Every now and again (maybe twice a year) I find myself in a bit of a rut. It’s a very general feeling - maybe I don’t like most of my cases, maybe I’ve got a project that seems way bigger than I can handle and I can’t motivate myself to start working on it, maybe people around me are out of sorts themselves somehow. This is one of those times.
I started looking at ways to break out of the funk. I enjoy writing and I enjoyed writing on this blog. So, I started wondering why I stopped. The main reason was time, but that’s a convenient excuse for not doing anything. The number two reason, though, was that administering this thing was a pain in the ass, because of comment spam.
So, I finally started digging into the settings for the blog, and cleaning house. First, all the spam comments have been trashed. Spam-bot users have been shit-canned, as well. I also locked down the signup so that every new user has to go through me. So, if you want to email me to ask me to create a username for you, I’ll be happy to do so, and then you can comment anywhere you want. Hopefully I’ll be more inclined to post more regularly in the future.
I’ve also recently started becoming Googlized. I absolutely love Google Reader, and it has replaced every RSS reader I have experimented with over the last few years, permanently. I’ve also recently been ramping up my use of Google Calendar, which is pretty cool because you can split your calendar into multiple layers - very handy for keeping your work life separate from your personal life, and allowing some to view one but not the other, but still allowing you to see the whole thing in one place. All of this is probably fodder for new posts in the future.
So bottom line - welcome to my second effort at my blog.