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From lifehack.org

Interested in a few basic blog improvements? Chris Brogan’s article should give you some ideas.

From Six Improvements to Your Blog on lifehack.org:

I’ve done a lot of blog surfing lately, in search of new (best) blogs. What I found often, however, was that there are things people could do to improve the relationship and interaction value of their blogs, which would in turn build a better bridge between blogs and their readers.

Chris’s six tips are extremely basic, with advice that includes formatting posts to make them more legible and making it easy for readers to contact you. I don’t agree with everything said — for example, the contact advice doesn’t work for me and I don’t see anything wrong with captchas if they prevent comment spam — but it’s a good look at some things you may be able to do to improve your blog overall.

Does anyone have any other tips they might want to share with readers? Use the Comments link here.

Another technical note from Apple Support.

Over the past 18 years I’ve been using a Mac — is it that long already? — I’ve had more than one experience when my Mac just wouldn’t start. On two occasions, it was due to a hard disk gone bad — every computer user’s nightmare (are you backing up your important stuff?). On other occasions, it was screwed up but repairable directory files and permissions.

Your Mac comes with tools to help you resolve startup issues. And, in most cases, they really do work. But an important part of keeping your computer running reliably is maintenance — that means running diagnostic/repairs software on it regularly.

From Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck on Apple Support:

If your computer won’t start up normally, you may need to use a disk repair utility to fix the issue. Mac OS X includes two utilities for this—Disk Utility and fsck. You can also use these even when your computer starts just fine but you want to check the disk for possible file system issues.

The article includes step-by-step instructions for using these two Apple-provided utilities to keep your computer running smoothly.

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