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Tom Wijsman

Jan 31, 2012 19:49

Everyone: Please (regularly) take a look and/or participate at our Trello Blog Post Scheduling, we are using this instead of the Google Docs for keeping track of our blog posts. No access / board? Register at Trello and leave your (nick)name behind in this room...

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Zypher

May 18, 2011 18:14

Just an FYI ... if the blog gets hit hard again ... any one of the admins should go into WP Supercache -> advanced and turn on lockdown mode

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Rebecca Chernoff

May 18, 2011 17:31

IMPORTANT NOTICE: do not touch the accounts of any SE employees on the blog.

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KronoS

Jul 9, 2012 20:46

Attention all: What I don't want to have happen is that we post a ton of articles at first and then slowly fade away, as has happened in the past. I think what we're going to do is shoot for one post a week (the QOTW), with a second post at times. This will help us to stay steady, and not burn out. If we get a ton of writers that consistently write we can adjust accordingly. But for now, I'd rather have a backlog of posts ready to go, then post a ton, and have none down the road.

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nhinkle

Sep 18, 2011 07:57

trello.com/sublog

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nhinkle

Jun 13, 2011 05:52

Here's a Google Docs for the SU blog

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slhck

Feb 9, 2012 21:55

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Rebecca Chernoff

Dec 4, 2011 20:10

We're doing some blog maintenance, moving y'all over to a different instance. Unfortunately it means manually adding all the user accounts again. If you don't already have an account on blogoverflow.com, you're going to get an email related to creating the account on the new instance.

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BlogBot

Sep 8, 2011 07:21

Super User Blog: Announcing the Winners of the Super User Anniversary Contest!

Posted by nhinkle on September 7th, 2011

Super User turned two years old a few weeks ago. To celebrate, we held a Super Contest to reward you, our dedicated users! To read up on the contest categories, check out the announcement blog post. Today, we are excited to announce the winners of the 2011 Super User Contest! This year prizes were divided into four categories:

Level 1 Prize: An official Super User T-Shirt

Level 2 Prize: $35 of official Super User or Stack Exchange swag

Level 3 Prize: $100 of Super User or Stack Exchange swag and/or computer hardware or software …

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nhinkle

Jun 28, 2011 01:16

feedback: can we agree not to use emoticons in our posts? It looks pretty unprofessional.

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nhinkle

Jun 8, 2011 20:46

Also, duct tape or caution tape that says Closed as subjective and argumentative, which I could put on people who are annoying.

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Ivo Flipse

May 26, 2011 20:34

room mode changed to Public: anyone may enter and talk

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KronoS

May 11, 2011 20:30

ATTENTION ALL: Current Editors in Chief are:

1. Interviews: @IvoFlipse

2. Productive Thurs: @TomWijsman

3. WtFriday: @BloodPhilia

4. AskDif Podcast: @KyleCronin

5. QOtW: Unfilled I will take this if no one volunteers, but would like someone else to take it if possible.

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Canadian Luke

Sep 8, 2014 16:34

Suggested post: superuser.com/questions/808776/…

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Ivo Flipse

Mar 26, 2011 10:27

Blog admin page

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Feeds 163

Aug 27, 2013 19:29

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Q: Calling all bloggers!

Do you have any of the following qualities? A love for writing long and details answers to common Super User problems A desire to test, document, and share with fellow Super Users awesome products (sometimes for FREE!) An interest in the weird, funny, or just plain cool technological subjects o...

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Journeyman Geek

Jun 6, 2013 15:39

@terdon: by partnership, I think he means more of a working relationship

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nhinkle

Oct 24, 2012 22:22

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Q: From a quality perspective, what is better: turning volume up in the software, in the OS, or on the speakers?

If music isn't loud enough, how do I get the best quality (even if the difference is in fact so small it's negligible)? By making the music louder in my music player, game or other sound-producing software program? By raising the volume at the operating system level (for instance, by clicking t...

audio sound music

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nhinkle

Oct 16, 2012 02:04

FYI to everyone: the new integrated authentication system now works on the SU blog, thanks to @RebeccaChernoff's hard work. You will no longer need a separate WordPress password, you can just go to /wp-admin and will be logged in through your SE global authentication.

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Simon Sheehan

Feb 9, 2012 21:42

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Journeyman Geek

Nov 22, 2016 15:42

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Q: The superuser blog is going away

We've been trying to kickstart the SU blog again, and well, its mostly been tumbleweeds. We've had little no no activity, despite a few well meaning plans to. That said, networkwide, blogs are going away - there's no formal announcement as yet, though the writing's on the wall From what I've be...

discussion superuser-blog

nhinkle

Sep 5, 2011 23:32

@daviesgeek oh and it's also Super User, not SuperUser ;)

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nhinkle

Sep 5, 2011 23:07

suggestion for theme song: all blog editors skype in together, and we record it as we sing random notes as off-key as possible

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nhinkle

Aug 18, 2011 22:56

@simon I'm assuming you want to be eligible for the contest, so unfortunately we won't be able to add you to the room we made for contest judging decisions and such. Let us know if you have any questions about the contest though and we'll definitely keep you filled in :)

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Simon Sheehan

Jul 8, 2011 16:43

It appears we've also hit 100 posts on the blog! A milestone!

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KronoS

May 24, 2011 20:36

NHinkle: Super User Super Star

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KronoS

Mar 31, 2011 19:51

willudesign.com/BlackDwarfTop.html

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Ivo Flipse

Mar 26, 2011 17:23

that makes Jeff happy and we all want Jeff to be very happy :P

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Ivo Flipse

Mar 26, 2011 10:47

Answering technical questions helpfully

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Feeds 163

Dec 21, 2015 18:17

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Q: Calling all bloggers.... Again

It's that time of the year again... Where I've completed my finals, my work tasks have slimmed a little and I think to myself I can get the blog back up and going again. So here we are! I'm calling for all Super Users that would like to contribute to the Super User Blog. Where do I get starte...

discussion superuser-blog

Canadian Luke

Mar 26, 2015 18:58

@KronoS A thousand lashings of sudo rm -rf / for you!

Journeyman Geek

Aug 9, 2014 01:42

@UncreativeName: the windows 8 challenge ended a year or two ago.

BlogBot

Jul 14, 2014 06:04

Super User Blog: Geek on Sound (or.. does anyone really need a sound card these days?)

journeymangeek on July 14, 2014

These days, most PCs come with sound cards that are good enough for most purposes. Speakers have gotten generic enough that shopping for a good pair, with something to differentiate them, isn’t that easy. In a sense, if you aren’t massively picky, you aren’t going to look very hard or far, since what you have is probably good enough.

I’d start by saying that sound is subjective – different people expect different things from their sound system, and look at different things. A pretty good idea when actually trying to put together gear for sound output is to decide …

Journeyman Geek

Jul 10, 2014 15:13

I do actually have time, just not much idea what to write about ;p

Journeyman Geek

Jun 22, 2014 05:07

@nhinkle: I can probably pop an article up in the next 5 minutes or so ;p

nhinkle

Sep 16, 2013 23:44

bikelightdatabase.com/compare

nhinkle

Aug 29, 2013 03:54

Hey @jeffatwood, is there any way we could get one of your fancy new keyboards to @JourneymanGeek to write up on the SU Blog? He's sort of our local keyboard enthusiast, and would put it to good use. Is there any possibility of arranging to buy one at a discount for him to do some awesome super user-ing with?

Ivo Flipse

Aug 27, 2013 22:09

Ironically enough, we could have had a blog post finished by now!

Ivo Flipse

Aug 27, 2013 22:05

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Q: Is Zumba more effective than dance class for weight loss?

I've been hearing a lot about Zumba lately and I've been doing a little bit of research on it. From my understanding, many forms of dance can cause weight loss. I'm trying to find out if it is more effective than just taking dance classes. Obviously this would depend somewhat on the type of dance...

weight-loss cardio zumba

KronoS

Aug 27, 2013 22:05

(Note: I actually suck at dancing. I pretty much look like a sea lion during mating season)

nhinkle

Aug 27, 2013 22:05

Also, IT shopping questions are always going to be very close to single-use. One person's very specific needs, that even if they're barely relevant to someone else's needs will be just that: barely relevant.

nhinkle

Aug 27, 2013 21:31

@somequixotic I believe you. We do like to do a quick check and make sure everything looks good, the formatting is right, there's a <more> tag (don't forget that!), etc. But based on your SU posts, I have no concerns about your writing skills.

Journeyman Geek

Jun 6, 2013 15:41

Its quite literally one of the mods or @kronos bugging someone to write an article every now and then ;p

Journeyman Geek

Jun 6, 2013 15:31

@KronoS: maybe 'partnership' wasn't the best word?

nhinkle

Jun 3, 2013 02:59

Oh man, you're making me feel old and I'm still a young 'un around here!

nhinkle

Feb 18, 2013 20:22

@KronoS check this out: bgr.com/2013/02/18/isp-speed-test-fcc-february-330230

KronoS

Jul 14, 2012 03:57

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Q: Why can't you have both high instructions per cycle and high clock speed?

The Megahertz Myth became a promotional tactic due to differences between the PC's INTEL 8086 processor and Apple's Rockwell 6502 processor. The 8086 ran at 4.77MHz while the 6502 ran at 1MHz. However, instructions on the 6502 needed fewer cycles; so many fewer, in fact, that it ran faster than...

cpu process computer-architecture

KronoS

Jul 7, 2012 20:36

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Q: Let's bring back to life the now (somewhat) dead Super User Blog

Your crazy mad scientist of a Blog Editor is back and wants to keep this blog going: First off, I need to apologize. Like a terrible parent, I have abandoned my child. But no more! I have a little more time to work on this now and want to get things going. Thanks to those of you that have k...

discussion superuser-blog

tombull89

Feb 8, 2012 08:43

@TomWijsman, hi, feel free to free up "how to make great screen recordings" for someone else. Have you considered doing a partnership with gaming.se as they might be looking at options for recording the screen during gaming sessions?

KronoS

Nov 29, 2011 00:51

Guess that's what I get for being dead for a few months :P

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