Getting Toasted and Grilled in Another Blog

Must have been a rainy day in Switzerland or nothing good was showing on TV, when JohnMu decided to interview me for his blog. I guess I present an interesting pathology ....

John sent me a bunch of questions in a Google document (cool! I'd never seen one of those before) and as usual when I try to write something half-intelligent, with a purpose, I started out with writer's block. Oh, for all of 5 minutes ... which is kind of long in internet time.

How I managed to write 4-5 pages of that stuff beats me, but somehow I did. And here's the result: http://johnmu.com/webado-interview/ .

It wasn't long before the first comment appeared. Ouch! Too close to hide.

The conclusion I guess is that to get cured of Group-mania I will need to join a self-help Group. Suits me ;)

It's one of those days again...

Blue funk, this is what it is.

It started out with a major foul up in one forum I mod, and me not understanding straight away what the foul up was about. Then I figured it out (better late than never), but I'd already made a fool of myself in a few asinine posts, so I had to backtrack.

Then tonight I discovered somebody got creative with a tool I and hundreds of thousands of webmasters use (http://www.statcounter.com/) and screwed up the code wizard generator. Why this should feel like it concerns me at all I don't know. Maybe because I will have to field loads of questions and explain how oops, the code is bad because you were given the wrong code.
Humbug and gobbledigook.

The blunder is akin to Google's blunder concerning the validation meta tag.

*Deep sigh*

And speaking of Google, in particular the Webmaster Help Group - I don't know, I got another case of the blahs. No, actually I got a case of being fed up with the reactions of some people I try to help and who turn around bitching. You'd think I was the one who had screwed up their sites, not themselves. As well as some other regulars who don't agree with my assessments even when they are the only thing that spells an actual course of action for the webmaster to attempt, as opposed to Google bashing.

Probably I just need to stay away for a while again from that place.

Yep, blue funk, again.

Rubbing Elbows with My Fav Googler Maile Ohye

Fun, fun, fun! What is there to do in Montreal in the summer?

Last night I got to meet up close Miss Maile Ohye, who's just about my favorite Googler of all.

Maile came to Montreal for a few well chosen days combining work with hopefully a bit of fun.

The 2007 Montreal Jazz Festival is in full swing. The town is buzzing with people, music, exotic foods and FUN!

Last night we met in person for the first time and had some (health) drinks at a trendy and youthful club, the L2 Lounge. My poison was kiwi juice, which despite the unreal green color, tasted remarkably ... like kiwi. Today's youth are safe enough from 21st century's evils, I've got to tell you this, if the worst they do is hang out in places like the L2. Health, youth and purpose pour out of all the young patrons.