you could also set up a internet forum for ur posts allowing people to chime in on progress?
On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 10:11 PM, Mark J. Blair <n...@nf6x.net> wrote: > > > On Jun 20, 2015, at 19:43, Marc Verdiell <marc.verdi...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Do you have an equivalent for classic computer restorations? I see some > > people have their own blog on regular blog sites. But I dislike the > format - > > it's posted reverse latest first, you can only see the latest posts at > once. > > Not anywhere as good as a thread. > > I think it should be possible to configure Wordpress to display posts from > oldest to newest. It's just not conventional for blogs to be that way. You > might also dedicate one post to each build, and edit that build to tack on > updates. That's not so helpful for people who want to get updates via RSS > for new activity, though. I took a quick look at my site's settings and > didn't find a simple click option to reverse the sort order, but I'm sure > it's still do-able. > > > And I have not found the equivalent of our "Builder Logs Thread" on the > > Vintage Computer Forums which I just "discovered". > > Maybe Erik would consider adding a category on VCF for build logs? If not, > there's nothing stopping you from posting a new thread in an appropriate > category there. Though if the build happens to be off-topic for VCF, it > might get more attention on a more closely-related forum than in the > off-topic area on VCF. > > For R2-D2 robot replica building, maybe there's some robotics or maker > forum where it will get the most attention and participation? Or maybe you > would consider giving the robot an LSI-11 for a brain so it can sneak into > VCF? :) > > Twitter also has its place for our activities, but it's best suited for > immediate interaction around a very short "Hey, look at my cool thing!" > posting which will quickly drop into obscurity. Twitter, mailing lists, > Facebook (GACK! EVIL!), forums, blogs, etc. all have their own styles, > plusses and minuses. > > > -- > Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> > http://www.nf6x.net/ > >
