Ni Hao (A Gold Farmers Story)

My Wife and Blogs

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I do have an awesome wife.  She puts up with a lot of my "lets try this" or "wow..." and is very patient, until I come back realize "hmm...maybe I should have taken my time!"

 

DOGHOUSE CITY

This is where I currently reside.  She makes a wonderful dinner - oh let me see, I WENT AND GRABBED TACOS from Taco Bell.....(I know, I was real tired and a tad hungry). The irony is, I was supposed to be at a friends house for Dinner...and she KNEW! Not totally understanding this logic...but I concede!  OH - and BTW, I did get a taste of that dinner....WHAT A TREAT!!!

 

So, when I started my first blog at my domain [qualify that, first - domain for BLOGS], she kind of ignored it.  The blog was a WordPress one, and I had looked at a lot of engines before selecting it.  I especially looked a friends site, who I considered to be an expert at this.  WordPress also seemed to be the market leader, and the most flexible, so - I went with it.  BUT - my domain host - underwent a year long upgrade and migration.  I wasn't like those big corporations paying so many dollars for hosting, so when they migrated my database, the entire dataset- was lost.

I had found greener pastures, but lost some nice comments.

Besides - um, I forgot the ADMIN password to WordPress .  Have this real bad problem with that, and have written several programs to store it...but since I make them encrypted...It becomes a vicious cycle!  TOTALLY terrified now that work has 14-character logins!!!!!

So Janet (my wife) didn't say anything about all those domains I had "had" but the blog, well I knew this was going to be one something because - its more intimate, you share more personal information, and she is quite afraid of people who may take advantage of that.

LOL - Me saying her name will get me deeper into that perpetual doghouse, but - it's ok for GOOGLE to list the same information and more, not via "Jeff hamlin" but via reverse phone number lookup?  - There is that logic again!!!!  BUT se will come around, and see the light - just before the next new earth-shattering event occurs - it will take time! To answer that question in your mind I know you have, I do not have a deathwish. I basically torture my boss (he's pretty cool) and my friend/colleague - (just as much - get her any chocolate - she will hate you for life...)

My attitude is, "they are either coming or not, so lets rock on!"  (I don't mean be dumb but - you can't worry about what may be).  We lived through KATRINA, so - bring it! 

[Point of qualification: not "through" it - like those in the city suffering, in their own country  - and so forth being treated like .....not getting into this now.  We were comfortable, had escaped, no one died - and only lost the contents of our home and a car!!!  Now that's being lucky!!]

The Critical Question

One day, she did say "I don't get it, why are you doing it, or anyone?"

I first asked, "is there any blog you have read, on a regular basis, like a pen pal?"

She loves Oprah, and has other news regulars, this is kind of a personalized version because you can find a writer you like "people love to express themselves", and you can establish a dialog/relationship.  The evolution of reading the paper with breakfast...KINDLE and STARBUCKS (+)

 

I tried example after example.  But, I could not find a good enough explanation.

 

Pondering...Until Recalled "LEEROY JENKINS" and Our Adventures

Among the world of bloggers I am like the n00b of n00b-dom.    (I am rejecting the Urban Dictionary def, ...too n00bish for my taste!!)

To me, you need to become seasoned, practiced. I was always too busy, and of course...it um, there were other priorities like:

1. NFL & NCAA (Had to see my STEELAHS since I am from the BURGH)
2. EverQuest (Thank you VERY MUCH CHRIS)
3. Asherons Call
4. Star Wars Galaxies
5. Dungeon and Dragons Online
6. World Of Warcraft:  - (Favorite HORDE Char - KAHLESS)
7. Lord of the Rings Online
8. Tabula Rasa
9. Matrix Online (THAT was a cool game!!)
10. Vanguard - (no comment)
11. Eve 

Never did like Second Life.  Use it for when there are virtual conferences. 

 

Sorry for that dalliance

Some others....

I work with someone who is like the "conservatoire of seedlings" of plants - knows everything (I MEAN EVERYTHING) about a specific class of plants

Another who gives like all her spare time to helping to find real homes for homeless cats.  Each day, weekends, even if we work like we are now - she still does the cat thang......meanwhile - I am either programming or playing MMORPG's!!!  /SIGH

 

But - Janet fell in love with EverQuest (and eventually World of Warcraft).  Back then we used something similar to a BBS (Bulletin Board System/FORUMS) to chat with people when offline.  They were free (with adds) or a guild (a clan of people) might pay for one).

 

Now during the game, we would have may take screenshots of what was occurring during "ADVENTURES".  I - being a little more crazy then than I am now, would write these stories about our adventures....OUT ON THE INTERNET forums! 

 

Today - YOUTUBE is famous for "LEEEROY JENKINS" - and that is still very funny.  Well, we had our variations of "LEEEROY JENKINS" almost every-time we went and partied in some new area, and it was fun to write about.

Some person, who - you may sit and explain - every single step to, slowly and carefully - and they say "I understand" and 10 seconds later you are DEAD.

So, it was OK for me to publish on the net then, with an email address that could easily be reverse looked up.  Anyone could read - what was the motivation?  To capture a moment in time - it was fun. 

NOW, it is even more-so - important as part of extending your career growth. 

Contacts - etc. Before, when I needed access to "Jeffrey Richter" I had to go to TechEd, or PDC 2008.  While I would LOVE to go there - I know it will not be supported so I don't ask.

But, I still have access to people just as good and even more, because all of them have blogs.

People making the product, we can have DIRECT input on what we need in the final design because they listen.    She will get those examples - LOL - but I thought the EverQuest and - "LEEEROY JENKINS" was a nice reminder of what we used to to, and she might relate to it.

We shall see.