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Dreadful Nonsense

"I've read your blog. it's really funny. you should write a column." - Jon Ronson


It’s the Friday Five! On a Sunday! Don’t judge me.

1. How long have you had a weblog?
Since two days after my 25th birthday. It was conceived in a moment of boredom at the office, while I tried but failed to be sacked from work for spending too much time on the internet. I am instead trying to achieve that in my new place of employment today.

2. What was your first post about?
I don’t know. I could have a look in the archive, but I think it was about the fact that I had managed to get a HTML link to work for me. It’s the littlest things that make my life worthwhile, you know. I still get the same thrill today.

3. How many changes (name, location, etc.) of your weblog have there been, if more than one?
I changed the name continually until I came up with one that I liked – I think it started as “Facts are meaningless”, which was a crap Simpsons quote that I had been sent that day via email. It went though a few until I landed on “What did you say?” because that is one of my most often repeated phrases. It is now “Drugs make me cool” because I have an email account with the same name, and also because it’s a sarcastic reminder to myself that smoking is neither big nor clever. I think “What did you say?” was better, and might change it back some time soon.

4. What CMS (content management system) do you use? Do you like it or do you want to try something else?
I don’t know what that is. I think the answer to that question might be Blogger, but since I’m not sure, I won’t go off on one about how rubbish Blogger is. Everyone else on the internet has already said that, but three years ago already. I’d change, only I’ve no idea what I’m even doing here, so the other packages are well beyond me. Plus, it’s free, and that’s my favourite currency.

5. Do you read people who have both a journal and a weblog? Or do you prefer to read people who have all of their writing in one central place?
Most of the blogs that I read are journals in themselves – I’m not really sure that there is that much of a difference these days. The sites I visit most often are the ones that mix a certain amount of personal detail in with their web links and rants on current affairs. I particularly enjoy blogs of people that I’ve met, but currently they are few and far between. I’m hoping to meet more people during the Festival this year that have blogs, so that should be interesting, just to see what kind of freakish demons they all are.

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