I should be sleeping, but I have been sitting at the computer, mostly poking around under the hood of my web site. I moved some things around in the sidebar, and that took an hour. Not that any of it looks any different (other than the addition of the Utterli widget) but the code is completely rewritten. What a headache.

Then I added a plugin (two actually) that add a short list of potentially similar posts at the end of every post on the single post pages. I’m surprised by how accurate it is. It misses the mark sometimes, but it’s cool enough to keep around a while. There are settings I can tweak, so maybe I can get rid of the occasional not-at-all similar posts that show up.

I also tested out some teleprompter software. I think I found one I like. Why a teleprompter? I hate looking down at notes while making video posts, and without notes, I sound like an idiot. I should never, ever be allowed to babble in front of a video camera without notes or a written script. Well, not all the time anyway. I know some of you like the random babbling. I would like to create a recurring podcast though that appeals to a wider audience than the subgroup of people who really do care what I had for dinner last night and the latest neighborhood gossip. I’ve decided I will likely not become rich in this lifetime^†, so I might as well shoot for famous!

That’s what I have been doing tonight instead of sleeping. I feel like I accomplished something. Always a good feeling. Now let’s see if I can find something to talk about tomorrow other than dinner and gossip … and then force myself to make a video post.

1. † Monetarily rich. My life is actually very, very rich in other ways. [↩]