If the world could vote?

I like it when people do things that can give us a global example about our nation’s issues. I often wonder how we are perceived, what people think of our choices, our leaders, etc.

This venture by a few folk in Iceland is the exact type of thing that I like. I bet they will make a killing on ad space sales as well.

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Roughly 10 years ago I asked a friend if I could use the journaling code that he had written on my own site. It was a nice bit of code that would read text files in a directory, use their file name to extrapolate a date, and display it all on a web page, one day at a time, with a calendar that you coils use to navigate this online journal. A very rare few, if any, knew what a blog was at the time (note to self: look up when term blog became part of the Internet lexicon), heck even I didn’t. I, however, wanted to write about my observations and for some reason felt compelled to share them.

Now, 10 years later, I am sitting on a BART train and I am able to use my cell phone to update a blog. More amazing to me than this technological is the fact that I am now at a place in my life where I can really use the term “10 years later…”. My oh my, the time does fly.

-WW

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I really don’t know which is more nerdy: blogging itself or blogging via iPhone on the commuter train. My initial guess is the latter and sadly it is what I am doing.

Yesterday’s experiment was a definite success. People who I know for a fact don’t read this site actually reached out to say hello. This isn’t to say I am not an annoyance to those that •I• message on a daily basis, but it does make me feel better I know that there are people out there that want to actually talk to me.

Last night I upgraded the software powering this site. After doing so I discovered a feature I wasn’t aware of and boy was it uplifting. Turns out that there is a feature that hits up Google to see how many others sites are linking to this site or aticles within. The number of incoming links on this bad boy? That’s a big fat goose egg! Yay blog!

By the way, I just have to say that I really hate the term blog. It is one of those lame and made up Internet terms created originally by open-source elitists who didn’t want ordinary people to know what they were talking about (and makes me feel like a dork even saying). This site isn’t a blog, it is my online journal that I write in because I like to write (however poorly the job may be… seriously I am 37 years old and I still have a had time using then and than properly). I don’t blog, I won’t blog, I just write. End of story.

Time to enter the Trans-Bay Tube, so that’s it for now.

-WW

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Greetings Internet traveller! Thanks again for dropping in on my little corner of the web.

After publicly shaming myself with my shirtless post in the beginning of the year I figured it was about time for a check in. Don’t worry, you won’t need to shield your eyes from the screen, no picture today. I’ll save that for the end of the year.

To date I’ve lost 30 pounds, I am under 300 pounds, and I can go up a flight of stairs without getting winded. I am making better eating choices and exercising two to three times a week. I am pretty pleased with my progress but really need to crank it up a bit.

Last month I was tapped by my friend Jed to help support the social networking management aspect of a project that he has done with family and friends. It’s a super villian musical called Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog and it looks like it is going to be one of the biggest projects I have ever ridden the coat-tails of. Hit up the site to find out more (or use the links below to hit up all the sites that have been set up).

Lastly, we have The Experiment. I find that on instant messenger programs I am usually the one who initiates contact with other people (probably much to their annoyance). Today I am going to turn it on and not contact anyone. I will leave it running and I am going to see just how long it takes for someone to actually want to talk to me (those actually reading this are hereby disqualified). I will post the results as soon as they are known.

I hope all of you out there are doing well and I hope the rest of the year is good to you.

-WW

** EDIT at 1:16 PM Pacific Time **
The first Instant Message has come in after 3 hours of being on. It was an ICQ spam message trying to get me to go to a site.

** EDIT at 2:10 PM Pacific Time **
Second Instant Message has come in. This time it is in fact someone that knows me and wanted to share something with me. 4 hours and 10 minutes. I’m going to reset the clock and see how long the next message takes. I really don’t know why I’m doing this.

** EDIT at 7:10 PM Pacific Time **
The one friend I’ve known the longest, Jereme, IM’d me after reading this. Thanks sir but, as said before, readers of this blog are disqualified. Appreciate the effort though.

** EDIT @ 9:14 PM Pacific Time **
Another friend from Los Angeles IM’d me out of the blue to check in. I consider this experiment a success. Someone did actually want to chat with me today.

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One of the things that I have always enjoyed in life was writing. I have no idea why. For some reason letting the words flow from my mind into a form of print medium always relaxes me, makes me feel better about myself, and is darned fun.

A lot of writers tell you that the first thing to start writing about is what you know. If there is one thing I (regrettably) know a lot about, it’s television.

On a side note, this first column… good or bad… I would like to dedicate here to my father. He always encouraged me to read, no matter what I read, because he felt it was the cornerstone of keeping ones mind sharp. This made me love reading, lead my desire to write, and eventually got me here (and there). This first one is for you Dad.

So, head over to Quick Stop Entertainment, if you would please, and partake of what will undoubtedly become more of an Internet destination than Perez Hilton… heh… right.

-WW

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