Brian’s Back – GeekBlog.org

Published on June 16, 2006 in Blog. 6 Comments

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My very good friend Brian Jarvis (remember back when I published podcasts? Brian was always in them. The podcast is coming back, BTW) has begun blogging again, over at a domain I used to blog at (anyone remember that?) and kept around for just such an occasion – GeekBlog.org. (EDIT: Oops. Fixed the link.)

Welcome back to the blogosphere, Brian! Hope you like WordPress! I still owe you a sit down to show you all the nooks and crannies of how to use it, but it looks like you’re off to a great start so far!

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James
June 16, 2006 at 1:12 pm

fyi Josh, the link says geekblog.org, but goes to geekblog.com! D’oh, we’ve all done that!

Another feed added to sage!
Josh Bancroft
June 16, 2006 at 1:51 pm

Thanks for catching that, James!
Brandon
June 17, 2006 at 12:21 am

Hurrah!!! It brings great joy to my geeky heart to hear the Return Of Tinyscreenfuls podcast!
– And another Hurrah for the return of Brian, He brings joy also
( Like when the Camera from CVS pharmacy went Bezerk, heheh )
Esniper
June 17, 2006 at 8:18 am

Uh OH.. The dynamic Duo is back in action!

Jarrod A.K.A Esniper
Theo
June 20, 2006 at 12:40 pm

Get me in on that WordPress sit-down. How about a brownbag on using wordpress?
Josh Bancroft
June 20, 2006 at 12:58 pm

Awesome brownbag idea. I’ll set something up.

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