1881: Secret treaty between Austria and Serbia

(boy, I wonder how that turns out)

Is it possible for a blog to have too many features?

I argue it’s not. Old-timey visitors (from the 1920s or even from just yesterday) will note a few spectacular changes on the site. First of all, you can now rate comments. I tested it out on T-Rob’s comment because he used the phrase “God damnit” which is automatically moderated for obscenity (here’s a fun game: guess which word it considers obscene. Try your answer out in comment form!).

Speaking of comments, there are clickable smilies now! I know that was something that was sorely lacking here before. It was definitely my number 1 complaint. On an unrelated note, you can preview your comment before you post now. I eliminated the ‘live preview’ because it seriously affected the speed you could type, but this way gives you a better idea of what’s going to come out the other end.

I could always tell what country, browser and computer you use, but now it’s published for the whole world to know! Ha ha. Hopefully this will cause some embarrassment to the 1337 programmers who claim they’re on a Linux using Camino, but are actually on Vista using IE. 😳

Then there’s the recent comments on the sidebar and the stats page which tabulates all of the goings on of my blog. To prove how important this is, Seth just overtook Moof in total comments 69 to 66.. It was a battle to the death for a while there.

Then there’s the whole slew of developments from GaMerZ (not his real name) including counting how many times people have viewed a post, who’s online now, post ratings and a nifty page navigation option at the bottom at the page (it used to be impossible to go to page 2 of posts, for instance).

If you’ve never taken a look at my contact page, there’s a new option to send me a text message in case you feel it’s particularly appropriate to charge me 5 cents for your inane thoughts.

Also, there’s the “Two years ago, I posted something silly” after every post. I’m not sure if it’s distracting, but it definitely calls attention to some quality posts. Although my articles page does that a bit better.

Last and greatest is Ozh’s random words. Now, whenever you comment, it’s just as likely to say “You bitched” as “You insightfully articulated.” Actually, that’s a lie, “you bitched” is 20 times more likely. 😆

So is it possible to have too many features? I’ll tell you as soon as this page finishes loading…

(boy, I wonder how that turns out) Is it possible for a blog to have too many features? I argue it’s not. Old-timey visitors (from the 1920s or even from just yesterday) will note a few spectacular changes on the site. First of all, you can now rate comments. I tested it out on T-Rob’s…