Category: Blogging

I’m in the middle of reading Simon Winchester’s book, Krakatoa, and a volcanic eruption was the first thing I thought of upon discovering that, this morning, between 6:00am and 7:30am, this site was blasted with more than 300 pieces of comment spam. This, despite the presence of both Movable Type’s comment-throttling and Jay Allen’s fine MT-Blacklist plugin. It’s taken me more than an hour to dig out. Speaking of comment-throttling, I’d like to throttle the perpetrators.

Well, for anyone who’s been following the Plain Layne saga, this article lays out the whole tale. So, is “creative interactive fiction” a legitimate endeavour, or is it wrong to dupe people?

In the process of trying to fix some of the linkrot that has infested most of my older blog entries, I discovered that fellow Torontonian Nick Taylor (whose Succaland.com domain was snatched from him in 2002) has a new weblog. Unfortunately, Triplespeak hasn’t been updated since last August.

Maybe he got SARS?

This has been a long time coming, and I’ve decided to just make a list of things I noticed or experienced this year. Vignettes. Snapshots. Whatever.

• I did not see Halcyon hug a single person this year. That kind of made me sad.
• Min Jung kissed a lot of people, though, and that pretty much made up for it.
• Kevin has a potentially lucrative career waiting as a “motivational speaker”.
• “What Happens at SXSWi F*#$ing Stays at SXSWi” stickers are a ridiculous sentiment when everyone has a blog.
• Matt is your man if you need advice about how to impress the ladies. This is true even despite Jay‘s obvious edge in experience.
• With so many cameras around, we should be able to recreate the whole experience in 3-D somewhere online.
• I’m funny-looking.
• The “Back Porch Club” thing has gotten way out of control. I blame Matt.
• Alison isn’t the first person to love saying my entire name.
• I didn’t see Brad enough this year.

As always, a fabulous time was had. By me, especially. Thanks everyone!

I got home last night about 6:00pm. I’m exhausted and inspired at the same time. Catching up on a million work things today. Watch for some kind of report or summary here and maybe a few photos. Soon. But not right now…

In the meantime, Kristin has put up her photos. Who IS that handsome lad in the cowboy shirt?