the blog @ popjack dot net » Administrivia http://blog.popjack.net ramblings of a mediocre genius Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:54:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Call for Guest Bloggers http://blog.popjack.net/2009/10/02/call-for-guest-bloggers/ http://blog.popjack.net/2009/10/02/call-for-guest-bloggers/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:31:07 +0000 popjack http://blog.popjack.net/?p=97 Regular readers and Facebook / Twitter friends know that I’m always encouraging you people to start your own blog. It’s fun, it’s easy, and it’s therapeutic. I hear plenty of objections. “I don’t have enough to say,” or “I don’t know how,” or, “You’re so witty and insightful, I’ll look stupid next to you.”

Some or all of these may be true, but there’s still no reason to deprive the world of your solipsistic navel-gazing.  You can be a guest-blogger here at the blog @ popjack dot net!

So if you’ve ever wanted to write something that’s more than Twitter’s character limit (140) and even more than Facebook’s (420), but didn’t know where to stick it, maybe I can help.

I say maybe, because I’m still enough of an asshole to reject you, and there are a few guidelines:

  • You get 250 words (+ /-)
  • It has to make me laugh / cry / think / vomit
  • You have to be my friend on Facebook and / or Twitter

If you’re interested, click on Be My Guest.

Ok, I’m waiting…..

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Thanks for all the visits; It turns out I’m .00001% less obscure than originally thought.

(As always, percentages are approximate)

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Wow, that would have been cool.

Alas, the ever-active cabal of time, work, responsibility and laziness conspired against me, and while I’m still working on Django, I’m tired of waiting for something longer than Twitter, and less frenetic than facebook.

Therefore, welcome to the new incarnation of my blog, built on Wordpress 2.8.4, which if you haven’t checked out yet, is really good, although not quite phenomenal or highly recommended. Here you’ll find my thoughts on technology, parenting, the world we live in, and life in general, if for some reason, you’re interested.

Here’s my promise — quick, frequent posts, hopefully thought-provoking and conversation-starting.

I have some brilliant friends, so I’m really looking forward to the comments.

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