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Posted in reply to Vladimir Panteleev | On Tuesday, 28 April 2015 at 01:08:51 UTC, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
> Must blogs have a name?
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> Inevitably, people will still refer to it as "Andrei's blog" rather than "Greasemonkey Philosopher" etc.
This!
Matheus.
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April 28, 2015 Re: Interrogative: What's a good blog title? | ||||
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Posted in reply to Andrei Alexandrescu | On Monday, 27 April 2015 at 22:54:07 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> I don't have a blog, and was thinking of starting one. E.g. the article on tracing allocations needs a home!
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> I was wondering if you have any good ideas of what's a good blog name. I'd avoid branding my blog with my longish name, so I was thinking of something simple and easy to use in conversation (e.g. my current draft title at http://blog.erdani.com, the metareferential "You Are Reading This Blog's Title" is perhaps intriguing but difficult to talk about). Any thoughts?
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> My only candidate right now is "Greasemonkey Philosopher". I'm shooting for a title that reflects the contrast between my low-level and high-level aspirations. Sadly enough, "greasemonkey" is a popular browser extension package, so it comes up in searches etc.
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> Generally I'm looking for a phrase that's catchy but doesn't remind one of something else. Something contradictory, funny, etc.
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> Please let me know of any thoughts you might have!
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> Thanks,
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> Andrei
The Meta wrangler
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Posted in reply to Andrei Alexandrescu | On Monday, 27 April 2015 at 22:54:07 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> I don't have a blog, and was thinking of starting one. E.g. the article on tracing allocations needs a home!
>
> I was wondering if you have any good ideas of what's a good blog name. I'd avoid branding my blog with my longish name, so I was thinking of something simple and easy to use in conversation (e.g. my current draft title at http://blog.erdani.com, the metareferential "You Are Reading This Blog's Title" is perhaps intriguing but difficult to talk about). Any thoughts?
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> My only candidate right now is "Greasemonkey Philosopher". I'm shooting for a title that reflects the contrast between my low-level and high-level aspirations. Sadly enough, "greasemonkey" is a popular browser extension package, so it comes up in searches etc.
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> Generally I'm looking for a phrase that's catchy but doesn't remind one of something else. Something contradictory, funny, etc.
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> Please let me know of any thoughts you might have!
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> Thanks,
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> Andrei
If it's about D and language development then how about "Deconstructed".
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April 28, 2015 Re: Interrogative: What's a good blog title? | ||||
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Posted in reply to Andrei Alexandrescu | On 28 April 2015 at 00:54, Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote:
> I don't have a blog, and was thinking of starting one. E.g. the article on tracing allocations needs a home!
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> I was wondering if you have any good ideas of what's a good blog name.
Map/Partition/Reverse
Just a random triplet of std.algorithm functions written (I assume) by Yourself.
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Posted in reply to Iain Buclaw | On Tuesday, 28 April 2015 at 10:38:20 UTC, Iain Buclaw wrote:
> On 28 April 2015 at 00:54, Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d
> <digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote:
>> I don't have a blog, and was thinking of starting one. E.g. the article on
>> tracing allocations needs a home!
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>> I was wondering if you have any good ideas of what's a good blog name.
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> Map/Partition/Reverse
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> Just a random triplet of std.algorithm functions written (I assume) by Yourself.
- byLine
- Dr. Escu (Ouch!)
Ok, seriously:
- skydiver (you have the letter D in it!)
- diving bird (any, like Pelicans, Loons etc.)
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Posted in reply to Andrei Alexandrescu | On Monday, 27 April 2015 at 22:54:07 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> I don't have a blog, and was thinking of starting one. E.g. the article on tracing allocations needs a home!
>
> I was wondering if you have any good ideas of what's a good blog name. I'd avoid branding my blog with my longish name, so I was thinking of something simple and easy to use in conversation (e.g. my current draft title at http://blog.erdani.com, the metareferential "You Are Reading This Blog's Title" is perhaps intriguing but difficult to talk about). Any thoughts?
>
> My only candidate right now is "Greasemonkey Philosopher". I'm shooting for a title that reflects the contrast between my low-level and high-level aspirations. Sadly enough, "greasemonkey" is a popular browser extension package, so it comes up in searches etc.
>
> Generally I'm looking for a phrase that's catchy but doesn't remind one of something else. Something contradictory, funny, etc.
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> Please let me know of any thoughts you might have!
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>
> Thanks,
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> Andrei
How about something unconventional:
My Blog by Me
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Posted in reply to Andrei Alexandrescu | On Monday, 27 April 2015 at 22:54:07 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> I don't have a blog, and was thinking of starting one. E.g. the article on tracing allocations needs a home!
>
> I was wondering if you have any good ideas of what's a good blog name. I'd avoid branding my blog with my longish name, so I was thinking of something simple and easy to use in conversation (e.g. my current draft title at http://blog.erdani.com, the metareferential "You Are Reading This Blog's Title" is perhaps intriguing but difficult to talk about). Any thoughts?
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> My only candidate right now is "Greasemonkey Philosopher". I'm shooting for a title that reflects the contrast between my low-level and high-level aspirations. Sadly enough, "greasemonkey" is a popular browser extension package, so it comes up in searches etc.
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> Generally I'm looking for a phrase that's catchy but doesn't remind one of something else. Something contradictory, funny, etc.
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> Please let me know of any thoughts you might have!
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> Thanks,
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> Andrei
What about "All the Porn of the Internet".
Guaranteed to get 10_000_000 hits an hour...
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Posted in reply to Andrei Alexandrescu | > Please let me know of any thoughts you might have!
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> Thanks,
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> Andrei
Andrei to the Drescu
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Posted in reply to ixid | On Tuesday, 28 April 2015 at 15:33:52 UTC, ixid wrote:
>> Please let me know of any thoughts you might have!
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>> Thanks,
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>> Andrei
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> Andrei to the Drescu
D to the rescue
"The road to programming heaven."
W & A with a backpack, some desert landscape.
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Posted in reply to Abdulhaq | On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 2:58 AM, Abdulhaq via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote:
> If it's about D and language development then how about "Deconstructed".
Or "The D Constructor"
-Parke
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