Archive for July, 2006

The Rise and Fall of MySpace

Friday, July 28th, 2006

One again, MySpace is having serious issues this morning. Several accounts (including mine) at least have the appearance of being deleted. If they continue to have these types of problems, there may be a mass exodus to other social networking services like Cyworld. (See my page at http://us.cyworld.com/jcallina)

For Cyworld, the timing is good, they just launched their public beta yesterday, and despite some minor hiccups, things are looking really, really tight.

As you may have noticed…

Wednesday, July 12th, 2006

If you are reading this blog via the main web page, you will see that there is a picture of a GIGANTIC coffee cup at the top.

At first, I was horrified, but I have since come to terms with the enormous header. I have decided to leave it. I think it may be some sort of pretentious attempt on my part to comment on the current state of web design.

Introduction

Wednesday, July 12th, 2006

It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion,
It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed,
The hands acquire shaking, the shaking becomes a warning,
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.