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Forum growlies

I’m having some problems fixing a few bugs in the forum, so there’s a good chance I’m going to nuke the board itself and then rebuild it this weekend. If you hit any extended downtime, it’s most likely me. Email me at the usual kirabug at kirabug dot com if you have any questions.

Milestones

I’ve had a weekend where I didn’t actually complete a single project I started.
I’m sleepless right now and I have a long week ahead of me.
I’m angry because I’m tired and I’d like to be asleep,
not failing at writing poetry, failing at working on the novel, or failing to check my email.

December 5th marks exactly 1 year that I’ve owned the kirabug.com domain.
The various incarnations of my website are much older;
my geocities site was started 5 years ago, though none of the archives are still there.
from there, to Earthlink, to Comcast, and now to here, my home

through two moves, three or four blizzards, various car accidents,
experiments with html, experiments with php, experiments with javascript
experiments with poetry, fiction, comics, forums, more poetry, more comics

I’ve changed. The site’s changed. We’re getting 1500+ readers a month
(that is, if I’m reading my logs right, but even so) it’s an odd feeling to think someone’s listening
especially at 2am on a monday which promises to be a very long day
when i feel like the whole world’s asleep, and i’m alone

I’ve been a little too quiet lately; I’ll try to remedy that
not that I’m sure that’s what you’re here for - the logs point to a strong
possibility you’re here for the comics, but hey
i’ve been babbling on for a year here and you keep coming back

thank you, all of you, for giving me an anchor, and a milestone to achieve

Site redesign take two!

It’s been, what? Six or seven months since a redesign? Anyway, hope you like it… I’m not happy with the comic navigation myself, but that’s because I’m fussy fussy fussy.

New features:

having your browser window too small shouldn’t cause a big empty white space at the top anymore.
the “links” list (fastest way to get to the forum) won’t spontaneously rearrange itself. the order you see is the order you get.
it just plain looks nicer than that boxy thing.
number of items in each category is posted in the category list
if you click the title of a given category, you can use “first / previous / next / current” links to navigate - this is especially handy for the comics, which are usually navigated that way everywhere else. (note: you’ll get all the comics - there’s no way to do this by subcategory yet… i’m still looking for one though.)
changed the RSS feed so you have to actually VISIT the site to view the comics. I miss your smiling faces!
code validates!

So, seeing as my stomach still hurts, sleeping’s going to be an interesting challenge, but i can’t miss work two days straight, so it’s off to bed I go.

Testing testing test test test…

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