Category Archives: The Web

Ceci n’est pas une blogpost

So a bunch of time has passed. We develop thicker skin or we back away and gawk. The first is the preferred method of handling the future.
I got a new job. It’s nothing spectacular, but I like the people. The work is meandering and for the most part uninteresting–lots of tracking down and fixing bugs [...]

Optimists Unite

My spam folder over at Gmail reads like an optimist’s dream.
Need cash? We have multiple lenders with one application!
Love Sudoku? Open this.
Find Your SoulMate Today!
Huge Advancement!
To be happy with yourself.
I can see why some spammers out there are reaching success with their messages. I do love Sudoku. I’ve always wanted to meet my soulmate. Advancement [...]

Web Misdirection

I feel like I’ve been involved in the Web long enough to go ahead and talk about things that piss me off about our glorious internets & the throngs of people who use it–and where better to begin than with the infantile ‘versioning’ that media outlets, marketing directors, and political pundits seem intent on forcing [...]

Reflections of…

I’ve spent a long time on the internets. The Google has proven this to me.
I felt a bit like an archaeologist this afternoon, taking a moment to browse through archives of things I’d written up to 6 years ago. The internets never forget. And, it seems, they never forgive for being an anxious child playing [...]

Tubes and Text

Couple of things before I get to the meat of what I want to yammer on about today.
First, Google has been referring some really weird things to me. Searching for What is a sexual hat trick brings you here. In fact, I’m #8. Searching for steve weird hand trick pops me at #2.
For those who [...]