{"id":1646,"date":"2017-02-09T01:15:36","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T01:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/?p=1646"},"modified":"2017-02-15T11:12:55","modified_gmt":"2017-02-15T11:12:55","slug":"reviving-the-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2017\/02\/09\/reviving-the-blog","title":{"rendered":"Reviving the Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apart from not being able to find a reason to post outside of Facebook, <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_1646_1('footnote_plugin_reference_1646_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_1646_1('footnote_plugin_reference_1646_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_1646_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">1 <\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1646_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">I normally reserve the really lengthy posts for the blog, but short FB posts seem to get more interaction, so I ended up spending more time there<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_1646_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1646_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> the plugins that were integral to the blog functionality were sorely outdated and no longer maintained\/updated &#8211; which opened the blog up to code injection and SPAM.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of cleaning up the code, I decided to just take it down and start from scratch with new (hopefully more secure) plugins, and a less complex layout. <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_1646_1('footnote_plugin_reference_1646_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_1646_1('footnote_plugin_reference_1646_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_1646_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">2 <\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1646_1_2\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Another reason why I couldn&#8217;t just &#8220;update&#8221; the original code to match the newer requirements<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_1646_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1646_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><!--more--><!-- \/\/ --><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m still on the fence on <em>what<\/em> content I should focus on, though. Moving forward, I guess I might be sticking to product reviews and media posts, but I&#8217;m not sure if I should do the usual thorough &#8220;perspective&#8221; posts &#8211; especially since as the years have gone by, people have increasingly become &#8220;precious snowflakes&#8221; &#8211; that you can&#8217;t even get into a proper discussion without offending anyone. It&#8217;s pretty sad, since it&#8217;s those types of conversations I find very interesting and worth talking about &#8211; so I really don&#8217;t know how that&#8217;ll go.<\/p>\n<p>I still have all my old posts, including the mundane, outdated, and even immature (I started this blog in 2004, after all) &#8211; but it&#8217;s oddly interesting seeing the way you had thought in the past. 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