Widgets

Wow, so I've been blogging for over two years. I had no idea it had been that long. I guess time really does fly when you're having fun.

Looking at this blog now, I see some stuff that I've outgrown, and other stuff that I never really grew into. I'd feel better if I spent some time cleaning things up a bit. I have some ideas about what's working and what needs to go, but haven't made a final plan yet.

Does anyone have any suggestions? What widgets work for you? What has helped your blog, and what just takes up space?

Social Disease

Yeah, so it's been a while since I posted. That's because a virus wiped out my computer, and I'm still kind of pissed about it.

I wasn't looking at porn sites, I wasn't visiting shady offshore gambling sites, and I wasn't trying to download pirated movies. I was just using a popular widget that lets people hop from blog to blog (I'm sure you know the one) when an error message came up and my computer crashed, never again able to restart successfully.

Yes, I have virus protection software. Yes, it is kept current with the latest definitions. Yes, I avoid opening attachments in e-mails, especially when they're from people I don't know. That's why I am convinced that some malicious code was passed onto me when I decided to "drop" in on someone else's blog.

What will this mean for the future of my participation in social networking sites? Now that I've got a new computer and restored access to the internet, I'm not sure. I'm certainly going to be much more suspicious of bloggers I don't know.

Inauguration Day

Yeah, so, new President, huh? That's a pretty big deal.

Big enough that I'm not really sure what to say about it.

I mean, I don't think that my usual reports of health, science, or technology happenings are really appropriate. And I'm not going anywhere near that controversy about who should lead the nation in prayer (I will go on record as saying that bigotry is Not Cool). So I'm kind of at a loss for words.

Still. New president. Wow.

Illness

Ugh. I think I ended up with that illness/bug/virus that has been going around. I don't have a new post for today. Sorry.

Yeah, Right, Like I've Got Something to Say

Friends, acquaintances, faithful blog readers and e-entrepreneurs who swing by this blog just long enough to leave an Entrecard, I'd like to thank you all. It's been a great couple of months, I've had a fun time writing this blog, and I wouldn't have had the motivation to keep at it without each and every one of you.

Of course, I'm also crazy busy getting everything ready for Christmas (Yes, it's tomorrow, yes, I should have started earlier, yes, I'm kind of freaking out about it. DON'T YOU JUDGE ME!). Sadly, this means that I can't deliver the kind of hard-hitting, quasi-investigative blather that you've all come to know and love today. I hope you can forgive me for it.

So for those of you celebrating tomorrow, I'd like to wish you a Merry Christmas. Those of you who celebrate other holidays, or observe Christmas on other days, you have fun, too, whenever it's culturally appropriate for you to do so. (Enjoy all the commas in the preceding sentence. They are my Christmas gift to you.) Have fun, be safe, and I'll be back at it tomorrow.

In the meantime, I have a lot of things to take care of before my annual Christmas tradition of getting blind drunk on vodka.

Cheers!

-Stanley!

So we have a new president-elect.

It wasn't the outcome I expected, but that's not a bad thing.

Paid Posting Policy Disclaimer

Blogging is fun, but it's also time consuming. As a result, I'm going to start looking into ways to make money with it, and that may include the addition of some paid posts. Given that, it's time for me to adopt a formal policy about accepting payment in return for mention on this blog.

This policy is valid from 27 September 2008.

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Did I miss anything?

No News Today

I don't have any exciting news today.

Sure, news is actually happening, but I'm not talking about it. I haven't found anything worth talking about today. I don't feel like dwelling on murders, or natural disasters, or anything like that.