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Thing One:

I never really gave much thought to the random titles I’ve attributed to my weblog over time. If I come up with something I find particularly witty, or fitting, or funny, or just plain “fun” without the “ny,” I add it to my list of random titles. Eventually, I grow tired of some, and they fall off the face of my CGI script. Others stick around for some time.

The thing is, spiders sometimes notice these titles. Not the eight-legged arachnid variety of spiders, but web spiders. Little pieces of code that wander the web, categorizing stuff. Spiders are what, for instance, Google uses to keep its content up-to-date. Google uses titles as part of a website when it’s figuring out search words that should lead to that website.

Normally, this wouldn’t mean much, but I’ve noticed something interesting. In the last two days, no less than seven unique visitors have started at a Google search and ended up here by using the same two-word search term. That term? Anal Leakage.

Yes, that’s right. If you’re looking for Anal Leakage on the internet, you end up here. That, my friends, is food for thought (with Olestra).

Thing Two:

I’m in the running for the Apex Awards, which is another ‘un of those weblog awards. This award (based on the other nominees) seems to focus on aesthetic quality more than much else. There are some beautiful weblogs in the running, to be sure, but I think I’ve got an edge over the competition if readability is involved anywhere in the equation. Mine is one of the few weblogs currently nominated whose content can be readily interpreted as containing textual elements intended to be read. The others are pretty, yes, but I’ve done my best here to incorporate elements of form ~and~ function into what is (I hope) an overall pleasing whole. A bunch of unformatted text without pretty graphics is still a weblog. A bunch of pretty graphics without text… not so much. (Photoblogs being a notable exception, but generally in photoblogs, what little text there is, is quite legible)

Thing Three:

Standardized buttons (such as those I use) continue to gain in popularity in the Blogosphere. Taylor McKnight has created a website for the purpose of collecting these buttons in one location for the general public. He was even nice enough to include a few of mine. :)

Speaking of buttons, I created a new button for Wander-Lust and submitted it to them today. Here’s a sneak peek:

The administrator of Wander-Lust emailed me back and seemed quite happy to have my submission, so hopefully we wanderers will have a new choice in buttons soon.

Thing Four:

I took a photo of myself and submitted it to The Mirror Project this evening, though I haven’t gotten their confirmation yet, so I can’t directly link to it. Thus, here it is:

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To The Fourth. HP C500

I like it, ’cause I caught my reflection in two mirrors, and my eyes appear twice in the metallic frame surrounding the mirrors. If I look tense, well, it’s because I am. :) Dead Week is anything but, and Finals Week is fast approaching. To make matters worse, I’m not even getting the expected bonus of warm weather inspiring relaxed attire in the female population. *pout* In case you can’t tell from the picture, I’m wearing a sweater (though no jacket) today.

Have a good evening, all.