I just did an “ego-rati” search (to steal Matt‘s term for it) on Technorati, and I am amazed, nay, gobsmacked, at the number of uber-cool people that have linked to me. Sure, I’m not nearly as popular as some of my other blogger friends. But I still feel unusually loved. Loved by the caressing code of anchor tags pointing to my site. Mm. Sweet anchor tag hyperlink love.
To those who’ve linked to me: I owe you coffee. Hit me up some time for a cup of java. Or tea, whatever floats your boat.
Yet another meme for you lovely readers. I found this one on various message boards and blogs. Here’s my list in the extended entry:
THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
1. Nicole
2. Sui Yin
3. Neek
THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD:
1. neekole
2. Promethea
3. LadyKender
(there’ve been a lot more, but these are the major ones)
THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. Indepedent
2. Honest
3. Follow the beat of my own drum
THREE THINGS YOU HATE/DISLIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. Dislike of confrontation
2. Shyness/quietness
3. A bit of a worrywart
THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:
1. Chinese (100%). Pretty boring.
2.
3.
THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
1. Death of loved ones
2. Confronting people
3. War
THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
1. Internet
2. Caffeine
3. Kiss from Brandon
THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1. Denim skirt
2. Hurley t-shirt
3. Black knee-high boots
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS(OR ARTISTS(AT THE MOMENT)):
1. They Might Be Giants
2. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3. Tori Amos
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS AT THE PRESENT:
1. “Linus & Lucy” – Vince Guaraldi Trio
2. “New York City” – TMBG
3. “Let Go” – Frou Frou
THREE NEW THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS:
1. Kick ass at WIRED internship.
2. Then try to get a proper full-time job. Hopefully at WIRED.
3. Oh yeah, and there’s the wedding thing. Followed by honeymoon in NYC in June.
THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP (LOVE IS A GIVEN):
1. Respect
2. Honesty
3. Friendship
TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE:
1. I’ve been to 7 different countries.
2. I am slightly deaf in one ear.
3. I like raw celery.
THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX THAT APPEAL TO YOU:
1. Dirty blondes/redheads
2. Manly large hands
3. Winning smile
THREE THINGS YOU JUST CAN’T DO:
1. Ride a bicycle.
2. Smoke.
3. Chug alcohol.
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:
1. Reading
2. Writing
3. Cooking
THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BAD RIGHT NOW:
1. Hug Brandon (Yes, that’s diabetically sweet, shaddup).
2. Finish reading my magazines.
3. Get a pedicure.
THREE CAREERS YOU’RE CONSIDERING:
1. Editor
2. Manager
3. Online producer
THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:
1. New York City
2. Hawaii
3. Malaysia
THREE KID’S NAMES:
1. Neil
2. Naomi
3. Belinda
THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
1. Buy a house
2. Write a book
3. Meet all my online buddies
One of my favorite newspaper comic strips has always been On The Fastrack. I don’t know why, I guess I just always liked it from when I was a kid. I also like its technological bent on things.
So I was quite tickled to see today’s strip, which could be addressing comment spam:
If the “illegal entries in other people’s blogs” does refer to comment spam, this might be a first. I wonder where the storyline will go from here…
Update: Turns out it wasn’t about comment spam after all. It was about blog hijacking. Ah well.
Ah, the things you learn by talking to bloggers.
I had the pleasure of meeting up with a few of my fellow SF metbloggers at the Pied Piper in the Palace Hotel (in SF, natch) recently, and it was an enjoyable and enlightening experience. Met with Christiana Dominguez, Brian Lam, Cheyenne, Marc Canter, and Jason Defillippo (the latter few are probably quite familiar to a lot of you).
The entry title was quoted by none other than Mr. Canter, who claims that San Francisco streets like Minna and Jessie were named after whores. Apparently in exchange for a little nookie, the judges would grace the streets with their names. How incredibly San Franciscan. The only reason I’m not blogging that on the SF Metblog is because I can’t find a source (Darn you Google!).
There were many other interesting conversations that evening, most of which revolved around the world of blogs (“Which is better, XML or RDF?” “Am I a loser for sticking with Blogger?” “Let me tell you about this thing called blogrolling.” etc.) Ah, such geek fun. Us old-time San Franciscans also schooled newcomer Jason on San Francisco geography, as well as the best place in town to get a proper bed (It’s Sleep Train, natch).
Much alcohol was also consumed, which was a really bad idea on my part — ended up having a horror of an allergic reaction later on. Damn it. Should’ve remembered I’m allergic to vodka. Three days later and I’m still covered in splotchy rashes. Sigh.
Overall though, it was a fun evening. I’d do it again in a heartbeat. Minus the allergy thing.
Holy crap, joon is back blogging! After, like, 6 months! Woo! (Also: Gag-reflex at the diabetic amount of lovey dovey stuff about his girlfriend in his most recent posts. Dude… toothache lah.)
In celebration, I’ve now lifted the previous .htaccess ban on a certain South-East Asian country. I really don’t care who reads my drivel now, be it friend or family. If they can’t stand the heat, get out of the friggin’ kitchen.
PS. Joon’s a good friend of mine from way back. We like to call each other names and trade insults. It’s fun.