Blog Notices

Sometime Wednesday access to this site fell through the floor. And it remained bad for at least 24 hours, if not 36. It seems that my hosting company was having some significant difficulties. Sorry about that folks.

But truth be told, I’m not happy with the response times of this site at any time. When you click on anything, it just takes TOO long to fully paint the new page IMO.

I’ve been able to identify a minor (meaning cheap) upgrade that might improve things a bit. Hard to tell if it matters yet, as it requires a DNS change propagation. So I should know tomorrow.

But either way, if you are frustrated in your access to this site due to slow response times, please do let me know. You can click on the Contact tab on top to see ways to let me know.

Thanks - Steve

I wanted to keep this blog site from being “exposed” to search engines like Google, Yahoo, and Technorati for a while - until I got more content plugged into the site. But various technical functionality tests are forcing me to turn the site “on” to search engines.

So, in advance, if you are an early visitor to the site… sorry. I promise lot’s more good content is coming. Your patience is appreciated.

Thanks.

The software that runs this blog allows you to make it “invisible” to search engines like Google and Yahoo. So I’ve flipped that switch on so that this won’t show up in those search tools. Yet.

I want to get a bit of content into the blog before I “turn it on”, or make it public. And I also want to let it mature a bit in my own mind. I need to solidify my intentions and plans on what I’m going to publish as I go through the discipline of starting regular (if temporarily private) posts, and populating it with more content.

Wet Plant Logic. What kind of name is that for a blog?

Well for starters, in the aquatic plants hobby you’ll be hard pressed to find decent domain names available with words like “aquatic” or “plants” or “garden” in them. Or any of number of other good nouns and adjectives. They are all being held by people that have bought the name and “parked” it, hoping someone will pay for it.

This name might be OK. It conveys a lot about what I hope this blog will be about. It will certainly be about the hobby of keeping aquatic plants - wet plants. But more the important word is logic.

I’m a hobbyiest. And my professionial and personal background does very little helping me understand of this hobby. And it’s not a simple hobby to be successful at. So as I try to separate the wheat from the chaff in the huge volumes of conflicting planted tanks information out there, what tool do I use?

Logic.

Simply applying common sense to the hobby makes a difference. So what does that mean? First, not taking anything at face value - questioning all hobby related information. Second, looking for proof. And when you can’t get what you feel is solid proof, use the best available information. Third, taking a systematic approach to problem solving. And finally, documenting what you do. It will seem like a waste of time as you do it, but when you are trying to figure out what the heck is going on in your tank, you’ll be AMAZED at what reveiwing your records will teach you.

So Wet Plant Logic it is.

Thanks for stopping by. Hopefully soon there’ll be some information here that you find useful or amusing as you pursue your own aquatic gardening hobby. And maybe you’ll even be able to remember this goofy website name.  I hope.