Five Years Ago This Week - 3/1/2003
Every Saturday I’ll be reaching deep into the archives. Here is what I was writing about this coming week, five long years ago:
Using Unique Category Templates in Movable Type - I only switched to Wordpress recently - five years ago I was using Movable Type and over the years I would publish a number of popular articles on optimizing its use, as well as develop some plugins. I haven’t gotten into that yet with Wordpress but I could see doing so. This article describes something that is pretty easy nowadays - using different templates based on category.
Recipe - Coq au Vin - This recipe for Coq au Vin (Chicken with wine) used to be on the front page of Google and gave me a lot of hits. Now that is on the second page, it doesn’t drive as much traffic. But it’s still a great recipe.
Improved RSS 1.0 Template - Here is yet another thing I just don’t worry about much these days- RSS templates. Feedburner rocks. Interesting to note that at this time 5 years ago there was no mention of Bloglines, which I would go on to use for some time, and Google Reader, which is my reader of choice today.
Author Weblogs - I really like this post on the value an author could find in maintaining a blog to extend a readership base and accelerate sales. At the time I was reading William Gibson’s blog - now it’s Scott Adams.
Recipe - Dirty Eggs - This recipe is not for the faint of heart - a simple recipe for fat-laden scrambled eggs based off an old camping recipe.
Upsize Minnesota - Wrote about a new business magazine called Upsize Minnesota whose mission is to help small-business owners build bigger and more profitable companies. It’s a good little magazine and I still read it monthly.
