Tuesday, March 31, 2009

New Leaves... err... leafs?

You wouldn't know it by watching my RSS feed, but I spend a lot of time composing, and later rejecting, blogishness in my head.  I worry about what's interesting enough, and what's funny enough, and what is unique or at least new.  Maybe too much.  This week, I was reading Entertainment Weekly, which, BTW, I LOVE, and noticed that they are starting a new internet feature nearly every week.  This week, it's about Twitter.  This prompted two things.  A V8 style smack on the head that I had not already started a weekly column on what's new on the web.  And it prompted me to sign up for Twitter finally, which makes that only about a year after my friend Robb tried to talk me into it over lunch one day.  (Sorry for looking at you like you were crazy, dude.)

So I'm going to see if I can write more often, and more about the interwebz.  Today I'm learning about Twitter, and in my own mildly-but-not-quite-OCD way I'm wondering what the proper ratio of followers to following is.  I initially thought it should be 1:1.  So I only subscribed to 5 people initially.  Then I noticed how many really cool people are twittering, and many of them are people who I would like to read about, but will never read their actual blogs.  (Wil Wheaton, for instance.  No offense, I just never saw what we had in common.)  So I started signing up for more stuff.  THEN I noticed that John Hodgeman, whom I adore, has a ratio of 400:1.  Clearly I am as witty as that guy, right?  So I need to really work on being super popular, so I can get my ratio back up to 1:1.  

Next up:  Finding a way to do mobile updates on Twitter and Facebook at the same time.

 I need a less pathetic hobby.

Monday, March 16, 2009

Blog Whore

OK, you can go ahead and call me a blog whore if you want, and it would no doubt be true, but I just can't help myself.  I just love playing games with search engines.  A few months back I mentioned Sarah Palin in a bikini and pretty much doubled my page views overnight.  So I'm back to playing content free games.  Tonight, not only that useless throw away in the previous sentence, but I'm also going to mention......
THE 10 THINGS YOU MUST NEVER MENTION ON YOUR BLOG

Or something like that.  I found a link to a link to some blog on NPR that mentioned the 10 things, but some of them are lame.  Then the blog I shamelessly stole this meme from mentioned a few more, but I don't think there are 10 guaranteed blog melters in the whole list.  Maybe I'll make up a few of my own.  Here's the original list, with my minimal thoughts.

  • Home schooling
Hey.  We did that for a few years.  Didn't seem to ruin any of the kids.  If I were rich I might even do it again.
  • Bikes versus cars versus pedestrians
Meh.  Seems like no biggie.  I rode about 20 miles a day with I was a kid.  Never got in any accidents.
  • Chiropractors
More Meh.  Sometimes I like having my back cracked, but I don't think it cures anything.
  • Declawing cats
Yeah.  We've done that to all our cats.  Makes for longer lasting couches.
  • Music piracy/copying/sharing/theft/freedom
Uh.  Yeah.  I do this.  Some.  It's wrong, but I have so few vices.
  • Breastfeeding.
I'm all for it.  But let's not get militant about it, shall we?
  • Coldplay
Who?  Seriously, who thinks these guys are important?
  • Twitter
I don't get it.  Isn't this just FaceBook status, without any of the content?
  • The ending of The Sopranos
I lost intrest in this several seasons ago.  
  • Macs and PCs
My employer prefers that I be reeeeallly good at managing a PC, so I am.  And when will Apple start selling hardware that's anywhere near as reliable as it should be, considering the cost.

OK, I said I would do more, but I just don't care anymore.  Maybe some day I'll get around to discussing Proposition 8, Scientology, the death of newspapers and terrible plastic surgery in Hollywood.  But don't bet on it.  I've lost interest.


Monday, March 02, 2009

The Doctor is In

This morning I woke up and this phrase was rolling, repeatedly through my nearly conscious brain.
They call me The Doctor because I have a Ph.D. in trivia and a Masters in love.  I'm perfectly qualified for flirting, or a one-night stand.
I don't know where this stuff comes from.  I think it's the Holy Spirit, but if that is true, then that guy has a real weird sense of humor.

Still.  I'm going to start practicing my flirt.  I think that's what God wants.