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What? Are you crazy? Useful Spam?

Yes, I’ve found a use for spam. See, I’ve got this mail server that now and then has some reliability issues, and while I’m on some mailing lists, and some of them are even semi-high volume, when you want to see if your mail server is really working, just check the spam folder. Chances are, you (if you’re like me) should see at least a few (dozen) spam every hour. So, I just need to check my spam folder and make sure I have a steady stream of spam, and I then know the mail server is doing it’s job and keeping the mail flowing.

See? You can put a positive spin on anything…

Aw, man, poor ev! He went and sold that Blogger thing to Google and tried to show them what blogging was all about but they just didn’t get it.

He’s probably so distraught about the whole thing he can barely count the huge bags of money he got from the deal…

Whew, I can thank my lucky stars I don’t have to contend with such conflict in life…

Hey, who doesn’t like cake? I know I do! Kim, who I knew back in school when I was a younger lad, alerted me to the fact that Debbie, another schoolyard aquaintence, runs a place called “Eat Cake!” and you can see www.eatcakemilwaukee.com for more on that, or see this OnMilwaukee.com article on Debbie for even more…

So, you know, if you’re near Milwaukee, and need a cake, go see Debbie…

Oh, if you’re not into cake, but just want to see what Scott Smith, or Pyscho Johnny have to say, that’s fine too…

(Tell ’em Petey sent ya!)

In Google Maps I had mentioned that I spent a few minutes hacking on the WordPress Geo Plugin to add support for Google Maps, and, I know, I really should have cleaned up the code and sent it to the author, but he came looking for me, so I ended up sending him my additions for Google Maps which he added in.

I’m so proud.

I mean, I’m not “so proud” of the code, as it was a trivial addition. I’m proud to be contributing to an open-source project that I really like. (WordPress and associated pieces.) I’ve been slacking off on some of the projects I used to contribute quite heavily to, so it’s nice to be able to get something out there people might find useful.

It’s the little things, right? ;)

Dave seems to suggest there were maybe 4 or 5 blogs in 1997. Well then, bow down folks, because that list must then include: Scripting News, CamWorld, and this here RasterWeb!, and one or two others…

You had no idea I was such a pioneer, did you?

And heck, I won’t even mention how early I was in the podcasting game… (But I will say it was early, so early the word “podcasting” hadn’t even been applied to it yet.)

Now excuse me while I discover the Next Big Thing…

Update: Know of any weblogs that existed in 1997? List them here.