Wednesday, February 02, 2005
NY Times Link / Housekeeping Details
Here is the link to the NY Times article where I'm mentioned. You may have to log in to read the article. Don't sweat it - registration is free.
Does any one know how to convert the Times feed for this story into a permanent URL? In a few weeks the article will go into the archives and be unavailable.
Many thanks to Julia Moskin for writing a fantastic article. I was honored that my voice was included.
A note to readers using Macintosh - many of you have written to tell me that my blog is filled with weird &*%$ symbols that interfere with your reading pleasure. I apologize. I do write my stuff in Word and cut and paste it into Blogger. I am open to any suggestions on using a different program to edit my stuff where this doesn't happen.
In the meantime you can read Waiter Rant at Bloglines - there are no formatting issues there!
Many thanks to all the people who emailed me. I reply to every missive. Just give me some time!
Here is the link to the NY Times article where I'm mentioned. You may have to log in to read the article. Don't sweat it - registration is free.
Does any one know how to convert the Times feed for this story into a permanent URL? In a few weeks the article will go into the archives and be unavailable.
Many thanks to Julia Moskin for writing a fantastic article. I was honored that my voice was included.
A note to readers using Macintosh - many of you have written to tell me that my blog is filled with weird &*%$ symbols that interfere with your reading pleasure. I apologize. I do write my stuff in Word and cut and paste it into Blogger. I am open to any suggestions on using a different program to edit my stuff where this doesn't happen.
In the meantime you can read Waiter Rant at Bloglines - there are no formatting issues there!
Many thanks to all the people who emailed me. I reply to every missive. Just give me some time!
// posted by Waiter @ 2/02/2005 10:42:00 AM 
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Try writing it in Word as usual, but then copying it into notepad (this will remove all formatting), then posting - that should solve the problem
Sadly, the NYT doesn't keep its articles online past the two weeks. Make a copy now. You can buy the right to reprint it on your site for a year for the low, low price of just $1000. Glad to see your compelling writing get some broader exposure.
Walt
Walt
# posted by 
: 2/02/2005 4:16 PM
: 2/02/2005 4:16 PM
For those of you who don't like login/passwords for this sort of site...
www.bugmenot.com
They even have a firefox plug in, you right click on a username field in a website, select bugmenot, and it logs you in using any username/password combo in the database.
www.bugmenot.com
They even have a firefox plug in, you right click on a username field in a website, select bugmenot, and it logs you in using any username/password combo in the database.
# posted by : 2/02/2005 5:14 PM
: 2/02/2005 5:14 PM
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/02/dining/02wait.html
It won't last. I suggest you print PDF or take a hi-res screengrab and have those who want to read it get it from you via e-mail. Or just copy and paste the text, and give all relevant writing credit details after.
It won't last. I suggest you print PDF or take a hi-res screengrab and have those who want to read it get it from you via e-mail. Or just copy and paste the text, and give all relevant writing credit details after.
# posted by : 2/02/2005 5:50 PM
: 2/02/2005 5:50 PM
Here's a way you can do it in Word and yet keep your posts weird-character-free. When you're done with the post, save it, and choose "Plain Text." A file conversion window will come up. Pick the "Other encoding" radio button, pick "US-ASCII" off the list, and click on the "Allow character substitution" checkbox. (Or, record a macro to do all of this.) You're then all set -- double-clicking on that document will let you cut and paste from the document with no weird characters.
Another thought -- check out the "Encoding" preference in your Blogger settings. You might want to change it to Unicode, see if that makes a difference.
Another thought -- check out the "Encoding" preference in your Blogger settings. You might want to change it to Unicode, see if that makes a difference.
Also, with regards to the New York Times article, it will last if you use a link generated by the New York Times Link Generator (explanation as to why it will last here). I put your article in there and it returned this link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/02/dining/02wait.html?ex=1265086800&en=d0e7bc27ef7c70e5&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/02/dining/02wait.html?ex=1265086800&en=d0e7bc27ef7c70e5&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland
In Safari, you can select View, Text Encoding, Unicode (UTF-8) to see everything nicely too
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