Putzing – The Haps With Herb

Jubarb, Inodes, And Always Biting Off More Than I Can Chew

April 16, 2024 Herb 16

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 23446 – 1204 Here’s the haps: Being self-hosted is not without its perils. I have been getting notices that my site has been down for extended periods, some people having more problems commenting, and my storage fluctuates when I run Continue Reading[...]

WordPress.com or WordPress.org on NaBloPoMo #14

November 15, 2023 Herb 8

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 23293 – 1178 Here’s The Haps: The other day Michael, from Michael Stephen Wills Photography, left the comment, “What does ‘self-hosted’ mean? You bought a copy of the WordPress software for $xxx.xx and have it installed on a web server Continue Reading[...]

“There Has Been A Critical Error On This Website” – NaBloPoMo #8

November 9, 2023 Herb 27

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 23287 – 1172 Here’s the haps: The other day I was extolling the virtues of being self-hosted and I still think it’s best for me, but sometimes you hit something that is a mind-bogglingly annoying challenge. Earlier today (I’m writing Continue Reading[...]

About Your Comments…This Website Is A Gateway…

July 24, 2023 Herb 24

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 23179 – 1144 Here’s the haps: My very dear fans, friends, fiends, foes, foundlings, frolickers, and other respected purveyors of this blog, I have discovered a few posts where you had been so kind to take the time to write Continue Reading[...]

Windows 11 Has Annoyed Me Just Now

January 9, 2022 Herb 46

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22618 – 932 Here’s the haps: I’m enjoying the opportunity to use Mrs. Herb’s new computer but I’m not particularly enthralled with Windows 11. One thing I tried to do just now was to switch my default browser to Chrome. Continue Reading[...]

Blogging Is As Easy As Falling Off A Ladder

December 9, 2021 Herb 25

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22587 – 900 Here’s the haps: First, F.Y.I. there are a couple of updates about my daughter-in-law’s status from my son over at Brother’s Campfire. There is still a long row to hoe but the last couple of posts were Continue Reading[...]

Herb’s History With Computers – Putzing Can Be Fun

September 25, 2021 Herb 41

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22513 – 858 Here’s the haps: As I was working on the recovery of my wife’s data I learned quite a bit, by which I mean I learned just enough to be dangerous. There is always something new to learn Continue Reading[...]

Where Ya At, Herb?

August 30, 2021 Herb 49

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22487 – 857: Here’s the haps: Hi Folks, Sorry for the delay in posts. I have been on the computer but it’s been actual work. My wife has an external hard drive with almost 3tb (terabytes, not tablespoons) of data Continue Reading[...]

Blogging A – Z Challenge 2021: V Is For The Villanelle Of The Villainous Villain L

April 26, 2021 Herb 22

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22361 – 825: Here’s the haps: My dear fans, friends, fiends, foes, foundlings, frolicking freaks, and other nice assorted people, I went looking back to find the post where I tried my hand at writing a poem in the villanelle Continue Reading[...]

Dear Radio Station Producer Playing Round-The-Clock Christmas Music

December 7, 2020 Herb 17

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22221 – 767: Here’s the haps: Many of you know that I have loved radio all my life. In fact, if life had taken a couple of different turns I would possibly have had a career in it, but Continue Reading[...]

A Gate Of A Fence or Offense

September 21, 2020 Herb 12

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22143 – 715: A couple days ago I posted the meme about a fence and right after that, we had a real incident about a fence. Our neighborhood is at the top of a hill and ours was one Continue Reading[...]

Curmudgeonly Monday – WordPress Reader Comments

August 3, 2020 Herb 24

Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22095-665: Quite some time ago it was brought to my attention that people said they liked my blog but were having difficulty commenting using the WordPress Reader. I loosened up a bunch of settings and thought I had fixed Continue Reading[...]