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Blog entry I stopped counting Dec 11. 2023 For basically all the almost 30 years of its existence, I have been following the traffic patterns on GFF. I stopped about a year ago, and here is why.	Blog entry The threat of Drupal 8… eh… 9... eh… 10! Jul 29. 2023 GFF is running on Drupal 7, and Drupal 7 is terminal. It’s destined to die. And upgrading is not an easy task, not least because version 10 is already there.	Blog entry Being on Instagram Jan 7. 2021 Social media can be a strange experience. It's really a mixed bag. And on Instagram 40% of all anglers seem to be women!
Blog entry Counting newsletter openings and clicks Dec 5. 2020 I have build a small Drupal-module, which enables me to see how many recipients open my newsletters and click on links in it	Blog entry Does anyone proofread this crap? Oct 4. 2019 Yes, a non-native English speaker proofreads material from a host of mostly non-English amateur writers, and sometimes errors do slip through	Blog entry I'm on the air! Sep 26. 2019 Dave Stewart from the podcast "Wet Fly Swing" contacted me for participation in one of his podcasts, and it’s now online to enjoy.
Blog entry The magazine image system Sep 10. 2019 The blocks of nicely laid out images on GFF has required quite a bit of work to refine.	Blog entry Lazy loading Nov 24. 2018 Lazy loading is a performance improvement where images (and other assets) are loaded when needed, not when the page is loaded	Blog entry When real life takes over Sep 13. 2018 The publishing pace on GFF has almost come to a standstill. Real life has stuck its ugly head in the door and brought paid work
Blog entry Three strikes... Jun 11. 2018 No, not strikes from fish, but strikes from spammers and wannabe guest posters who try to get their spam published on GFF. Three strikes and they get this.	Blog entry Why I hate complexity Jun 10. 2018 It seems to me that a lot of software problems are solved by adding complexity. It's a bad solution. I hate it.	Blog entry Do you like this site? May 6. 2018 If you do, you might consider supporting it in a slightly more substantial way. It's been free for decades... literally... but could use a little saltwater injection. Now accepting PayPal...