395000' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 05, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8394788538652079762</id><published>2010-03-05T11:30:33.765-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-05T11:30:33.765-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The internet web blog form has a peculiar ephemera...</title><summary type='text'>The internet web blog form has a peculiar ephemeral quality--one&amp;#39;s sense of the past doesn&amp;#39;t disappear, but it seems to decay slowly like memory.  It&amp;#39;s effaced by the visual presence of the display. Also, we seem to be on a time-line, which began with internet memory.  It&amp;#39;s growing, getting bigger and bigger and bigger.  Where will it end?  --when the next new thing arrives, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9180912420589395000/comments/default/8394788538652079762'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9180912420589395000/comments/default/8394788538652079762'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/story-as-best-i-understand-it-is-this.html?showComment=1267806633765#c8394788538652079762' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/story-as-best-i-understand-it-is-this.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9180912420589395000' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9180912420589395000' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 05, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6963949242996197420</id><published>2010-03-05T10:27:09.048-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-05T10:27:09.048-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Over at the Harriet blog a couple of weeks ago I p...</title><summary type='text'>Over at the Harriet blog a couple of weeks ago I predicted the end of blogging, and now there is no activity at Harriet.  I don’t know what is going on.   It could be that henceforth there will no category on the Internet for the written word, just as there never has been on television.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9180912420589395000/comments/default/6963949242996197420'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9180912420589395000/comments/default/6963949242996197420'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/story-as-best-i-understand-it-is-this.html?showComment=1267802829048#c6963949242996197420' title=''/><author><name>מבול</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10217126520280829330</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/story-as-best-i-understand-it-is-this.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9180912420589395000' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9180912420589395000' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1797418022"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 05, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-270351146362254237</id><published>2010-03-05T10:10:23.188-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-05T10:10:23.188-05:00</updated><title type='text'>This day and age, a few pictures and the occasiona...</title><summary type='text'>This day and age, a few pictures and the occasional video shouldn&amp;#39;t be a cause for latency. Hope you are able to begin that move as soon as possible.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9180912420589395000/comments/default/270351146362254237'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9180912420589395000/comments/default/270351146362254237'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/story-as-best-i-understand-it-is-this.html?showComment=1267801823188#c270351146362254237' title=''/><author><name>Jesse</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14349982082048168288</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/story-as-best-i-understand-it-is-this.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9180912420589395000' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9180912420589395000' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-35286894"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 05, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1276197535240366814</id><published>2010-03-05T09:03:42.310-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-05T09:03:42.310-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I&amp;#39;ve been reading your blog for several years....</title><summary type='text'>I&amp;#39;ve been reading your blog for several years.  Deepest thanks for putting the blog together and doing the incredible amount of work that&amp;#39;s required to maintain it as a vital clearinghouse of info. for the poetry community.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9180912420589395000/comments/default/1276197535240366814'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9180912420589395000/comments/default/1276197535240366814'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/story-as-best-i-understand-it-is-this.html?showComment=1267797822310#c1276197535240366814' title=''/><author><name>Peter</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16772056351223651715</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/story-as-best-i-understand-it-is-this.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9180912420589395000' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9180912420589395000' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1594092389"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 05, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1934870339430922677</id><published>2010-03-05T08:25:26.445-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-05T08:25:26.445-05:00</updated><title type='text'>have you considered switching your blog to paper, ...</title><summary type='text'>have you considered switching your blog to paper, in which a page is a page.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;paper may not be familiar to you, but it is a very stable, well-understood medium, with good controls for the layout of poetry, no limits as to the number of images, no need to constantly update archives...?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9180912420589395000/comments/default/1934870339430922677'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9180912420589395000/comments/default/1934870339430922677'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/story-as-best-i-understand-it-is-this.html?showComment=1267795526445#c1934870339430922677' title=''/><author><name>ZYZZYVA</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10198580705465008538</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z9CYJgFnlhA/SS2cGBu_ivI/AAAAAAAAC6Y/dnNzwqMv5sI/S220/howard.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/story-as-best-i-understand-it-is-this.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9180912420589395000' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9180912420589395000' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-804650042"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 05, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6212241138299755909</id><published>2010-03-05T03:57:08.399-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-05T03:57:08.399-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Whatever you decide to do in the long and short ru...</title><summary type='text'>Whatever you decide to do in the long and short run, I appreciate your efforts.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9180912420589395000/comments/default/6212241138299755909'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9180912420589395000/comments/default/6212241138299755909'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/story-as-best-i-understand-it-is-this.html?showComment=1267779428399#c6212241138299755909' title=''/><author><name>-K-</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03289562368002376807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_L6ibBTt3Z4g/SunAIhiO6bI/AAAAAAAACSw/cqGLWuKpxxM/S220/EastofWestLA_Cover+crop.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/story-as-best-i-understand-it-is-this.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9180912420589395000' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9180912420589395000' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1496539038"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 05, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-314423220052300331</id><published>2010-03-05T00:59:47.256-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-05T00:59:47.256-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Didn&amp;#39;t Abbott and Costello already do this rou...</title><summary type='text'>Didn&amp;#39;t Abbott and Costello already do this routine?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;maybe you can link to the radio broadcast of the original&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;           before &amp;quot;they&amp;quot; changed the &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;....and I don&amp;#39;t give a damn!&amp;quot; to the&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;        &amp;quot;...and I don&amp;#39;t give a darn!&amp;quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9180912420589395000/comments/default/314423220052300331'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' 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