jr conlin's ink stained banana

i think i've changed.

i was going through this here blog cleaning up various bits (getting rid of the broken things, old files, etc.) and figured i'd spend an hour or two dragging the theme from it's original 1.7 layout to the bright and shiny new 2.x version. All the calls are the same, how hard could it be?

Well, suffice to say that after 2 hours of trying to duplicate my blog to a work area so that i didn't have to do things live, i gave up. It wasn't worth it to me. i suppose i could have spent the time to redo the default template like i did when i started this blog six years ago, but the pain to value threshold really wasn't there. i'd have to rewire the comments form, again, to show all the comments instead of some stupid "comments >>" link, then rejigger things to avoid the retarded "single page" stuff, and… well.. i just couldn't be bothered.

i must be getting older because i just don't see the value in charging in and mucking with this stuff constantly. i've got other, more interesting things to do. Could i do it? i'd bet my old Sega Dreamcast i could but it'd be like betting someone i could rake my front yard.

i'm probably just getting too damn tired of trying to fight systems i shouldn't, and coming to realize that some battles aren't worth the prize. Eventually things will break as the old code gets more and more crufty, but that's when i'll deal with fixing it.

Heck, i'm also realizing that although the general population does stupid things, it's kinda stupid for me to try and convince them they're being dumb. So this upcoming year, i'm making a few resolutions to stop being so damn bullheaded about things. i'm not going to do stuff like use Google for everything in my life, but i am going to set up a few more things to poke at them. And yes, i'm probably going to be getting an ipod touch late January. i still don't like apple nor do i think they bestow utter perfection like a beneficent god, frankly, they make crappy devices and abuse their customers like $2 whores, but if i'm supposed to help work with said abused customers, i got to know what it feels like to be Steve's bitch.

i'm going to wait 'til after Mac world when the prices drop.