Off-topic tweaks

I’ve made some tweaks to Off-Topic, including adding comments. For those who never click over there, Off-Topic is largely a list of things I find amusing and/or interesting, including a lot of videos.

The section is experimental, with the explicit goal of trying new things that are prone to failure. It’s not even hosted on the same server as the rest of the site. It’s a Tumblr blog with a lot of CSS hackery to make it resemble the rest of the site, and now a comment system powered by Disqus.

The new comment system is actually a lot slicker than the built-in comments used in the main site. But slick often equates with trouble-prone, so we’ll see if it’s useful and stable.

April 30, 2008 @ 6:23 am |
Filed under: Geek Alert, Meta

3 Responses to “Off-topic tweaks”

  1. Greg Strong

    A true,dark story of my life in progress has now spanded into 15 years. Some I’v writen about and know I would very much like to educate others of my life into a screen play. Q: Who in there right mind would consider doing it free at first, then take % of movie cut if any? 2Q: Who in there right mind would interview someone (me) about such dark topic’s of; abuse, rape, death threats on the job and my actions. Canada, Ont, Kitchener Thank you for your time if possible.

  2. reachrishikh

    I didn’t even know you were also a geek John. But you seem to be quite knowledgeble about computers, web-authoring, web-programming, etc, along with being an expert on screenwriting.

  3. Ayz

    The tumblr is a great idea. Now I can just hit “follow” for that part of the site.

 

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