So this Movable Type upgrade has been a little funky on my end - the UI is now all screwed up. I was going to live with it until I upgraded the hardware and software underlying this box - but apparently comments are now busted. If you post a comment I get the comment in my email, but it never shows in the blog. I don't know what's up with that. It will probably stay broken until Saturday - and there will probably be some downtime as I fix this.

I just upgraded from MovableType 2.65 to 3.14. This SHOULD be transparent to my users. If it isn't, let me know.

So yesterday we got our first spam comment here on the blog. Which was stupid - it didn't even contain a URL. Anyway. I deleted it - I'm not entirely sure what that will make the comments rss look like. Hopefully it was a one-off. Otherwise I'll have to look into installing some sort of better filter system, and probably upgrading MovableType. We'll see.

In the new home, with the uber-fast DSL. I'll try to post more details about the move later - suffice it to say it's being insanely busy/hectic/annoying but it's showing signs of given way under repeatedly applications of my head as a crude sledgehammer :-) And Burnout 3 is cool. That is all.

Here's a very simple transaction: I need a service related to my move. This service might be a satellite dish install, it might be internet, it might be I need some new bookshelves in my office. At any rate I contact your company, I purchase what I need, and I make arrangements for you to deliver/install/connect/whatever the service. I put a little appointment in my calendar so I'm there at the right time to let you in. YOU SHOULD FUCKING SHOW UP AND DO WHATEVER IT IS I ASKED FOR. Why is that so complex? *ESPECIALLY* if the install is for a service that I'm going to generate recurring monthly revenue. Unless you screw it up so badly that I go to a competitor. DirecTV - I hate you. SBC - I double extra hate you. (SBC isn't providing my internet - they are just being appallingly ineffiecient at letting somebody else provide it.) Decor for Less (furniture place in San Jose) - you'll get no more of my business. In other news, hiddenjester doesn't have to go home, but it can't stay where it is on Friday. Sadly, the EARLIEST I'll get new internet is Monday, and I'll actually be surprised if it works on Monday. So hiddenjester.com will go dark on Friday for some unknown period of time. Hopefully just a weekend, but I make no promises. I wouldn't necessarily expect to see another post here pre-blackout. I'm being harried on all fronts (alpha/demo madness at work, ongoing ant invasion and other household calamities at home), so resources are pretty thin. I look forward to crashing the shit out of some cars tonight in Burnout 3. Pikmin 2 is fun, but I've been needing some really violent catharsis, and didn't think to sequester any specially brainless mayhem content away from the packing gods. The Evil Genius demo would be good (and I have it), but I'd have to hook up the PC, and there's another hour or two of annoyance and frustration. (Step 1 - uncover the desk, Step 2 - figure out the PC physical layout, Step 3 - find out which cord is too short, Step 4 - figure out where the closest Fry's is, etc. Too much hassle right now.)