Don't Back Down

Just yesterday, Bloglines announced that they are accepting pings directly, so if you have a blog, you can notify them when you update.

If you use Movable Type, go into your weblog settings, and under New Entry Defaults, include this string:

      http://www.bloglines.com/ping

That's it. When you update your blog, you'll send Bloglines a ping!

Update: I added the Bloglines ping to my configuration for this entry, and it went well. I'm a bit of a snob when it comes to pinging, because I don't like to wait for a response, an I was happily surprised that they responded well, not slowing down the process much at all. What's even better is my entry showed up in my feeds about ten seconds later. Sweet!

(To be fair, it's never taken long for my entries to show up on Bloglines - but this means that they will be there even sooner.)

We visited on a Saturday afternoon on the suggestion of a neighbor, to try out the hot dog special and a sundae, and to be somewhat nice, let's just say we left very disappointed. If you have kids like we do that like their dogs pretty plain (with just ketchup or mustard), then the dollar dog will be perfect.

But the fries are rather plain and somewhat overpriced. The sweet potato fries aren't much better. If you're an adult, the hot dogs aren't worth it. The foot-long dogs aren't bad, but when you consider the rest of it, it just isn't worth the effort.

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