Duck U blog options.

Lindsay's class has to put their blogs somewhere. If there's a high-octane geek in the class (and isn't there always?) they can always put it on their own domain. But that's usually not an option. So generally, students can put blogs on their local webspace (Hey everybody: did you know you can have webpages hosted by the university? It just takes up part of your disk quota.) or just let Blogger take care of things at blogname.blogspot.com.

Here's some essentials about getting a Blog started at uoregon.edu/~your_user_name:

• Getting a page set up on the university's server.


• I recommend putting a basic index.html page up just to test that you set everything up correctly. There's also a campus IT page with some extra file transfer help.


• Set up a new folder on your 'shell account' that is named whatever you want the url of your blog to be, such as: uoregon.edu/~your_user_name/myblog/


• You're all set to start following the instructions at blogger.com!

If you want Blogger to host your blog, start there. If you have a gmail account--you should be able to use that username to log in at Blogger.

Easy as pie.

But what about the cheese? On Saturday I went to the market for the first time all year (that admission by itself is a bit embarrassing). Strawberries, cherries, and all sorts of early vegetables are available. Often, I'll also buy a loaf of bread or a piece of meat. It's expensive, but it's almost always worth it. So Saturday I bought this beautiful piece of cumin flavored goat cheese, ingredients for the salmon chowder I made Saturday night, berries, cherries, and greens for a salad. Then I headed to the Goat for a morning coffee. When I got home and unpacked.....

...the cheese was missing.