Tue, 20 May 2008 12:07:00
New site: Madeofawesome.net - Taadaa
OK, I think it’s ready.
All pop culture, no politics ever. The return of Emily from the Starkcast. Astoundingly awesome logo by artmonkey. Tell your friends!
Seriously, tell your friends. If you read this site for the non-political content, it will ALL be over there. I am SO sick to death of politics. I cannot stand to prattle on about the same dumb shit endlessly. No one is listening anymore, and no minds are, or will in the near future, be changed. It’s a complete waste of time. I’m preaching to the choir mostly, and while I love my choir, how does it help? I’m awfully small-time to matter, I don’t break news or stories, and everyone can pretty much predict what I am going to say about any given story. It’s all so ponderously depressing, and I’m not in that “my team is best-blog every bad story about Billary or Jesus Hussein Obama” mentality anymore. I’m trying to lighten my life up in more ways than one.
I want to have fun on the internets again. I started to dread the *idea* of blogging, because I got tied up in thinking that every day/week/indeterminate period of time has to contain some serious political shit or UR NOT DOIN IT RITE. But, for the last year or two, I’ve only ever had fun writing about tv and movies and games and whatnot.
Couple weeks ago, the answer became clear. A fresh start, an new outlook, do what I like, have some fun. A new site.
Tell your friends and family! I plan to go see a lot more movies this year, as we found a theater that doesn’t allow the crap that has driven people out of theaters. Punk kids, phone conversations, too much yapping, it’ll all get you thrown out. I will be doing reviewcaps of more TV shows now. I have a co-host again.
There’s a good chance that I might start up a modified version of the podcast again. Something much shorter and simpler. In short, I am *excited* by this. It’s like when I first realized that a website could be in this interactive form, with automated software to set it up chronologically and with archives and stuff. Those crazy webernet kids were calling the diary/linksites “blogs” and while that sounded a bit like the sound a dog makes when it vomits...blog it is then. Let’s do this thing! I was excited about the idea of interacting with people in this new way that wasn’t as demanding as IRC/chat, but more exciting than a regular website.
I’m excited again.
If you could do me one favor...well, two really. First of all, come by the new site and register. Jump in with both feet. Secondly, tell one person about the new site. Email, a link off your site, however you can. Just one person! Please? I do stuff for you. Not sure what, but it’ll be good and you’ll like it.
It’s the dot net, as someone out there owns the com and wants $500 bucks for it. I have about $5. So it’s www.madeofawesome.net. If you see any bugs or something looks weird in your browser let me know. I tested it with Firefox, IE 7 and 8, Opera and Safari so it should be good.
See you there. It’s gonna be awesome.
Posted by JimK at 12:07 PM on May 20, 2008
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Comments:
#2 Posted by JimK 
on 05/20 at 01:55 PM -
Dude I might have to kill you for your choice of color.
Awwww...dude! It was originally black, white and red, but I mean, everyone does that. You never see purple. :)
I pulled it out of artmonkey’s frigging amazing logo. I just wanted it to be slightly different.
Why, you hate purple? Donna might try to kick your ass for that. ;)
#4 Posted by Noblebrown on 05/20 at 02:16 PM -
Put some good stuff up on it and I’ll try to get a greenlight on Fark. Think your server can handle it?
Also, should you bring back a mini Starkcast, I am still available for the position of Spiritual Advisor.
#5 Posted by Buzzion on 05/20 at 02:17 PM -
There’s a reason you never see purple :P
But really I just think it might be the color choice with the lay out. My big problem is with the purple date marker on the right side. Pulls the eyes over there.
I don’t know something there brings up the violence in me though.
#6 Posted by JimK on 05/20 at 02:19 PM -
Ooooooooo!
I think you just registered with bgeKK instead of bgeek. You want I should fix that?
#7 Posted by JimK on 05/20 at 02:39 PM -
But really I just think it might be the color choice with the lay out. My big problem is with the purple date marker on the right side. Pulls the eyes over there.
OK, how about now? I see your point, the solid block of purple over there can be visually distracting.
#10 Posted by JimK on 05/20 at 03:27 PM -
Put some good stuff up on it and I’ll try to get a greenlight on Fark. Think your server can handle it?
I *think* so. As long as I watch the runaway qmail process.
Also, should you bring back a mini Starkcast, I am still available for the position of Spiritual Advisor.
I think this is very likely. :)
#11 Posted by Buzzion on 05/20 at 06:23 PM -
So I joined on my work computer and now can’t log in on my home computer. BASTARD!
#12 Posted by JimK on 05/20 at 08:31 PM -
Sorry! Hyper security mode enabled. I just relaxed it so that multiple logins can be achieved via the same username. I guess the database takes forever to log you out.
#13 Posted by bgeek on 05/21 at 03:23 AM -
I think you just registered with bgeKK instead of bgeek. You want I should fix that?
That would be great. Thanks.
#14 Posted by Joe R. on 05/21 at 03:46 AM -
Why, you hate purple? Donna might try to kick your ass for that.
My mind must be in the gutter today, because I read that as “lick” the first time.
Thankfully gutters exist, so my mind has a place to hang out.
#15 Posted by [email protected] on 05/29 at 01:23 AM -
So is right-thoughts pretty much done then?
#16 Posted by JimK on 05/29 at 04:41 PM -
No, I mean, I will end up making personal posts and political posts sometimes. Just not for the next few weeks. I want to concentrate my energy on getting MadeOfAwesome going. *all* things entertainment related will be at MOA
At some point, probably after the Dem convention and we know for a fact who is in the race, I will have shit to say about all of that.
This site isn’t dead yet. Just in stasis. :)
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#1 Posted by Buzzion
on 05/20 at 01:52 PM -
Dude I might have to kill you for your choice of color.