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Buenos días, mis amigos y amigas! ¿Cómo esta hoy? ¿Que the f...?

Oops, sorry, had the keyboard set wrong.

Morning, Glories! May you live today in the knowledge of the presence and watchcare of your loving Father-Creator... yet not feel too guilty...

I forgot the punch line...

I'm having milady's Irish Soda bread muffins for breakfast.

Begorrah!

BTW, I'm Anglo & German, a real WASP from Smallville in cattle country.

Milady's Mom's family and her Dad's mom's family is all West Side Chicago & Ny Irish Catholic. Her Dad's Dad — we think — was Chilean. (Using the surname, one highly Irish inlaw got 'Hispanic' ed benes! Shh!)

And yet, by the grace of God, our marriage survives!

Our kids... are interesting.

Re-run only because I posted late in the last thread:

I've been a webworker for 18 years as of today. Uncle Joe might say, this is a BFD!

My longer ramble about it from last thread:
http://minx.cc/?blog=86&post=347917#c21910478

My two really tl:dr comments about it from the ONT:
http://minx.cc/?blog=86&post=347916#c21909826
http://minx.cc/?blog=86&post=347916#c21909833

Better links like this than a fat cut & paste, right?

/lookame mode

Back to lurkin' and workin' — at least I'm not twerkin'!

Eighteen years ago today, I put a page on the web for the first time.

My two long posts from last night about it:
http://minx.cc/?blog=86&post=347916#c21909826
http://minx.cc/?blog=86&post=347916#c21909833

I've spent the past couple of weeks adjusting the pulleys and levers that make the website work, wishing I was creating content instead, or at least trading quips on here. But...

You know the saying, if you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans? I had some things I really wanted to do before this anniversary, but instead, these past few days were filled with Real Life Family Drama (however manufactured or unnecessary it might be). Good thing hitting my website goals doesn't matter to anyone but me.

Content, then! Here's when I once tried to start an online daily comic strip:
http://mindfulwebworks.com/art-of/mind-fuel

Good morning. Carry on. (Like this group needs that encouragement!)

I might actually go to such an art gallery.
Posted by: Waterhouse at March 16, 2014 11:59 PM

After I wrote that about the Sharpeirs, I thought something like that.

Art gallery ... better metaphor for putting stuff on the web would be like putting something on your college room door! people will deface!

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cthulhu, knocking out the passengers scenario was in the Mail article I read - this is truly a wicked thing. Wonder if we'll ever know. Fellow on the radio on the way home was saying, weedy duo they have transponders that can be switched off? good q

and Cloggenstein seemed especially harsh tonight. must be that full-ish moon.

faadingggg....thunk

(Continuing. I promise I'll never do this again. Until the 20th anniversary, anyway. I should live so long.)

A couple of years ago, I moved from "static" to "dynamic" website. I've spent the past several years trying to figure out how that works, and how to make my site take best advantage of it.

Among other things, with a dynamic site, I can finally have comments mostly without spam. I've opened a few pages to comments, and actually received one. (Imagine, 18 years on the web and 1 comment. Why I call it the web's best-kept secret.)

I haven't opened up most pages to comments, though. The site was originally just my portfolio of eclectic nonsense. The webpage is a frame.

You don't hang a work of art on the wall, carefully framed and lighted, then leave a Sharpie hanging on a string so folks can write their opinions on the wall all around the art.

But... but... people like interactivity. Sure, there's trolls, and spam, and h8rs, but look at the community here (noting the several sentries armed with banhammers). Or, take an "art" site I really like, http://braveandboldlost.blogspot.com/ - all the comments discuss the guy's work and make suggestions and it's nice.

So, I've wondered about opening up my site more for comments. I watched a lot, and did a little, of SysOp back on CompuServe, and from BBS to Blogs, it can get weird. But it's a new and interactive age. I might do more comments-opening on pages. But I'd hate to get into that, then find it such a burden or time-consuming away from content production, or, worst of all, off-topic or flamewars that lead to closing out comments altogether.

Well, that's quite a ramble, and I'd be ashamed except, I'm too tired to care, you didn't read it anyway, and anyway, I haven't been commenting much lately as I've been so busy tinkering with the website behind-the-scenes stuff, trying to give it a bit of housecleaning and facelift for the anniversary. So, I earned one tl;dr, maybe, huh?

Back to y'all someday when time permits. Meanwhile, [salute!] to the ONT folk, and..

...my goodness that was quite a hidden kitteh!

Besides being Green Beer Day, tomorrow is also the 18th anniversary of the day I first put a page up on the web.

My goodness, how our little web has grown in 18 years. And so has my website.

I didn't know what to do with a website at first. I started by advertising (semi-seriously) my 25c print mini-comics.

Then I put a "sample" comic up. Then the light bulb went off. Unlike my blurry, xerographed, monochrome print mini-comics, the cartoon on-line was sharp (as much as monitors of the day permitted), and wow! sixteen whole colors! Four times as many as print!

It took me a few days, but that's when I realized Print is Finally Dead. I've been loading comics, opinions (of course), VR worlds, songs, noises, vids, and all kinds of nonsense and drivel onto my website ever since.

At first I didn't have a domain; my site was on that spin-off of CompuServe known as Sprynet. Something like home.sprynet.com/~mindful, IIRC.

Sprynet got eaten by MindSpring. MindSpring got eaten by EarthLink. The Sprynet site was good all the way through, until the EarthLink account eventually got dropped. By that time, the site was just pages that forwarded to the domain. But, History lost.

I can't even remember getting the domain name, but apparently I did. I'd published the mini-comics for years under "Little Mindless Publications," but the website became "Mindful Webworks," just to go upscale. I was getting old.

Now, there's about five hundred webworks under several topical albums, nearly seven hundred random "daily doodles," and just for fun a giant 'blog heap o' links' that I maintained for many years and lately have been trying to revive...

(Continued... so I have TWO tl;dr posts not just one!)

Really liked that singing Pi video.

A bit late to Pi day, but I bring video c/o the stinky locker room known as Ace of Spades. At least, I think that’s where I found this.

Always wondered how something so intrinsic to Creation as Pi could be, you know, just a number.

Turns out, Pi r pretty music, too.

http://youtu.be/YOQb_mtkEEE

The ID chips are not just for ID, you know. That's the function they''ll use to sell it (for the chillens!), but the reason the microchips will be implanted in the forehead is so the center of judgment can be controlled...!

Rev. 13:16-17?

Malay plane & missiles in the area, c/o Drudge

http://bit.ly/1fjaR0U

Anyone remember chatter that TWA800 was a Navy accident? Among other explanations.

I'm not sure I'd bet the Constitution on the inability of liberals to get to people.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider

(Noting Nearsider's handle) The view is different out in the heartland. In any case, the fight is on, one way or another, fir control of the nation. Courage!

What possesses two sixteen year olds to kill a classmate? Dear God. —MWR

Meh, folks been killing folks for nothing since Cain. His is the incomprehensible part:

"When the two teens approached the car, officers asked what they were doing. One of the teens replied 'burying a body....'"

I mean, it could work. You'll recall Mark Twain's best way to lie was, tell the whole truth, but tell it so unconvincingly no one believes you. I think that teen was doing it wrong. "Hahaha, no, really, just digging up fishbait, officer!" "Ho, ho! Okay, boys, be sure to 'cover the grave' when you're done!" (Drives off)

Drudge headline (yes, I'm that Vic-withdrawing)

Huckabee Warns of God's fiery judgment...

(Did not click.)

Oh, fun. Let's elect that man President.

And, in case you're wondering up the ChiComs are up to in Hong Kong... http://is.gd/pOLDQa
Posted by: CPT. Charles

Okay, folks, YouTube always auto-plays, which can be annoying, if you click a link, then go in the kitchen for a refill and hear your computer talking when you're trying not to wake the Mrs.

YouTube has its own short links, no need to make one. And if you use the YouTube short link, I know it's to YouTube before I click. FYI for those who GAF.

youtu.be/[code#]

confession: went back & read some ONT. That's how slow it is here this morning.

I like the way it ended neatly at #800.

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Just saw the sun rise... and boy are my eyeballs burned out!

Seriously, though (you guys), I just realized how far North it's moved — practically due East now. Almost as if we were approaching the Equinox, or something.

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Equinox versus Solstice, new from Marvel Comics.

The first phone I recall was voice-dial. I picked up the receiver, the Operator said, "Number, Plee-ase?" I'd say, "two, four, six" and the phone would start ringing my friend Tom's house. (Hi, Tom!)

When they brought dial phones to our town, Ma Bell had films shown in school explaining dialing and the various tones. (Let it ring no more than ten times, they advised.)

So, this amused me (as Gabe might say), in an oh lord I feel old get off my lawn kind of way; but, cute.

KIDS REACT TO ROTARY PHONES
http://youtu.be/XkuirEweZvM

Our five month puppy decided at 0430 to save us from the three rabid deer on the other side of the fence. Howl then furious bark.
Posted by: Mr. Dave

Good puppy.

Wow, between lack of Vic news and DSTTSS (daylight savings time traumatic stress syndrome), the morning gang seems slow. Quick! Amuse me lest I be forced to do real life things!

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Judging by the howls, the local coyote population is growing. In the wee hours, they started singing, loud and close.

Valiant Defender Dog started pawing at the door, whining and barking. In my stupor, I managed to call him over by the bed and he eventually quieted down. But he really wanted to get out there and defend his turf.

Good dog.

"Officers removed the manhole and found the man. He was a bit disoriented and dehydrated, but otherwise fine. He never found his $20 bill."

I'm glad that poor man's misery amused you, Gabe. Bet if he'd found that twenty, thenyou'd be singing a different tune!