Putting the “me” in “meme”
I’ve done this twice before, and inasmuch as it’s been three years since then, I figure I’d try it again.
Most anyone who keeps one of these little bloggy things reveals some things, conceals others, just like in Real Life™. For the 10.8 years I’ve had this soapbox, I’ve spilled rather a lot of beans, though I think my life falls a bit short of being, you should pardon the expression, an open book. As I see it, you have two choices: you can wait around for me to get to what you want to know, or you can ask now, and I’ll get to it a bit sooner. In the previous versions of this scheme, I bundled all the questions received and dealt with them at one fell swoop. This proved to be no fun for people who missed the cutoff points, so I’m not doing that this time: instead, it will all be done within this single thread. If you have something to ask but you don’t want it to appear on the site, there’s always email. I expect that most of the activity will be within the first 72 hours or so, but the thread will remain open at least into mid-March, in keeping with my current 30-day closure policy.
As Otis once said, “Your turn.”
anne »
20 February 2007 · 8:53 am
TEN YEARS!!!!!! Amazing. No wonder everyone knows you. You sure are younger than you must be! Was there an internet that long ago???!! :)
CGHill »
20 February 2007 · 9:16 am
Al Gore was digging post holes for the poles for that first T1 line back then. My actual online presence goes back to the middle 1980s; there are a number of people who read this site who can claim similar (or greater) tenure.
You can probably blame this guy for my presence, since I was looking over his shoulder at about the time I decided to get some hardware of my own.
MikeH »
20 February 2007 · 9:56 am
Something I’ve been meaning to ask for a while now:
For a long time you used a server to visit my blog with an ID of Jack Ornifo Dog Show or something like that. What was that about?
CGHill »
20 February 2007 · 10:14 am
I used to temp for them. (Among other things, I was expected to know the state of the network, and, well…. )
wamprat »
20 February 2007 · 2:45 pm
ONLY ten years? We should celebrate!
paulsmos »
21 February 2007 · 12:24 pm
How did Dad make that taffy we used to eat once a year?
CGHill »
21 February 2007 · 4:16 pm
You know, I honestly don’t recall.
(I suspect this is one secret that will never be revealed.)
Jan »
21 February 2007 · 8:12 pm
What do you do for your job? Please be specific.
CGHill »
21 February 2007 · 9:01 pm
I wear several hats, which, given my hairline, is a Good Thing. I’m in charge of server operations, print operations (we have a print shop, but they do the publishing end, while I do the data stuff), and for no good reason I also control the credit-card processing.
Forty-seven hours a week, usually.