Average Jane Apologizes for Boring You

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Clearly I’ve squandered some reader goodwill since I attracted so much attention last week with my food discussions. I’ll try my best to hit upon something equally interesting again someday. Then again, maybe you’re just as busy this week as I am and I’m being way too "Put ME out, I’M on fire." I just can’t know, can I?

Even though yesterday’s Ask Average Jane proposal fell flat, I’ll still answer Stacie’s question about my archiving and calendar. I wish I could take credit for mad programming skillz, but my calendar is merely an option offered by my blog host, Typepad.

I have one blog on Blogger and several on Typepad and I have to say that Typepad is by far the superior system. The Basic level of service is only $4.95 a month. For Average Jane I use the $14.95 a month Pro service with more bells and whistles than I probably need, and there’s also a Plus level in between at $8.95 a month. The comparison chart is here.

If you ever decide to switch blog platforms, I definitely recommend Typepad. Occasionally they’ll have some access and speed issues, but they’re growing pretty rapidly and I imagine that’ll settle down eventually.

That’s all for this week. Feel free to still ask a question. In many ways, writing a blog entry is like cooking dinner: the hard part isn’t the production, it’s deciding what you’re going to produce in the first place.

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6 responses to “Average Jane Apologizes for Boring You”

January 22, 2005

Yvonne DiVita

You never bore me, Jane. Always great stuff. The stuff of life…nothing boring about that.

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January 24, 2005

Stacie

The fickle nature of the public. I have some friends/relatives that read my blog and email me their comments instead of posting them for the good of the community.
Eh, what’s a girl to do?
Stacie

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January 24, 2005

Rozanne

Thanks for the info about Typepad. I’m currently very miffed at Blogger’s commmenting system, which is getting more and more crippled. And they aren’t acknowledging that there’s a problem. The one good thing about their system, though, is that I have never gotten one single piece of spam. I’m wondering if you have a spam problem with Typepad?

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January 24, 2005

Jane

Typepad is very good about blocking comment spam. I think I’ve only received one or two comments that seemed random and spam-like.

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January 25, 2005

Rozanne

Thanks, Jane. I’m still fact gathering and dithering about what to do.

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January 25, 2005

Daisy

Bear in mind that the gift subscription is still valid (https://www.typepad.com/t/app/gifts) so if you know anyone whose subscription is up for renewal, that person and another subscriber (new or existing) can split the cost of the annual subscription.
I did it with (existing subscriber) sbpoet and was mighty glad to pay half the fee!

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