Category: blogs

Bear Hug

Well, I guess my fears about wild bears were unfounded. Not only were the bears very kind but there were quite a few muscle bears on the prowl this weekend. We had some unusually warm weather for this time of year so I’m sure it helped to keep them docile. *G* I got several grunts and woofs over the weekend. I’m still wondering why a little facial hair suddenly qualifies me as an “otter” (I think that is the term)? Speaking of bears, brettcajun‘s friend Rich from Dallas is in town. I’m supposed to meet him and his crew out tonight for a quick drink. I can’t be out late as I have a date w/my trainer tomorrow bright and early.

Oh! I almost forgot. My friend Bobby was showing off a fancy new camera the other day so I just had to have one. It takes really cool vids for a camera. I’ll post a few of those later. In the meantime, here is a mugshot of yours truly I snapped off today. Can you tell it’s my Monday?

Mini Moby

*super duper uber geek alert*

I’m tinkering yet again. I’ve been very unhappy with the way my blog renders on Pocket PC’s and cellphones w/web access. Well leave it to WordPress to have a nifty fix for that. If you have a pocket pc or web enabled phone, check it out! Simple but easy to read and navigate design. Way better than trying to load a full version.

I fraking love it!

Test Image

I just can’t stop tinkering with the blog. Testing a new plugin out. If it works, you should be able to click on the little image and the full version will pop up over it. You need to have javascript enabled for it to work. Is it working?

Google Hates Me

*geek alert – You may want to skip down to the more filling parts of this blog*

I’m always amazed how much traffic my site actually gets even though only a fraction of visitors actually comment. On average, I get about 1300 unique hits a day now. Take a peek.

Of course, a big chunk of that is web-bots indexing my site. And while I’m not even close to exceeding my bandwidth, it is frustrating trying to separate the real clicks from the bot clicks. In the past, I’ve been hesitant to set up a robot.txt file1 as I don’t want to discourage new readers from finding me. However, I think it is time to implement some controls to keep it in check.

The funny thing is I always assumed Google was the biggest indexing bot for my site. Boy was I wrong. Yahoo was way ahead by almost 2/3’s. Google was second with MSN bringing up the rear. I also discovered a sp@m bot indexing me as well. I guess this explains why my sp@m hits have jumped up a lot lately. I googled its IP address and added it to the filter so we’ll see how it goes.

1 Said file resides on your server and searchbots will query it and only index your site based on instructions included. You could set it for once a day, once a month, or never.

Brag or Barf

I am happy to report I made it to my early training session on time this morning. Not only that, I finished w/o once throwing up.1 The session was exactly what I wanted/needed and I expect nothing but good results. (Are you reading this brettcajun? *eg*)2 I’ve been trying to keep myself hydrated to avoid feeling hella sore tomorrow. So far so good but we’ll see how I feel in the a.m. as I have another session bright and early (ok 10:00 am bu that is early for me). I’m also taking a big dose of Glucosamine chondroitin to help keep my joints in line with the rest of my body growth. I’ve had joint problems in the past and I don’t want my training derailed by ‘faulty connecters’. *g*

Afterwards, I had lunch w/roblog and took a ride in his new baby. We had lunch at Tower Burger. And no, I didn’t have any fries. I had a nice healthy grilled chicken and mushroom w/a side of chili (read lots of protein here).

I’m way behind on my blogrolling and reading my faves. I’m trying my best to catch up. Apologies in advance if I haven’t stopped by lately to say hi.

1 I came close but I think that had more to do with creatine on an empty stomach.
2 Brett is coming up to SF for bloggerpalooza 2007 over Pride in late June. We have a challenge going to see who can be the buffest.

Get With It Already…

So, the date went well. We had dessert first. *g* Besides that, He really is a sweet guy. I like hanging out with him as we can always have a conversation ‘afterwards’. It’s nice to be able to just enjoy someone’s company w/o expectation.

On a side note, can I just tell you something? I already like having Friday/Saturdays off. All the guys I see around that never seem to be available, suddenly are. I’m used to not having anything planned or to do, I was overwhelmed by the boys suddenly vying for my attention. *g*

I start with the new trainer on Monday. His schedule is a little tight so I have to get up a tad early. However, I see this as a test of my conviction to stick with it. I took the weekend off however, I expect by Friday, I’m gonna hurt all over.

Switching subjects completely now, I downloaded a new plugin for firefox. It’s call Scribefire. It basically, lets you blog directly from you browser window w/o the need to log into your blog. It works w/blogger, wordpress, typepad, etc. I like it so far. I tend to surf and blog at the same time so this little feature is a win win in my book. OH, I also added some little chat thingeys on the left. It does a better job of showing when I’m online via the various IM clients I use. You can still click the chat link if you don’t use a IM client but for those who do, I think this makes it a little more obvious.

News? What News?

I’m folding my news blog. What was I thinking? I don’t have enough time to get laid these days1 much less manage a news blog. I keep hoping someone will design a custom plugin for pulling stuff off of Originalsignal.com (My favorite news aggregator). This one site allows me to scour a weeks worth of headlines at a glance. Talk about multi-tasking!

I may end up doing a side page here that I update w/plugins from other sites on news I find interesting. While this blog isn’t about world events, I often feel the need to weigh in at times. Besides, I’m almost never w/o something to say.2

1 Ok, that is stretching it a bit but you get the point.
2 Confirmed by the 42 saved posts in my draft folder. I keep thinking one day I might need to use one of’em.