09.15.03
This Was Broken
I was looking at the lastest edition of This Is Broken that Mark Hurst publishes and there is an entry from September 8 that refers to Newark International Airport.
Brad, my boss, just got back from a trip to the east coast and had been there. I wanted to send him a link to the entry and expected to send the entry-specific ‘permalink’ to him just like I’ve sent other links to people.
Well, Mark’s list doesn’t have permalinks. No it doesn’t. My first impression was to send in a screenshot of the site, saying that “This is Broken” is broken. But down at the bottom of the page I found a link to this:
Q: Why are there no permalinks on This Is Broken?
A: Because I never got around to setting up a weblog tool like TypePad or Blogger. I just don’t have the time to figure it all out and get it plugged in, and I’d rather not pay subscription fees, given that this site makes no money. If you want to help install a solution that (a) is free and (b) retains the look and feel of the current site, drop me a note.
So I ended up sending him this e-mail:
I almost submitted a screenshot of TiB to you for the lack of Permalinks. Instead I did something constructive. bad-seed.org/broken/:
Blogger, 20 minutes, Free.
…Ross…
It actually took a bit longer than that because of some weirdness with getting the system to work with my ftp account, but the point is made.
Blogger is an excellent solution for some things. I think it applies here.