31 times around the sun. Happier than ever.

I posted a recap of last night’s Metafilter gathering in Brooklyn.

A few new HTML link-building tools were added to the bookmarklets page yesterday. These work similarly to Blogger’s BlogThis! tool but are completely self-contained and don’t need to load a page. Still no explanations and that page remains a mess.

Work continues on getting the new Joe’s Filters ready for release. This is taking longer than I thought it would. But then everything usually does. I’m bad at budgeting for interruptions.

My home page needs an intermediate level of content. Currently it has two; permanent and temporary. What’s missing is a good way of showing long-term temporary content.

I deleted the doorway.gif thing. It was annoying me and I would rather preserve something else more worthwhile.

New York City Weather: Snow likely. Temps nearly steady in the low 30s. Winds ESE 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precip 100%. 2 to 4 inches of snow expected.

Don’t let me down again…

Because of how much tutorial information is on my site, I get a lot of email asking for help with various problems. Usually I help out if it’s something simple and I have time. Today I got a funny one:

Subject: I need help



Hi Joe,

I need help with my assignment, please help me to put this together,

… (details omitted) …

Please help me writing the script.This assignment is due today for class.

I sent a polite reply pointing to some relevant information, but I’m really curious about this person’s worldview.

I know this is over a year old, but I hadn’t seen it before: The NPR 100, their choices for the most important American music of the twentieth century. It’s quite a list and it makes me feel good to have heard or own a good percentage of these.