“Groovy Motherfucker”

So, after yesterday’s discourse about

So, after yesterday’s discourse about blogs I don’t like, I’ve been thinking about what I want this one to be…

It strikes me that there are a few basic types of blog:
1) Personal diaries.
2) Lists of links.
3) Comments on news.

Now, I really don’t fancy the first one. I’m too private, for one thing, plus I don’t think anyone in the world really cares about how much sodding static electricity there is in the office where I work.

So that leaves me with the links & commenting options—which is what I think I’ll try. A mix of things I find interesting, plus my perspective on them. Could be fun.

Yikes! Because I’m a geek,

Yikes! Because I’m a geek, I had a scan through of the groovymother access_log. Now, I set-up the server at 8.15pm, and the only person I mentioned the site to was my lovely ladyfriend, but already there have been nine other visitors to the site! It took me a moment to work out how the heck they found this, before it hit me. On the Blogger homepage is a list of the 10 most recently updated blogs, and all the hits were round about times I was posting stuff and/or fannying about with the design.

So, welcome strangers. Pull up a pew! Have a scone! And please try to ignore the dubious stains on the carpet.

Some good news at this

Some good news at this early hour. After the crap-horror-movie-style “Ouch I’m dead”/“BOO! Not really”/“Bah, you got me this time” finale of The Industry Standard’s indispensible Media Grok email newsletter, the team that produced it are back in town for Media Unspun. I’ve already forked over my cash. Go subscribe and see why.

Reading the list of “Banished

Reading the list of “Banished Words” reminded me of The Economist‘s excellent style guide. Not only does it provide a useful list of words people often misuse, it tells me that I did use that semi-colon correctly earlier. Hurrah.

OK, I’ve changed the template

OK, I’ve changed the template a few times, added a few links about the place, and moved the URL from arsecandle.org to groovymother.com, so that my mum isn’t embarrassed by my choice of domain name.

I’ve always been kind-of-embarrassed by people who write their weblogs believing that they have a huge audience who care about whether they sprinkle sugar on their Rice Krispies, when in fact there’s only themselves and some bored Swedish student (who thought that “Kevin” was a girls name, and was really just hoping to see some photos) reading.

I think my strategy for this is going to be:
Week 1: Just try disciplining myself to writing something in here. See what I come up with.
Week 2: Stick the URL in my AIM user profile so that a few select nosey peeps will find the site
Week 3: If they say nice things to me, put the URL in my email signature.
Week 4: Look at website stats, get bored of the whole thing, and leave the site up as a never-updated ghost site. Probably.

Incidentally, did I use the

Incidentally, did I use the semi-colon correctly in the last entry? I think I did, but I’m damned if I know for sure.

I used to use blogger

I used to use blogger for rOD.log, and it’s interesting how little it’s changed in two years. Not that that’s a bad thing; it’s still incredibly damned swanky. But apart from the ability to choose a template when I created the log (you didn’t think I designed this page myself, did you?), everything seems to be exactly as I remember.

Ho-hum. I thought it was

Ho-hum. I thought it was time to give this blogging lark another go. Let’s see how long it lasts this time, eh popchums?