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It’s not finished yet, but it’s already pretty stupid…

You may or may not have seen my Stupid JavaScript Tricks A–Z page. For a while I’ve had a mildly enticing teaser on that page promising “something big” when I get to the letter D. Well, I finally decided to skip C and get started on that “big” letter D. It’s about half done, but since I only get the inspiration (and time) for these kinds of things in short, sporadic bursts, I decided to run with it and post it in a half-completed state. The real topper is what comes next, and hopefully someday I’ll get around to it.

In the meantime, please check out the incomplete… Delete the Internet.

I really have nothing to say…

This is actually just a test of my new blog entry composition form, which I whipped up tonight to keep from having to manually insert each new article directly into the database (and the even more tedious part, classifying it to appear in the right section).

If you’re reading this, it works! And most likely, my iBook’s battery ran out before I had the chance to go back in and delete this stupid article!

Feel free to post your comments on how super-cool I am, of course.

Now that’s just wrong.

I’m trying out Google AdSense on my site for the second time. Although on one hand I feel a bit like a tool (OK, I am a tool, but that’s beside the point), it is nice to potentially make a little money from these sites (even if it would take approximately 800 years to earn enough to pay for one month of hosting… if I weren’t getting the hosting for free).

Anyway… so as I said, I’m trying out Google AdSense on the site, hence those ugly ad panels in the left columns of all of the pages.

We’re off to a rocky start, though, and I have previously unexpected doubts over the accuracy of Google’s algorithms, having discovered that they put ads for nudist/naturist sites on a page of family photos! (And there was nothing of an illicit nature in those photos, I assure you…)

So, Google, consider yourself on double-secret probation. Don’t make me sic Marmalard on you!

So long, WordPress!

Well, that’s it. As of last night, the last traces of WordPress on my site are gone.

There’s nothing really wrong with WordPress; in fact, for what it does it’s pretty elegant and flexible. But since, let’s be honest, I’m a geek, and I’m more about building my site than actually creating any meaningful content for it, running it on someone else’s engine is unsatisfying, and almost feels like cheating.

Besides, WordPress (and probably any other third-party tool) will never do everything I want it to, or at least it won’t do it precisely in the way I want it to. And it’s more fun for me to write my own code than to tweak someone else’s. So here we go.

Unbelievable!

Imagine my surprise today when I stumbled upon this particular variant on the tired YTMND site. They stole my Chewbacca audio!

I don’t know whether to be furious or elated, or both. It’s ranked #20 all-time, and it’s only been up for a month!

I guess I’ll have to be furious, considering how someone else is getting all of my accolades. But wow, it looks like it got played on WGN radio and Fox News! Holy crap, I’ve been on FOX NEWS. Kill me now.