Unfettered Blather

I have been terribly negligent about updating links. There are several blogs I read that are not on my list and others I have not looked at in months that are still there. I have the same problem with the Webcomics list. I will be updating all of that sometime this week.

Also, next week is going to be “Sex Week” here at Unfettered Blather. I don’t usually do themes but I’ve been wanting to do this for awhile. We’ll mostly be focusing on Sex and the videogames industry, which will tie in nicely with my running annoyance at the perception of videogames as merely a child’s past-time despite all the evidence to the contrary.

Buddy and I both appear to be tied up with our jobs. I’m trying to come up with something good but I never have the time to work on it.

I will try again tomorrow.

At least I’m still loving the new job, no matter how exhausting it has been.

I’ve worked on it about all I care to. Going back to the old layout for now.

I’m aware that posts are not displaying. I am working on the problem.

I can’t tell you what a Herculean task it is for me to upgrade software when I’m not getting paid for it. As much as I like to write and yet refuse to run ads because I don’t mind paying for this site out of pocket, I still don’t really care to do a lot of technical work in my off-hours.

Any features that don’t seem to be working or any problems experienced can be sent to me at botswana -at- unfetteredblather-dot-com

The change was not just to the style and layout, which I am still tweaking, but I also added a new version of Wordpress. This update gave me something I wanted, which was the ability for other authors to see works in progress of everyone else. I had planned on inviting other writers to the site once we had some format changes established. However, even with just Buddy and myself I felt it would be nice if he could see my drafts ahead of time.

I have bit the bullet and published my GamerTag. Be kind, I just got the X-Box 360 in January.

There are some spam countermeasures in place. If anyone is trying to post a legitimate comment and can’t, please e-mail me above with the problem. We’ve had some issues with spambots, which really irks me since I have a fundamental problem with other people trying to make money off a site I pay for out-of-pocket.

More visibility for my Blogroll! As much as I enjoy having people come here and read whatever rambling diatribe I’ve spewed forth, I still want to display what I consider worthwhile reading. Your mileage may vary of course.

In the coming days I plan to add some more tweak and functions here. I’m no PHP guru, but I know enough general programming syntax that I’ve been able to glean what I need to get done. Unfortunately, the stylesheet still needs some work. Ironically, I figured out the PHP changes despite being a Java programmer without much problem, but the CSS is giving me fits. C’est la vie and all that rot.

Also, soom RSS widgets because the method being used currently is just not that convenient. I’m all about making things easy for users, so I have no excuse.

I also have nearly two weeks of posts loaded up in the queue. Nothing time sensitive of course, but a nice little buffer for those times when I’m less inspired. How do I post everyday? I cheat! No, I don’t rely on pre-written content, I’m always willing to insert something in the queue where it belongs. Like this post, being written at 2am because I’ve got insomnia. It’s going to be a fun day at work tomorrow, oh yes! Probably a 4 cup morning followed by a 4 soda day. Just a guess.