…and I like it! You may not have noticed the little Meebo Me! widget on the right column there, but if I’m logged in to my meebo account (which I whole-heartedly endorse – every time they release a new version, it gets better and faster, and more intuitive to use), I see a little popup window peek up and say meeboguest123456789 has logged in.

It makes me happy to see people visiting this page, and even happier to see comments appear on posts. If you happen to see I’m online, type in the little box there and send me a message. I think it would be fun to chat, even if it’s just a “hi.” Occasionally, I’ve been pro-active and sent a message to whatever random visitor has shown up, but I never got a response.

You should shoot me a message through the widget! I may be working at the moment, but just hang out for a bit and I should get back to you soon if not immediately. You can even edit your name so instead of a semi-random string of numbers, you can name yourself for later.

Usually I simply add a link to the right column and call your attention to it in a short post, but I feel I have to talk a bit more at length about this one.

StrYderz is a comic hosted on the Internet, but it is more than a cut above just about every webcomic out there. It is presented in a full page format and most pages are black on white with more than a few in grayscale. A couple are in color for dramatic effect, but the noir feeling throughout is astounding.

Characters stay on-model, the storyboarding is top-notch, and the dialogue is natural.

I honestly can’t recommend StrYderz enough.

I stumbled on Lifehacker from a slashdot reference. It’s pretty neat as it has all sorts of geeky techy stuff for doing stuff the Steve^TM way, but this time it’s in an article so I can point to it and say, “see!? Other people do things like this too!”

Ame will still roll her eyes, but there’s validation in it, you see!

There’s now a handy dandy link to it on the sidebar too. How awesome is that?

What is this crap? The CSS broke. I don’t know if it’s only here at work with IE6 and it’s idiosyncrasies, or it’s actually broken… Nothing changed on the codebase that I know of, so this is curious.

I’ll have to investigate, so in the mean time, my apologies for a crappy looking site.

UPDATE:
Apart from the complete lack of updates, there was nothing wrong with my site even though I spotted it both in broken and unbroken states. I fixed and changed nothing and the only variable I can think of is the Google Ads I have placed here. Usually Google is cool. What happened, man? You flaked out for a bit there.

I’ve made a convert out of Jason. Ever since he learned of my own public journal here, he devoured just about every post I’ve got, commented on a few, and felt hungry for more blog. I pointed him over to wordpress.com, and now he’s got his own corner on the Internet.

Jason’s a co-worker here and we regularly chat about this and that, many times worth discussing with the wide world. So go check it out, already! It’s also over on the list of links on the side for your consumption later.

Twitter is dumb.

Twitter is for writing in 140 characters, and is meant as a blog replacement. It has since found itself as a blog replacement. This isn’t all bad, but I think I’ve finally found a use for it myself.

It’s a place where I can:

1. Comment on what others have twat
2. Tell everyone (including brick walls) what I’m doing
3. Hair-brained napkin-outlines for future blog posts

I think that last one is more useful to me personally than anything else I can conjure up. Granted, I’ve only been twittering for a short time now, but if ever I’m stumped for what to write about, I can just dive into my twit queue and see how I should elaborate on what I’ve twat.

It shall be a public white-board for all to see and none to edit. It will be like a blog post preview if you’re a follower.

There are a couple things in the queue right now that are brief due to the 140 character limit, not because that’s all there is to say, so hopefully this will work out.

Every now and again, changes occur around here. Most notably, I’ve changed the order of the sidebar and added another widget: Twitter.

Yes, yes, I’ve finally joined in the crapfest that is Twitter. I think it’s more than a little stupid, but so many people are on it including those I know personally.

Back in November, I spoke with Bobby about this

Bobby: oh, do you twitter?
Steneub: no no… no faggoty micro-blogs. That’s what YOU’re for, so I can just dump whatever I’m thinking on YOU rather than the rest of the world
Steneub: and I also already have a big-boy blog
Bobby: haha
Bobby: you mean old like the dinosaur blog
Bobby: twitter is the new hotness
Steneub: you’re just jealous ’cause you can’t afford a REAL webpage

See! I hated it before I succumbed, I swear! It was true though about me dumping on Bobby whatever popped into my head. I would simply message him the biggest non-sequiturs and the best paet is he would roll with it most of the time.

Now I have all of you to dump on! Muahaha!

I, uh… kinda exploded for awhile. I think I’ve duct taped all the pieces together. Regular weekday updates forthcoming.

No, Mom. I didn’t really explode.

Gahh! No time for any real content. Two tests next week, the game design bug has bitten me hard, now I have work, and oh my god oh my god oh my god.

In semi-real news, celebreality on VH1 blows donkey balls. “Real Chance of Love?” Gross.

In REAL news, I’m an early voter. McCain? Obama? Nope! Libertarian party, suckas!

LATE

I’ve mentioned this before, but I write almost all of my posts ahead of time and they post on an automatic schedule, once a day every weekday. It takes advantage of downtime at work and the times I can’t otherwise be at a computer.

Sometimes it’s hard coming up with things to write about. Sometimes life is boring and doesn’t change much. The routine is the routine, and nothing notable or new comes around. I could talk about the economy, politics, or whatever else is in the news, but that’s kind of blah. That involves me broadening my horizons.

Steve at my old job used to call me a knowledge-miser, hoarding knowledge for no purpose other than to simply know. I suppose that’s mostly true, but now that I think about it a bit harder, it’s more specialized than that. I prefer to deepen the knowledge in fields that I already know about, or, rather, interested in. That sounds silly now that I’ve stated it though, that’s straight-up preference. I’m not interested in what I’m not interested in. Big shocker there.

So when there’s nothing to write about, I can always ramble!