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Site Changes

As you may have noticed, there are quite a few site changes going on.  Please be patient during this week as I figure out the new design of my site.  Thanks!

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OoO 5/30 to 6/6

I’ll be “Out of the Office” starting tomorrow afternoon until June 6th.  I say “Out of the Office” as opposed to “Vacation” because I’ll be in Chicago over the weekend (vacation), and then in Phoenix during the week (business meeting).  I have no idea if I’ll have Internet access or time to post in either place, so I’ll catch up with everything when I get back.

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Vacation 5/17 to 5/24

I’m leaving for vacation bright and early tomorrow morning (6am flight!).  I’ll be gone from 5/17 to 5/24, and will resume the blogging (filling in the missing days) starting on May 25th.

For those of you interested, me and the fam are going on a cruise out of LA.  I have no idea what ports we’re stopping at, but really, does it matter?

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Blog Updates

To the observant reader (specifically those of you who read on the site and not through an RSS feed), you’ll notice a few changes around each of the blog posts.  The two obvious things are the stars and the little icons that you find at the bottom of each entry.

The stars are a rating system for each post that I write.  As suggested by a smart reader, using the ratings will be an easy way for the readers to say which jokes (and posts in general) they liked, and didn’t like.  A 1 Star Rating means “Boo that joke was terrible” and a 5 means “I laughed out loud, do that in your show.”  The middle ranges help reflect your luke-warmness or coldness to the joke.

The icons are quick links to social bookmarking sites.  Basically they allow you to tell other people “Hey I read this post, and it’s worth sharing with others.”  It’s a great way for me to generate more traffic to the site and for you to bookmark your favorite posts - but each one requires an account in order to use.  Most (maybe all) are free, but they just take a bit of time to set up.

The final change is something you won’t be able to notice, but it’s something called “Google Analytics.”  It gives me a better idea of how many people are reading the blog, where they are clicking on the site, etc.

Anyway, that’s the run-down of the new stuff.  Hope you enjoy and definitely take advantage of the rating system.

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