Party ce soir
J’avais prévu poster çà plus tôt mais ca m’est sorti de l’idée. Si vous cherchez quelque chose à faire ce soir, moi je serai ici.
Yulblog Boxing Day Special
In the grand tradition of boxing day specials, I’m offering a fabulous prize for bloggers who register to be listed on Yulblog before the end of the year: You will also be linked in an entry here and on Yulblog.
Ok, the prize sucks. And “registration” actually just means sending me an email with your blog’s url but come on, it’s not like other boxing day specials are any better! ;)
Truth is, we’re at 135 people listed in the reminder list for Yulblog “get togethers”, I know there are loads of blogs unlisted and I’d like to make it 150 on the list before the end of the year. I don’t list people unless they ask so… get to it.
Hitting The Blogging Wall
I’m not talking about the wall that stops you from finding stuff to write about, I’m talking about the one between “blogging aware” people and the rest of the world. I’ve hit that wall a bunch of times but the holidays, as expected, are proving a breeding ground for “blogging unaware people”.
I’d say, as a rough estimate, that 75-80% of the people I see voluntarily, outside of anything organized, are bloggers. It’s not that they’re the only people I meet but that’s already one “potential kindred spirit” point and so, chances are, I meet people with related tastes through blogging.
Anyway, point is, when talking with family or “other friends”, if I talk about something I did, a place I went, etc. There are good chances there’s some blogger friends involved. Since most of the “other” people don’t know what blogging is and I’m tired of explaining, I’ll just say friends. Which is a good way to go anyway. But then when the “where’d you meet them/her/him?” questions come. What can I answer? “They’re blog people”, “They’re Yulblog people”, “They’re website people”.
For example, today I was talking books with someone and we get to Matthieu Simard*, I mention his two excellent books and Alex’s post comes to mind. Good story if you’re a blogger. I posted about the book, Alex bought it, enjoyed it, posted about it and the author commented on the entry the very same day. Fun. Try telling that to someone who doesn’t know what a blog is!
Same thing happens with Ultimate Frisbee, W3Québec and Ile Sans Fil, which kind of puts a crimp on discussions. What do you do? websites, emphasis on web standards, accessibility / huh? I went out with these people / where’d you meet them? Some of them at Yulblog / at what? Friends from Ultimate / from what? Went to the ISF party / the huh? Where do you work from? Cafes with free Wifi / free wtf? How do you find you’re contracts? Some from people I meet through blogs and w3qc / the what and the who?
Can’t wait to talk to my grandad next week. I build websites working from cafés using radio waves to connect to the interweb while chatting online with people I mostly met through blogging and throwing a plastic frisbee. He’s the dad from “Little House on the Prairie” and at 94 could probably still kick my ass. Love him but, you know, pretty hard to update him on what I’m doing.
*En passant Matthieu, ca te prendrait vraiment un site web. Ou encore mieux, comme disait Alex, un blog. Si tu veux essayer çà j’t’en offre un gratos pour voir comment ca marche. email moi.
Slightly Unstable Guy in the Middle
Little Guy on the Left Shoulder: You’re money baby! You’re so money and you don’t even know it! Write about this shit man!
Slightly Unstable Guy in the Middle: hehehe
Little Guy on the Right Shoulder: Don’t do it man, it’s not your style. Plus, you’ll jinx it, you know you’ll jinx it! Don’t say anything.
SUGM: But..
LGRS: Don’t!
LGLS: Awww come on! Do it! Do it!
SUGM: Maybe just…
LGRS: DON’T! Don’t do it you stupid moron!
SUGM: Allright, allright! Jeeez!!
Oh Canada
Funny / true article from SF Gate where once again a “blue state American” realizes how much Canada rules.
Canadians. So mellow. So laid back. So gay. So not producing any truly superlative modern-rock music or ultraviolent buddy-cop movies and not actively siccing Wal-Mart or Starbucks or Paris Hilton on the rest of the world like a goddamn cancer. They’re just so … nice. And boring. And calm. And solid. And friendly.
And they simply beat us senseless on the whole open-minded, progressive thing. Kicked our flag-wavin’ butts. Trounced our egomaniacal self-righteous selves and made the red states look even more foolish and backward than the whole world already knows them to be.
Good to read when going through winter. Did I mention I hate winter? I hate winter. No really, I do.
Rhetorical Question
Why the f0ck does everyone feel obliged to play only f0cking christmas music all frickin’ month long?!? Aaarrrgh!!!
