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Sunday, November 17, 2002

The Links! They're Gone!

No they're not. But I put two of them to sleep because I had a nagging suspicion that they weren't getting too much action over here--the lemonade game and Flipside. Somehow I think we'll manage without our dear companions. But if you were actually using my blog as a springboard to play the lemonade game 6 hours a day, let me know, and I'll see what I can do about resurrecting that link from the abyss of cyberspace in which it currently rests.

Another change I made just now is something I should have done long ago--the time zone. A while ago I noticed that the time of day that appeared at the bottom of each entry was three hours earlier than the actual time here in Columbus, Ohio. I thought that this was because the Blogger server was based somewhere in the West, which is three hours behind us, but it turns out that the real reason is I'm a buffoon. There's an option under the Settings tab that I never bothered to mess with that decides which time zone determines the hour that the blog is updated. I messed with it and I think that's all fixed now.

On another note, I tried to change the archiving mechanism for this blog, because there is WAY too much stuff on the front page. I don't really mind it all that much, but when there's a lot of stuff on one page the scroller shrinks to a thousandth of an inch and it becomes very difficult to scroll precisely. Also, a lot of material increases the page's loading time somewhat, making "It takes too long to load" just one of the many reasons why people wouldn't want to read my blog, joining the ranks of "I have no time" and "It's long" and "It's boring" and "It's stupid" and "It's pointless" and "Boris can't write" and "Half of the freaking entries in it are about Boris's futile attempts to edit the blog" and "Ashley's blog is way better anyways." Hypothetically my blog only shows 31 days' worth of entries, but if that's the case, then could someone please explain to me why my very first entry--dated way back to September 4, which if my waning math skills still serve me was over two months ago--still shows up on the main page? There are other options I could mess with to try to fix this, but I think I'll just leave it alone for now.

By the way, guys, I was just kidding earlier! I know you all love my blog! And if you don't, please tell me, because I realize quite well that "stupid" doesn't always equate to "funny" and I would greatly appreciate any constructive criticism you have to offer me in the matter (the unconstructive kind works, too, I guess, though I wouldn't recommend doling it out to my face unless you want to end up with a cheap pair of clip-on sunglasses lodged halfway down your throat). If you have any input, please don't hesitate to email it to me or tell me in person (don't worry, those clip-ons were actually quite expensive and I really wouldn't want to lose them in your thorax) or IM me online. Thanks!

And finally, I added two links to replace the ones that were lost. The first is something I discovered totally on accident while passing through Yahoo today. Yahoo updates a little "Ask Yahoo!" column every day and today's question was, "What are blogs and how did they become so popular?" The answer is pretty interesting and I added a link to it for your pleasure. The other thing I added was a link to email me. Hopefully people will be somewhat more inclined to send me email if they have a button to open up their email program for them. Enjoy!

.: posted by Boris 12:56 PM

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