There’s Nothing Wrong with That

I’m just going to be upfront about this. I’m using aqua. At first I called it greenish blue, but then the more stylish humans in my life pointed out that this color was called “soft aqua” and while aqua was by no means “edgy”, it certainly was better than Microsoft Blue. So I said, ok.

For crissakes, I have an alt that’s languishing in some inn, I can’t spend all weekend hoping to find a hex number that’s edgy.

I’m mostly testing link colors and posting with the new WordPress upgrade, but in case you’re thirsting for some REAL gaming news, go check the better blogs on the right; frankly, it’s same old, same old in Warcraft.

After I beat this new system into submission, I’ll update the links as I recently discovered some good sites that I added to my feedreader … doesn’t do you much good on my feedreader tho, does it? Click around, you’ll find plenty of good ones that aren’t whores or Poindexters that love and hate the medium as much as you or me.

And now, since my guild is IM’ing me with “leave that fucking blog alone and get in here”, there’s a handful of elite beasts that need a beatdown.

P.S. If you’re using Internet Exploder, I want to hurt you. Don’t let it come to that.

Blog Enhancement Weekend

I use WordPress to infuse AFK Gamer with ultimate blogging power. WP recently released their latest stable upgrade, version 1.5, which is supposed to be easier and shinier, and probably happier.

I like easy. Shiny can be good; happy is overrated.

Nevertheless! I will take the plunge and upgrade some time … maybe today, or tomorrow, or the next day. So, if you stop over and things are fucked to high hell, that’s what’s going on.

No ETA on completion, but worst case scenario is I have to beg for help from the IT guys at work on Monday.

(Note to self: Use these instructions and do not deviate or skip steps, particularly the backing up data stuff. Also, upgrading while sober would be a good idea.)

UPDATE: Well hot damn! That wasn’t so terrible, only took about an hour. Was scary as hell tho.

Any other WP hags looking to do the 1.5 upgrade, the instruction link above is well-written and easy to follow, even for an idiot like me.

UPDATE02: Spent a good couple hours trying to beat this thing into submission and all I have to show for it is: I centered the Days of the Week in the calendar. I R Stoopid.

One sorta significant change is to commenting. If you’re a new commenter, your first comment will be held in moderation (I think) and you will get a message stating that (I think). Previous commenters and users that are registered with the site don’t get moderated (I think).

Too bad for you, asshole Texas Hold’em dude! (I hope.)

Comments are held in moderation until I either check my email or I’m inside the blog bowels and check the moderation queue. ETA on that … depends.

The Best I Ever Had

I can feel for the Blizzard minions. Truly, I can.

I swear some days that I’m working for J. Peterman and I’ll change a pitch slightly so it now involves the Protagonist diving into a subway tunnel, ruining the very pants that he was about to return, and my boss will declare, “now THAT’s interesting writing!”

Some days you just get beat. And other days, you beat yourself.

On those other days, I remind myself that, after all, I’m the best I ever had.