The Google ads are gone on this site for the forseeable future. I did it mainly as an experiment, firstly in doing some server-side hacking on the javascript, which was later negated by them offering color choices, and secondly to see how they would do. The response was good, but the ads never seemed really […]
Category Archives: Meta
A Tweak Here
If you have a sharp eye you may have noticed a few changes to the site. The big change is we now have publicly accessible archives. I had removed all archive links because I didn’t (and still don’t) like the URL structure they currently use, but I was getting enough emails requesting them that they […]
Adsense
Giving it a trial run, it actually doesn’t look that bad on my site. I’m glad they got rid of that ghastly grey. However at the moment Google seems to think “coconut monkey purses” are particularly relevant to visitors of my page. Go figure. Anyway if an ad looks interesting to you check it out. […]
Who Let the Blogs Out?
Woof. I had definitely noticed it, and Christine pointed it out as well, but the links on my sidebar haven’t updated since the end of June. Obviously I broke something, but I haven’t quite figured it out. That list is how I navigate the blogworld, so if I haven’t been by your place lately or […]
Good Fireworks Pictures
The New York Institute of Photography offers firework photography tips and tricks that are a great read. I’ve been thinking about getting a tripod lately, but then many of my photos would lose that distinctive blurry quality that makes them so distinctive. 😉
Back in Town
Vegas was great, but I don’t even know where to begin. I didn’t have internet access save that one five minute session the entire time so I’m a little more behind on things than usual. There are hundreds of great pictures to go up but for now I’m going to relax a bit and see […]
First Step Toward World Domination
Before I finish getting ready to leave (and yes it’s 4 AM) I would just like to point to this search. Google is a harsh mistress; weeks ago I was on the fourth page (after skirting the first page a while back) and now somehow I’ve been bumped up to 8, 7 if you take […]
XML Back
At some point I broke all my RSS feeds, sorry about that. It was not a ploy to get you to visit the site, really. So get your piping hot Are-Ess-Ess in the syndicate section. Thanks to Mike for pointing out to me that things were funky.
More Updates
The new release of WordPress is out and kicking, so get it while it’s hot. The photolog is also back up, but it’s ugly. An attempt to make it standards-compliant with some help from Gerrit Kaiser crashed and burned when I realized that I was overwriting files with older versions and that was breaking a […]
Upgrade Day
Just finished upgrading the server to address a mod_ssl vulnerability and get PHP 4.3.2. It went swimmingly, which is always nice. In the process of upgrading about half a dozen sites to WordPress .71 to test it out before the code is released. It’s a good process because the sites need updating (security problem again) […]
Summer Showers
I woke up this morning to a delightful storm outside, which I think is the best possible way to wake up. It’s also the best time to stay in bed, which I did for a while and just enjoyed the storm from the comfort and protection of my semi-slumber. Houston really needed the rain. There […]
Updated Updated
The updated blogroll on the sidebar is now powered using WordPress Links instead of Blogrolling. It’s always nice to use your own project. One more thing knocked off my very long list of things todo this early Monday morning. Speaking of things to do, Alex’s Tasks might be just what the doctor ordered for organizing […]
Photolog Down
I’m working on some things so the photolog is going to be down for a bit, so don’t go there. Hopefully some very exciting things in store there.
Back in Swing
0-day photos are back, including an especially interesting one of Josh with a nice backlight, and a strange pink photo.
Hiatus Reloaded
If you glance over at the sidebar, the photolog is now italicized, which can only mean one thing. It’s back! Over two hundred new pictures, eleven new albums, and more captions than you can shake a stick at. Go check it out, and be sure to leave comments. It’s going to be another summer of […]
Double You
Just a reminder: I love all the links that have been coming in recently, but if you link to something here, save yourself four keystrokes and leave off the “www.” It’s three months now, all the useful search engines (except Blogdex) have figured it out, why are two thirds of the HTTP responses from this […]
Summer Cleaning
Trying out something a little different. Comments welcome.
Blogroll Updated
The blogroll on the menu has been seperated into Pingers and Non-Pingers. People under “Updated” ping Weblogs.com when they update and float to the top of the list, which I check umpteen times a day. Those on the other list ping very inconsistently, or not at all, so I just check them every now and […]
Moving On Up
I feel ashamed posting this, but #10 on Yahoo. Not sure why I’m 10 on Yahoo, and I’ve moved from 13 to 12 and back on Google, but does it matter? I get these things from my referrer stats, honest! You can insist on my quest for search engine domination by linking to me with […]
Vote It
You know you’re bored anyway, so go vote for PhotoMatt.net on Blizg which I used to not be crazy about but has me ranked consistently in the top 15 for a while now so I guess I can’t complain. Just click the plus sign above and right of the title and I’ll let you have […]