Top Ten Blog! is a Blog of Note on Blogger today. Wow. I’m honored to be even peripherally involved with a Blog of Note. Thanks to Haidi for this great idea.

Looking through some files prompted by the previous post, I found I did take a rather nice Arthur-esque shot at a benefit event I was shooting for a friend:

I like it, anyway.

Fredshead uses a Canon G1.
I use a Canon G1.
I have a lot to learn.

That splash page image alone knocked me out. And inside is a gorgeous photoblog (refresh the blog page to get a different header). To top it off, he’s an excellent web designer. I’m so jealous, I’m having chest pains. (via Hunkabutta)

I haven’t been taking many photos lately. Bored, hot, and busy with client work that isn’t really getting me anywhere. I said to a friend recently, being a freelancer would be the best job in the world, if it weren’t for the damn clients. (If any clients are reading this, I don’t mean you.)

Learning about molestation in South Park:

Cartman: There’s good touch, and bad touch.
Kyle: What’s bad touch?
Cartman: Something about a swimsuit or something. I don’t really remember.

The Simpsons is truly one of the finest shows ever on television. Some would say this is a dubious achievement, but few would argue the point. The sad thing is, the last two seasons or so have, not to put too fine a point on it, sucked. I think the “Jump the Shark” moment was the stupid and unfunny death of Maude Flanders. These days, a Simpsons episode seems to resemble nothing so much as a psychotically random jumble of situations and marginally funny lines. If there was any doubt, this look at the upcoming season should turn the stomach of any true fan. Parodies of “Erin Brockovich” and “Harry Potter”? How the mighty have fallen.

Hens love roosters
Geese love ganders
Everyone else
loves Ned Flanders!

Mike has an end-game spoiler for the Levers Flash puzzle on his site. It’s in the comments on the post he made on the game (currently it’s the latest post). Mike is to be commended for providing this service to all of us staring at the giant head and wondering, “What now?”

Did I mention my new favorite weblog, Xkot.net? Xkot (pronounced “Scott”) finds some great links, and has an engaging writing style. He also has a message board with an impressive amount of activity. Not to mention, he likes my site, which further shows his good taste.

Current web pet peeve: sites that change your home page. Get your hands off my home page, you damn dirty internet!

After weeks of procrastination, I’ve finally improved the comments function by setting a cookie that saves your name, e-mail and URL so you don’t have to type it in each time you post here. It’s incredibly minimalist, in that it just updates the cookie each time. So if you want to change anything, just type over it. If you want to zero out all the fields, you can do that too. Sound good? E-mail me if you’re having problems with it.

This is just another baby step towards my own Blogger-killer application, written in Cold Fusion. Keep your fingers crossed.

Whoever came up with this is a genius. Beautiful, kinetic, and a wicked time-waster. (via Feral Living)