How to use this site

We wanted to find a way to share Miles beyond just posting photos, so we decided on this blog. Blogs are a great communication platform but may be a little confusing to people who haven’t used them much.

“Blog” is one of those online words that sounds cute but isn’t very self-evident. It’s just an abbreviation for “weblog” and is used to describe sites with formats like mlog. That is, sites with some kind of topical focus, presented in chronological, journal-style entries.

One of the greatest features of the blog is the ability for readers to comment on the posts. Comments are a great discussion tool. A reader can let us know what s/he thinks about a certain post, and in turn, other readers have the option to reply to our original post and/or the other readers’ comments.

We encourage you to comment–we will be saving this for Miles. The last line of each entry has a comment link that reads either “comment!” if there are none, or “(number of) comments.” If you see a post that makes you laugh or feel snuggly, click the link and comment, comment, comment!

To keep out creeps, we require readers to register before they can comment. This is a very simple, one-time process. Just fill in the form, check your email, click the link in the email from mlog, and you’re all set.

Thanks for participating!

Trouble seeing videos?

  1. Update your Flash player by clicking the “download now” button here.
  2. Choose the “save” option from the little popup window. (If you are using Firefox, the download will automatically be saved to your desktop; if you are using Internet Explorer, it will ask you where to save the download–save it to your desktop.)
  3. When the download is complete, close your browser and find the icon labeled “install_flash_player.exe” Double-click on it and and the latest Flash player will be installed. (If the installer asks you which browsers to install Flash for, check all the options.)