My blog has a new name to go along with its new design: βλογάπη. “Marklwardjr,” the old name, was just way too eponymous.
After almost two years, and now having reached the two-subscriber mark (my mother-in-law recently signed up), I think it’s time to pick a name that reflects the twin themes of the blog: theology and tech. As they used to say on the SAT, blog : agape :: tech : theology.
There are a few reasons I talk so much about tech:
- I really believe our generation—of theological students in particular—needs guidance in the use of technology.
- Few other nerdy Fundamentalists combine the twin themes of “Ra Ra!” and “Cave Canem!” when it comes to tech, so I have stepped into the gap.
There are a few reasons why ἀγάπη (agape) makes up the second half of my blog’s new name:
- I can’t help talking about ἀγάπη, because as Hezekiah 45:55 says, “Out of the abundance of the dissertation, the fingers type.”
- I want my blog to provoke you to love and good works. I know it pushes me toward those things, partly through the interaction I get to have with you sometimes. I thank you, my readers, sincerely for that. I dearly want to be holy, and God says we need each other to make that happen.
My RSS feed will remain the same.
Clever, Mr. Ward.
You might want to link this on your About page. I was curious enough to keep digging for it.
Smart! Done!
Regarding the redesign, consider enabling “pretty” permalinks. Which would give you ‘/blog/about/’ and ‘/blog/2009/10/google-voice-tip/’ depending on how you set it. Functionally the same, but looks nicer and is more “discoverable.”
Veering even more into the tech, i use a FeedBurner redirect plugin so that my feed URL is my feed URL — not a link to feedburner.com. If you peep your source code, you’ll see that WP is still outputting mlw.com-based feed URLs (two, in fact: RSS + Atom), which can be confusing to browsers — people might not notice your FeedBurner badge, and software doesn’t autodetect the feed (the icon in the address bar). I can’t remember how at the moment, but i found some setting or plugin or theme that consolidates WP’s feed into one url.
Combined with nice permalinks, your feed link could simply be:
https://byfaithweunderstand.com/feed/
On the other hand, if it’s works as is, why mess with it?