tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50999252024-02-28T14:59:42.041-05:00Jay Solo's Original VerbosityOriginal Home of Jay SoloJay Solohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894355912048962320noreply@blogger.comBlogger1207125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099925.post-27115237021874483502015-07-25T13:29:00.000-04:002015-07-25T13:29:18.652-04:00And The Years Pass Like Nothing...Here I am, more than four years later, updating again. Not that it should be expected, given that this is my original, long defunct blog. Except... this one is not defunct! The immediate successor now is because PHP updating finally broke pMachine, near as I can tell. Most of what was ever published to the immediate successor to that now is, subject to making Expression Engine play nicely with Jay Solohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894355912048962320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099925.post-71803328152552842072011-04-10T16:27:00.002-04:002011-04-10T16:44:40.148-04:00Man, it's been a long time since I updated! And why would I, after moving on to bigger and better blogging, and then co-blogging, and, well...There was the blog that directly followed this, then there was Accidental Verbosity with Deb, which became Blogblivion, though oddly I never liked that as much, despite the clever coinage. Then we separated, except we still share a place, along with our Jay Solohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894355912048962320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099925.post-1109718212251574272005-03-01T17:49:00.000-05:002006-01-20T14:50:44.340-05:00Where Are They Now?It's long past time for an update.This was my original blog, and if you have landed here on the main page, you might well find interesting content if you poke around through the archives.In fairly short order, I moved Jay Solo's Verbosity to regular hosting, using pMachine to run it. Again, that remains if you'd like to explore the archives.I also hosted the home page for Jay Solohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894355912048962320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099925.post-958469662003-06-19T21:46:00.000-04:002003-06-20T00:35:56.000-04:00A Moving Experience
It's under construction still, but please go to http://www.elhide.com/solo/ for future posts, and adjust your links accordingly. Thanks!
Update:
Of all the posts to fail to publish, and have me not realize it until almost three hours later, it had to be this one! Let's see if it goes this time.
Jay Solohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894355912048962320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099925.post-958441622003-06-19T19:44:00.000-04:002003-06-19T19:44:39.613-04:00A Long Expected Interview
Maripat has finally gotten around to posting the widely anticipated, almost non-fictional interview with Lori over at Right We Are!
Jay Solohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894355912048962320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099925.post-958325572003-06-19T12:49:00.000-04:002003-06-19T12:49:32.883-04:0010,000 Watch
Well, my 1/3 Blogiversary is the 25th, 6 days from now. I'm approaching 10,000 on the meter, so I should hit 10,000 by or right at the 4 month mark. That's pretty cool. My only concern with possibly falling short is traffic has plunged this week; almost to half its previous levels. On the other hand, moving out to add a boost. If I can get the new site to load reliably.
Jay Solohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894355912048962320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099925.post-958322402003-06-19T12:40:00.000-04:002003-06-19T12:40:03.020-04:00Elhide Blues
Well, today my new site still is having speed issues. At this point, meaning it won't load at all, even with the direct URL including weblog.php at the end. Except if I hit www.elhide.com, in which case the redirector page that currently brings you to Blogspot comes up instantly, followed by the Blogspot page coming up instantly. Doh!
Something isn't right. I made no changes Jay Solohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894355912048962320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099925.post-958182082003-06-19T01:53:00.000-04:002003-06-19T01:53:08.990-04:00X2
I went to see X2 for the second time, so the nephew could see. I used a two year old free pass, which I'd not used because I always go to matinees, and the freebie is best used to avoid paying full price.
It was just as good the second time! The FX that hint about the Phoenix were more obvious this time, knowing about it and already knowing what happened. I can't wait for the next one.
Jay Solohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894355912048962320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099925.post-958176412003-06-19T01:30:00.000-04:002003-06-19T01:30:49.420-04:00How Rude
I thought I might take a little while tonight to make the changeover, even though I am not really ready. Seeing how I've already been announced, so I could have the honor of the number 100 spot in the official defectors list. Speaking of which, the URL to the defectors list no longer goes right to it, but to the top of the archive page it's on; then there's much scrolling involved. Jay Solohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894355912048962320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099925.post-957803252003-06-18T01:14:00.000-04:002003-06-18T01:14:44.410-04:00Frustration
Not being able to blog much. Not being able to tweak and deploy the new digs.
I have a funeral in the morning. Afterward I have to pick up my nephew, go to the office, and have a very busy afternoon and evening doing work that needs to be done. Then the nephew and I are going to see X-Men 2, so I'll be home late and probably just go to bed or be online minimally at this time Jay Solohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894355912048962320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099925.post-957708112003-06-17T19:24:00.000-04:002003-06-17T19:24:57.226-04:009000
And the 9000th hit is...
Referred by A Gaggle of Girls (And Some Guys Who Fill In During Vacations).
On Pacific Time, at 4:18:51 PM to be exact.
With ISP of Pacbell.
Using Netscape 5.0 on Windows 98.
Ith, izzat you?
Jay Solohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894355912048962320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099925.post-957696882003-06-17T18:42:00.000-04:002003-06-17T18:47:52.000-04:00A Grin for the Den! (Attention Mapchic et al)
Spread the word!
Check out this hosting option as a Blogspot alternative. It's a wonderful thing, and slightly lower cost even than some of the other non-free options. Plus they'll setup MT or pMachine for you free, which helps give Dean a rest after the fifty MT sites - mostly BlogSplat refugees - he will have setup.
Imagine: Jay Solohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894355912048962320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099925.post-957693382003-06-17T18:29:00.000-04:002003-06-17T18:31:20.000-04:00Driving
Way to go Jaboobie! I could easily have written this list of driving tips myself. Well done.
Someone did item 10 to me today and I was all ready at that point to get back to the office and blog about it. And about my observation that some people don't drive "wrong" per se, but have a "rhythm" to their driving that's off from that of other people. Or off from mine, anyway. You knowJay Solohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894355912048962320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099925.post-957678872003-06-17T17:35:00.000-04:002003-06-17T17:39:28.000-04:00Wow!
I've just been linked twice by Joe Katzman over at Winds of Change.
One is the article I linked to about the possibility of a low grade depression that could last many years. I consider it a real if avoidable possibility, and found the analysis interesting.
The other is a nudge to get off Blogspot. Heh. I am working on it. My basic layout is largely finished at a temporary, ridiculousJay Solohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894355912048962320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099925.post-957671762003-06-17T17:08:00.000-04:002003-06-17T17:08:40.930-04:00Rand Simberg At His Finest
Brilliant post by Rand Simberg on why it was a mistake for the Founders not to make clearer that the First Amendment was a collective right like the Second. Heh.
Jay Solohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894355912048962320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099925.post-957662472003-06-17T16:39:00.000-04:002003-06-17T16:39:14.420-04:00Funny E-Mail
You may well have seen this before. I have, a couple times before, and found it most amusing and, sadly, recognizable...
Subject A.A.A.D.D.
I find comfort in knowing that I'm not alone.... Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. - Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder. This is how it manifests:
I decided to wash my car. As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is Jay Solohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894355912048962320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099925.post-957358752003-06-16T21:04:00.000-04:002003-06-16T21:04:17.876-04:00Good Night
Well folks, I'm beat. I've been at the office waaaay too long and am leaving a couple hours later than intended. I am going home and probably right to bed without blogging. Or if I can't sleep, I'll work on the new site, moving my FrontPage design mockup to the real thing. Considering I almost ran off the road going less than a mile to Wendy's a few hours ago, as a direct result Jay Solohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894355912048962320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099925.post-957280582003-06-16T16:08:00.000-04:002003-06-16T16:08:31.480-04:00Speaking of movies...
Bend It Like Beckham still hasn't come to any sufficiently local theaters for me to go to it. Yet they're advertising it on TV. Enough for a very light viewer to have noticed. Strange. Why advertise and then make it hard to see?
Jay Solohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894355912048962320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099925.post-957256602003-06-16T14:51:00.000-04:002003-06-16T14:51:36.756-04:00Woooosh!
Film release time is almost like "Internet Time" these days.
I got a voicemail from my sister. My nephew really really really wanted to see X-Men 2, but they'd not gotten around to going. Now that it's time, they find it's playing in one theater at one time in the area. That time is 9:50 PM. Too late for her.
So the proposal is that I take him to it and then he can stay at my Jay Solohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894355912048962320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099925.post-957082432003-06-16T03:12:00.000-04:002003-06-16T03:12:16.876-04:00Geek Test
My nephew e-mailed me the URL for this Geek Test.
He scored 21.69625% - Geek, which is fairly impressive for 14 years old.
I scored 36.09467% - Major Geek. Heh.
Jay Solohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894355912048962320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099925.post-957076712003-06-16T02:41:00.000-04:002003-06-16T02:41:47.106-04:00Hey, Where'd The Gloom Go
What's up with this! I check Weather Underground to see what the upcoming weather will be, since I'd not been paying attention. Five days out of the upcoming seven are supposed to be mostly sunny or only partly cloudy. Whoa! Only one day and one night feature a chance of rain. Each day falls somewhere in the 70-80° range.
What happened? The weather deities Jay Solohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894355912048962320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099925.post-957075282003-06-16T02:35:00.000-04:002003-06-16T02:35:04.626-04:00American Realpolitik
In case you've missed seeing this elsewhere, American Realpolitik needs help. Way more than Andrew Sullivan.
Now I feel bad, because perhaps a week ago I was looking at the cartoons on their site and thought "I wonder if they have permission to use these or if someone might be bothered by it." That happens to me way too often; I imagine something bad and then it happens.Jay Solohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894355912048962320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099925.post-956937252003-06-15T17:07:00.000-04:002003-06-15T17:07:33.000-04:00The Bankruptcy of America
This is a fascinatingly scary economic analysis. Link via Two--Four.
Jay Solohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894355912048962320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099925.post-956927892003-06-15T16:22:00.000-04:002003-06-15T16:22:56.763-04:00Defector List
I noticed today that Glenn has a mini-list of BlogSpot defectors going, so I sent him a reminder of the Wizbang running list of defectors, which is more effective if it gets well publicized.
Jay Solohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894355912048962320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099925.post-956918982003-06-15T15:38:00.000-04:002003-06-15T15:38:45.856-04:00Father's Day Story
Scott Chaffin has a wonderful story about his late father, in honor of Father's Day. We have in common go-getter fathers who had polio and didn't let that stop them.
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