July 2005 Archives
Comments are re-enabled, but now require Typekey registration. Typekey handles the user accounts for commenters on many, many major blogs so you will likely use it more than here. It works fine after you sign up, and they don't spam you or otherwise cause problems. You can also remain anonymous. I had no choice, I was getting 400+ poker spam comments a day on this blog alone. I'm afraid this is the future of the internet, folks, casual commenting and email are being destroyed by spam.
Aaaaah...two weeks in Minnesota. So far, I have been treated to a solid week of 95 degree days with 70% or more humidity. Just cooled down in time for me not to fall over dead.
Over the weekend I attempted to drive up to Taylor's Falls on the St. Croix River for some sightseeing, but on the way was kidnapped and forced to adopt an exceptionally cute furry little beast from the North Woods Humane Society. The point of this was to provide daytime company to my large, grumpy ball of fur known as Harry the Cat. Well, he may not appreciate it, but he sure has company...
It was a sinister operation all around. I was driving innocently along highway 8 through a thickly forested area, and suddenly a sign appeared, advertising "adoptions today!". What kind of sick monster would put up a sign like that I may never know. Nevertheless, in I went, against the very core of my better judgement.
Update: comments are temporarily turned off to thwart the poker-spammer-beasts that have been plaguing it. I will be upgrading to the latest version of Movable Type (my blogging software) and it contains an electrocution device for spam commenters. I look forward to implementing it. Should have everything sorted out by next week.
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The last month I've been in the throes of a cross country move to Minnesota, and have put the blog on a hiatus. I'll start putting putting up new photoessays in about two weeks, when, god willing, I have my furniture and my real computer (3 year old laptop without enter key: not fun). I might start off with a post comparing Minnesota to California.
In the meantime, comment spammers have been hitting me with upwards of 400 poker-related comments a day. I've been killing them and banning IPs best I can, but until I have more time to tinker with movable type the best I can do is require approval of comments. This means your comment may not appear for 24-48 hours, but it will eventually and be fully appreciated in this lonely outpost of the blogosphere.
That is, all will appear except for my fellow blogger who left a nice comment recently asking what I'm up to...I accidentally deleted his comment in the Great Anti-Poker Comment Offensive of 2005. Apparently I have no way to get it back. I guess we would call that "collateral damage".
For new readers, when I return this blog will be updated a little to reflect my new location (north of Minneapolis) and the focus will be photoessays about California and Minnesota, as well as the spectacular drive east we just finished last week. One word: Pronghorns.
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