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Missing Pieces

You may have noticed my blogroll is missing. Never fear, I’m bringing it back. I decided I didn’t like the top banner so I’m tinkering w/some other options. I’ve already added the categories and archives back (see left column). I like things on the home page to be clean and simple.

I like the dropdown menu idea however, I want it to look more like the existing column links. Not being java friendly, I’m experimenting with some code. A few of you already noticed some unexpected glitches. ^[1]Can you say “oops”? I know, I know, it if ain’t broke don’t fix it. Well I can’t help it. It’s what I do.

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References
↑1	Can you say “oops”?

Load Times

If you’ve been experiencing trouble with the blog loading, it should be fixed now. The IM notifiers were the culprit. I’ve known about it for awhile but it seems to be getting worse as more and more folks are reporting delays in load time.

Normally, I load scripts in the footer section of my page so the rest of the page will load first. However, this particular plugin loads from the server instead of a script. Hence, the delay. I removed it and all seems to be well again.

Apologies.

Blog – Error

I just noticed the subscribe plug-in I’m using is sending out updates for old posts when I add new categories. Sorry for all the mass emails. I’ve disabled it for now. Once I finish categorizing all the posts, I’ll turn it back on.

Ooops! II

I totally fucked up tonight and corrupted my categories. Actually, I corrupted the entire blog but managed to fix it. However, I have to start over an reassign categories to all my posts! What a fraking nightmare.

If anyone knows of a plugin that allows you to batch add categories please let me know.

Blogger Collision

I got to meet Mike from One 3y3 Open this weekend. He is a very nice and charming man. He was a little tipsy and acting all embarrassed. I couldn’t have cared less. We had some good conversation and laughed a lot. We bar hopped all over the castro before landing at 440 Castro. ^[1]aka Daddies He really liked that one.

I had a very nice time hanging out w/him and chatting about everything under the sun. I was immediately struck by his very soft lips. He really needs to post more pics of himself on the blog. ^[2]You listening? LOL He is here for work and being the opposite of my schedule I may not get to hang out w/him. However, even a brief meeting is better than none at all. I can add one more blogger to my list of “met in person”. Now if I could just get Large Tony on an airplane…

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↑1	aka Daddies
↑2	You listening? LOL

Random Questions

I’ve gotten a slew of random questions this past week and I figured I’d share here my answers.

1) What happened to “Mr. I-know-who-you-are”?

I don’t know. He never responded to my request for a valid IP address. All talk and no action. NEXT!

2) Are the hidden posts on your blog stories or real life occurrences?

I’ve answered that before however, they are all true. Sometimes I change the names to protect the guilty though. heehee.

3) When did you know you were gay?

I knew as early as 5 that I was somehow different however, a mind that young has no frame of reference for human sexuality. I began questioning when I was 10 and then at age 12 I knew something was very different about me. It wasn’t until just after my 14th birthday I began to really admit to myself I was ‘gay’.

4) I registered as a user but I still can’t see your hidden posts.

Probably because you didn’t reply to my follow-up request to introduce yourself. Email me directly.

5) You never talk about the Bare Chest charity anymore.

I no longer volunteer for them. Call it “creative differences”.

6) I noticed your twitter updates are still functioning. Mine has stopped, help!

I switched to a javascript loader via the RSS feed. The WordPress widget no longer works after one of Twitters’s recent upgrades. Email me and I’ll send you the code to load.

7) I live in San Francisco. I have never seen you out at the bars. Where do you go out?

Uh, I don’t do the bars much unless I have friends in town. I used to go out alot when I worked for several local charities however, my priorities have shifted.

8) Have you ever met Chad Fox?

Yes, and he is a filthy scoundrel and I love him to death.

9) How did you know I worked for [removed for privacy]? Is it that easy to discover?

Uh, because I am very nosy. I monitor all incoming/outgoing traffic on my blog/domain. You visit me weekly from your work address/IP. It is not a filtered or proxy IP so it was an easy guess. And yes, it is.

10) Why are you such a slut? (from a good friend mind you after reading my last entry)

Because I can be bitch. Jealousy is so not your color! 😛

Tinker3

Ok, I finally found the glitch w/this plug-in. I’ve known about it for awhile but could never get it to work. The author’s site is not in English so no help there. I finally figured it out! It was so simple. The author inadvertently added an extra space to the tag that the plug-in looked for so it failed. Those pesky typos!

Anyway, if you notice on the left side of the ole blog here, I’ve added a new “Plugins I Use” page which lists out each and every active plug-in on my blog.

A very nifty feature when you discover a WordPress function you’d like to emulate. I get swarms of emails asking about my spam filters all the way down to how I make the auto-links on blogger names (even in the comments). Now you know.

Tinker Tinker

So what do you think of the new table at the very top w/the categories, links, archives, etc?

Like or dislike?

Technorati or Technocrap?

I think I’ve discovered why so many VC companies like Technorati fail about 70% of the time. They don’t give a rats-ass about their user base.

My Technorati feed has been down for well over three weeks now. I’ve emailed twice w/o a response. No notice, no email, nothing warning of the outage. A quick perusal of their forums shows I’m not the only disgruntled user either. I don’t care that it is a free service. If you offer a service to thousands, even tens of thousands of people you at least have an obligation to warn them when it goes offline regardless of the reasons. Hell, if you can sp@m my inbox w/useless news about your staff, you can take the time to send a quick note, “oh btw, our service sucks and will be down while we try to figure out what went wrong“. No, I’m not bitter, why do you ask?

Not a big deal in the scope of things however, it is rather annoying when I’m trying to be nosy. lol

Sunday Loteria At Homer’s

Ok, I finally got around to editing the pics from the trip. Yours truly remembered to take his camera however, like a ditzy queer I forgot to charge the damn battery. I was lucky enough to snag some pics from the group.

Remember I said I didn’t get very much sleep the night before? Well if this doesn’t convince you, nothing will.

Sleepless Moby

Oh yes, I was struggling the first few hours till my second wind kicked in. Ok, I actually got a nap in. heehee. Here is a sexy man I ran into at the party. He was a real gent and sweet too. I did my best to convince him to come up to SF and visit me. Did I succeed? I’ll have to get back to you on that one.

Handsome Bloke

homer was so kind and made almost everything from scratch. He really is quite the cook. Not only did he whip up a very tasty Pineapple upside-down cake, he also made some tasty homemade pizzas. YUM!

Pizzaria de homer

Moby N Ryder

A gratuitous pic of my and the sexy man again. Grrr! I was such a shameless flirt. I think he liked it though.

Ryder N Moby

What? You think I only got one pic w/him? WRONG! I also snapped off another of him and Frank together. Adorable ain’t they?

Ryder N Frank

After a delicious feast, we played Mexican bingo (La Loteria). I have to admit, it was fun. homer had all these fun cheesy prizes if you won.

Urswine Prize

Yes, I finally won a prize too. Notice who I’m sitting next too?

Moby N Ryder trying to figure out my prize

Still trying to figure it out by enlisting the help of John.

Still Confused.

The next day I hung out w/Frank/John. They were such good hosts and indulged my every whim. We did lunch at one of their favorite Mexican hang-outs. I got a call from work and they got to see my bitch side.

Moby N John About to Feast

There are a few more pics that were promised to surface however, I will leave that to chance. One is of me doing a jiggy dance and caught in a rather hilarious pose. You’ll have to do your homework to find it. heehee.

I had a great time. homer, Frank, John and the entire cast of friends made me laugh and feel very welcome. I was very happy to finally see the famous homer Pad. I met the ninja kitties and the welfare pup. She was so old but so sweet.

Frank/John were so nice to put up with me. I had a great time hanging out with both of them. Rumor has it they are coming back up for Folsom.