Closing out November published on Nov 30, 2007

It’s been a long month. It’s been a very long month. I’ve had my ups and downs, but over all, it’s been a good time. I stuck it out to the end, and I’m proud of that.

With the sprint this weekend, I’ll probably be updating a few times with smaller posts, indicating the progress I’m making. But after that, I’ll be going back to fewer posts with higher quality. This has …

Preparing for the Sprint published on Nov 28, 2007

The sprint’s coming up fast now, and I’m finding myself a bit overwhelmed with everything I need to do before I go. What it amounts to, unfortunately, is that I won’t be able to have my own, Django-powered blog up and running before I leave for Kansas tomorrow. It’s definitely unfortunate, given how close I am, but I just can’t spare enough time to finish it off.

I’ve spent the last couple days splitting …

Making friends and influencing people published on Nov 26, 2007

I don’t have any links to back this up, but I remember reading a few different articles suggesting that the “power” or influence of a blog is primarily based on its readership. This certainly seems to fit with the many reader-stats tools that are available these days, but I’ve never really subscribed to that view. While I do agree that a blog is nothing without its readers, I don’t believe readership alone is a good indicator of …

What’s up with that name? published on Jun 1, 2007

Over the years, I’ve had enough people ask me about my moniker that I thought I’d take the time to try to head off some of the questions.

I’ve been online using one service or another for well over 15 years now, with my first ID being FKJW36F. For those of you who don’t recognize the format, that’s Prodigy Classic. And for those of you who don’t know what Prodigy Classic was, go back …