Make posts and comments easy on yourself: Links: Open square-bracket [ followed by the text to be linked, followed by the URL, followed by close square bracket ]. Thus, [ Blue Mass Group http:// www.bluemassgroup.com ] comes out as Blue … [Read more...]
The Bloggies
With all the talk 'round here of the Koufax Awards (and Blue Mass. Group's place in the final round thereof - go vote if you haven't already), it seems appropriate to mention another set of blog awards that were recently announced: the … [Read more...]
New “Upcoming Events” box
I have always really liked the idea of an events calendar on this page, but the old calendar format (which showed the current month) wasn't very useful - you had to click on a day to see what was happening that day, so it wasn't possible to … [Read more...]
Weekly traffic report
Another milestone: I believe this is the first Sunday-to-Sunday stretch in which we've had over 1,000 unique visitors each day including weekends. Woohoo! … [Read more...]
Weekly traffic report
Koufax awards – last chance
If you haven't yet voted for Blue Mass. Group in the "Best state or local blog" category, and would like to do so, hustle on over before midnight tonight Monday (see update), at which time voting in the first round closes.Here's the … [Read more...]
“Differently winged” blogs
I wanted to call attention to Charley's latest addition to our blogroll: a collection of "differently winged" blogs, all Massachusetts-based, whose take on many issues of the day is quite different from ours (and, I should add, quite … [Read more...]
Koufax awards: have you voted yet?
If you haven't had a chance to do so yet, please visit the Koufax awards site to vote for Blue Mass. Group as "Best state or local blog." Voting is easy - just leave a comment at the end of the post.The organizers have announced that … [Read more...]
Koufax awards: support Blue Mass. Group!
The Koufax Awards (named for the famous lefty pitcher Sandy Koufax) honor left-leaning blogs in a bunch of different categories, with the winners determined by popular vote.Blue Mass. Group is on the list for "Best state and local … [Read more...]
Conflicts of interest
There's an interesting front-page article in today's Globe about how Lou DiNatale, perhaps Boston's most frequently-quoted pollster, is not actually quite as independent as his UMass affiliation might suggest. Turns out he has worked … [Read more...]