Two Weeks

Well if the scratches on the wall are correct I think its been about two weeks since I left the ODP.  I would really be struggling right now I think (missing the editors and personal projects) had my internet provider not worsened my connection issues.  It helps the withdrawl urges to see the blinking yellow light indicating the broadband is down again.  Makes me want to scream at the ISP, as opposed to running back my editor login and requesting DMOZ reinstatement.   I suspect though, that I haven’t missed or been missed much the past couple of weeks anyway. 

I have reinstated with BOTW and the Nerd Herd.  I really haven’t given them the service and time they deserve, which is why I timed out.  I have reinstated but haven’t edited yet.  I really need to get a more stable internet connection and re-accustomed to their model of editing since its been a while.  I really do look forward to getting my feet wet again at BOTW.  I have quite a few friends working over there now, and the BOTW management team is involved, active, and helpful.  It makes working at BOTW (even at in a volunteer training capacity that I am at right now) even more enjoyable.

On a personal note:

I just returned from a short before back to school vacation with my kids.  Turns out returning from a two day water park trip can actually feel like finishing a cage fight.  I suffered a couple of dislocated and sprained fingers from a water slide incident.  I think I am getting to old.    My knees hurt, my hand is swollen, and my back is sore.

I hope to get my new lap top in a couple of weeks.  This will help greatly with editing for BOTW and DMOZ should I return sooner than later.  Of course this is still dependent on my ISP and when they can figure out my signal issues.

Will keep updating for my two or three followers.    Hope everyone is doing well!!

Regards.

shadow575

Back at the BOTW

Well its been almost 2 weeks since I took my break from the ODP.  Withdrawl symptoms have subsided considerably.  Thank you to those that reached out and said hello from behind the ODP doors!  I really appreciate the thoughts.

Yesterday I asked and was granted to have my BOTW login reinstated.  I hopefully can be much more productive for that team this go round.  I really just never had time to do much previously, but really look forward to dedicating more time to that project.  There are many familiar faces still there (including a few familiar ones that are new ) as well as a lot of unfamiliar new friends that I look forward to getting to know better.

As it stands right now, my ISP is about to get on my last nerve.  My internet connection has been off and on (more off than on) for the past 2 years but the last 6 months its been ridiculous.  We have had several different techs look at it and no one can figure it out.  I have given them until the end of the year to fix this issue once and for all, as that is when the local phone company will have their new fiber optic DSL lines laid in our area.  I don’t hold much hope that they can fix this as they have had 24 months to work on it and all they can do is scratch their heads.  So if I am not back full throttle at the BOTW, be forewarned that its probably because I am beating my keyboard because my modem is down again.

Hopefully I will also be getting a new fangled wireless ready laptop in the next month or so as well.  So IF my ISP starts earning their pay, I should be much better at checking in and editing away for the BOTW Herd.  Perhaps then it will also be worth reevaluating the ODP and my work there.

In any regards, its hot out right now (93F with a heat index near 110F) so I am going to relax in the AC a while before going to pick up my kids. 

Chill-in

URL Updates and Public Suggestions.

Tonight I stepped out of character and worked on public suggestions and URL updates.  Just to make it more interesting, I focused in the Adult section.  Hey someone has to do it. 

Just a few observations I made today:

1. Is it really so hard to get somewhat close to the right category?  I a mean come on, I had to move a Spanish Mobile Homes site out of Adult and over to Regional.  <rolls eyes>
2. Why is that 90% of the update requests I looked at today were just poor attempts to keyword stuff their descriptions?  Oh I re-wrote a few of them that needed it, but only one update request was pretty close to being ok.  I almost sent the submitter an email encouraging them to apply.
3. Adult Oriented sites are an interesting breed……

There are a ton of update requests needing processed.  I don’t know why I stumbled into the ones in Adult but that is where my edits lead me tonight, so thats where I went.  I also managed a few minutes over at Resource Zone.  Funny Spam everywhere there too.

Hey did I mention yet that I fell into the world of Twitter?  Well I did, not sure why though.  I seem to be more of a blogger than a tweeter.  I have a couple of  opinions on social networking sites.  My Space appears to be the best tool the FBI every came up with, Facebook is for those of us old guys trying to relieve some of the glory days  and Twitter seems to be a good place for what I imagine to be a lot of lonely people who love to hear themselves talk. 

Yikes, I can see the letters coming in now.  It should be noted however that I am on all three of these occasionally and as I have no followers at all, yet 11 updates in only a couple days being on Twitter I certainly fall under the category of “Must like hearing my self talk”.  The good news is I am following one of those good “Tweeters” so I feel better about having the account.