After a particularly humbling visit to Alexa, just to see how my site is doing (if you’re curious, I have fallen 1,017,496 spots to a ranking of 3,745,207), I found a silver lining waiting for me. Apparently they’re doing some cross-selling to the ultra-geek set, and you can get your standings printed on a tee [...]
I quit my long-term job at now-I-can-say-it-was-IBM, and found a job at a new and exciting employer. It involves a considerable boost in things like “rank”, “challenge” and “pay”, making it incredibly pleasing and validating.
I ran a half-marathon, and managed to not only finish it, but finish it in a decent time.
I started dating someone [...]
A couple of weeks ago, I took note of the fact that my Fleshlight article is still attracting the attention of internet nutbars, particularly the kind who like to hump sex toys built to resemble minor home appliances.
I couldn’t figure out why I was still getting so much attention — as much fun as I [...]
Not at all sure why there’re two copies of the last few entries here, but I assume it has something to do with upgrading to the latest version of Wordpress. I will fiddle with the database and related organs, but if anyone has suggestions, I am always wide, wide open.
Updated to add: Oh [...]
Sorry, Movable Type. It’s been a few happy years, during which I defended your complexity and your user-unfriendliness — and even your suddenly punishing price point — but when the shit hits the fan, I just can’t do it any more.
When, for example, your system is so lamentably weak that comment spammers can hit [...]