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Aliens Leave Behind the Link Leak Virus

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Chris Says He Wasn’t Abducted

So, it’s as you suspected. Successful Blog was crawling with aliens. At least it was last night when we were talking. And, as usual, the Link Leak virus hit again. The Link Leak Virus is a special strain of the indie virus with blogtipping mutations that occur in threes.

Cool links were shared.

Inside the Alien Conversation

Here are a few things that were said . . . [Read more…]

Link Leak Virus Attack and a New Record Is Set!

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Tueday Comment Night Hits 464 Comments

Yeah, there we were. It was open comment night. Lots of new friends had come to see what the whole thing was about. We were chatting our hearts out about everything we could think of when . . . The deadly link Leak virus hit again. The Link Leak Virus is a special strain of the indie virus with blogtipping mutations that occur in threes.

Cool links were shared.

Then there were the weird things that we talked about. [Read more…]

OZ Is Hit with Link Leak Virus

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Tueday Comment Night in OZ

Open Comments was held in OZ last night. The conversation opened with a musical number and went from black and white to color in a matter of two comments. At some point in the wild forest, the flying monkeys dropped the evil link leak virus on the fair citizens of Successful Blog. Perhaps it was as we traveled through the poppy fields right before the Emerald City. Link Leak Virus is a special strain of the indie virus with blogtipping mutations that occur in threes edged its way in.

Cool links were shared.

Precious Moments

There were scads of precious moments and funny response that read particularly well taken out of context. [Read more…]

Introducing The Zehnkatzen Times

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SOB Hall of Famer: The Zehnkatzen Times

by Samuel J. Klein

The Zehnkatzen Times is the record of the perambulations of Samuel John Klein, a designer and self-styled pundit based in Portland, Oregon. From this podium he finds and comments on interesting things in graphic design, logo design, web design, map design, life and times in Portland, and the occasional ironic or funny random observation and, every now and again, a somewhat-trenchant political observation. Feel free to stop by and celebrate the process.

Notes from Liz: Sam J. Klein is a graphic designer who has a way with words. As soon as you begin reading The Zehnkatzen Times, you start to get the feeling, “Hey, I think I know this guy.” He understands the writer’s magic of bringing a smile and his own viewpoint to a story. His content includes commentary on blooks, blogs and his ongoing projects some of which are

He’s into so many things and writes with such a light touch. I can’t help but wonder whether his last name isn’t really Clemens.

Thanks, Sam, for letting me introduce you to the readers of Successful Blog.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Fireworks Crack Bell in Philadelphia!

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Only as Strong as Weakest Link

The Fourth of July Open Comments Night get together in Philadelphia, left the city with a cracked Liberty Bell and a virulent strain of the infamous link leak virus. Link Leak Virus is a special strain of the indie virus with blogtipping mutations that occur in threes. Many new folks attended because of the patriotic holiday and so the infection has spread through the entire northeast.

Cool links were shared.

I’m not sure why HART didn’t bring any recipes with him this time. Maybe he ate before he came.

Overheard Through the Night

Many of the same faces were there, but so were many new ones. These are a few of the statements that were heard. All of them are, of course, taken totally out of context. If you want to know more, I’ve left the comment number so that you can find the thread.

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taorist Says: Yeah. My real name’s taorist, my last name’s .com

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Starbucker Says: Hi Christine – and Liz, what’s this about thinking in the bathroom?? I must confess when I was very very young I used to read a lot of encyclopedias there….

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Mark Wade Says:
Found something to leave a comment at taorist 🙂 Something about you Liz…

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Ben Yoskovitz says: Ideas coming to people in the bathroom!?!
Bravo! I’m with you there. Happens to me all the time. I’ve nearly fallen off the toilet a few times…(Was that too much info? Just tell me if it was, I won’t be hurt.)

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Joe Says: I’ll be back shortly, I am going to sit on my lawn (since it is newly mowed) and watch some fireworks. Won’t be more that about 75-100 comments.

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Christine Kane Says: as far as comments go… lots of people are scared to leave them. it took me forever to leave a comment for liz. and i read her blog for a long time.

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Cuileann McKenzie Says: My husband who is here with me thought it was hilarious that I was 2 pgs behind the action by the time my comment was ready (so y’all can laugh too).

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Rick Says: I thought that was where your evil side came from, Liz – I assumed some of your time in publishing was spent as an editor.

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ME Strauss Says: Why, Mr. Mark, *she said in her best Scarlett O’Hara* I think you are the kindest man. I’ve been publishing since my son was born in 1985. I was only 6 years old then, of course. He was a miracle baby.

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Fraser Says:anyone still celebrating?

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HART (1-800-HART) Says:
Hi Fraser .. Nice to meet another Canadian .. and, if we don’t already know each other .. Our parents grew up in different neighborhoods together! I’m sure of it.

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Douglas Says: Nah, I’m here Liz. Yes, it is addictive. I think I’ll be leaving in a few, though. It’s getting fairly late here.

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Chris Cree Says:Liz, you ought to know that Fat Boy (the Cat Whisperer figured out it was him) got his aim back. Even without thumbs. So all is well.

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Cat Says: Chocolate! I forgot I have a huge bar in the fridge.

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Tammy Says: Well, I can’t stay long ~. . . I have learned something though ~ I think I could just go through and meet all of you on your blogs which is what I’m working on so when you see Tammy ~ it’s probably me from Liz’s corner!

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andy fossett Says:
damn, it’s already the fith here… i somehow managed to totally miss independence day – i live i japan, but i’m still an american. i must be crasy busy not to have at least planned a bbq. oh well. next year, i’ll be back stateside, so i won’t miss it. double damn, it’s too rainy to shoot of fireworks… what a waste.

And here’s to a couple of friends who went to Greece to find us. My bad — I gave them a confusing link.


timethief and ScotHerrick, you two are the best sports. Thanks for understanding.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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How to Code Links

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One of the first things I encountered as a new blogger that seemed to perplex me was writing the code to build my own links. Once you know how, it seems easy.

I remember too well a major directory I wanted to be in that required you take a button and link it back to their blog. They didn’t provide the code only .jpgs of buttons. I wrote support for help and a guy with geeky attitude basically said, Figure it out for yourself.

Even if you already know how to code links, having this post that lays it out plainly is a handy thing because you’re bound to have a new blogger friend ask you for help on this in the next few weeks.

To keep a blog healthy and sleek, build links the old-fashioned way. It’s really not hard once someone shows you how.Turn the page for explicit examples. [Read more…]