Tuesday, June 15, 2004
(9:13 PM) | Adam Kotsko:
New Policy
Sometimes, people need to write a really fucking long post. Blogger doesn't accomodate that very well, and that sucks. They need to change that. Until they do, I am instituting a new policy. If you need to write a really fucking long post, you should compose it using this file as a template, then saving your post under a different name (back in my Homepage days, I used to save my new post over the template file constantly, and it pissed me off to no end). It should be fairly straightforward how to use this file --initially I'd recommend filling in all the generic spots with your own information and resaving it (for instance, fill in "Monica Bennett" instead of "Author," etc., but only if you are actually Monica). Then cut and paste the first couple paragraphs into the Blogger window, upload the file containing the whole post, and make a "click here to read the entirety of my fucking long post" or something similar. You don't have to use curse words, though you are encouraged to do so whenever necessary.
This is the best method I can think of to duplicate the much-envied Movable Type feature that Blogger really needs to implement, but hasn't. I leave it up to your judgment when a post is long enough to require this kind of treatment. The only examples that really jump out at me are Robb's CD-change posts, one of which he might be typing up as we speak.
