I've mentioned a couple times about the new site look that The Bartender has done for The Snooze. Due to my time problems and then my tables messing things up y'all haven't been able to see it. Well, go take a look at it now. This is the preliminary design, looking for feedback. That page is a duplicate index so it has the very same article content as this one. Sidebar content is different since this one's been updated a few times in the past weeks and that one hasn't.

Let us know what you like, don't like, etc.

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Don't forget to submit posts for the second Bestofme Symphony, which will be posted this Monday. I'd greatly appreciate if bloggers would link to this info post to help spread the word.

And remember, any qualifying post may be submitted by any person so you do not need to have a weblog in order to participate.

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Notice something odd about this site the past couple of weeks? I mean besides it being FUBAR yesterday.

Yes? You in the back. What was that? Yes, quite correct. The content blows. I think there's been one lonely little SBD post in the past two weeks and that was a shorty. I haven't had a Carnival submission this month! What happened to the amusing content that got me a readership in the first place? There are several reasons and they all boil down to one thing. Time.

It's the Holiday season and that puts new demands on my time. We're in a very busy section of our release cycle at work and that puts some fantastic demands on my time and on my brain. The Bestofme Symphony is another thing that is taking up creative blogging time. We've got company now and will for the next week and a half. It's very cool having old friends and family up to visit but it is a disruption and time committment.

So what's going to happen to the Snooze? We shall persevere, that's what! Okay, so don't expect the fantastic SBD posts until close to the new year. That'll mark the end of the holiday season, crunch time in the release cycle, visitors, and Bestofme Symphony. Until then it's going to be mostly punditry and linking with the occasional humorous or interesting stuff thrown in by Dopple-G.

No, the Symphony won't be ending. I'm just planning on turning it loose like BigWig did with the Carnival. Once it's established and flowing smoothly I'll ask for hosts and it'll make the rounds. Hopefully at least a week before I host the Carnival itself! Both of those in the same week could be a recipe for disaster.

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The Great and Powerful Pixy has worked his magic and Snooze Button Dreams is back in action. Thanks to everybody who helped figure out the problem and to Pixy for implementing the DNS fix.

Now, on with the show!

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Several people have commented that the site is fubar today. It was fubar last night but should be fine today. Here's what happened:

The Bartender designed a new look for the site. He was done quite a few days ago but due to my schedule and some stupidity (when I did get time to implement the new look I didn't have the files with me) I wasn't able to make the changes. I finally caught a couple of minutes yesterday around 2:00 my time to make the changes but my large table from the Bestofme Symphony was beating the hell out of the new template. Just as I was preparing to return to the original index and style I had to leave for home as my ride (Dopple-G) had to leave.

This left the site in a FUBAR state for about an hour and a half until I could get home and get the time to restore it. During the FUBAR time the new style sheet was apparently cached for some visitors and since I'm now reverted to the old style it is making the site look FUBAR PLUS.

If it looks like there's no formatting or style present on the site, try forcing a refresh by hitting F5 (Internet Explorer) or whatever the steps are for your browser. If the wrong style sheet is cached somewhere on your service (ISP, proxy, whatever) then Snooze Button Dreams is going to look ugly until they recache it.

MuNu also suffered an attack on our DNS servers last night so that could be playing a part in this hullabaloo. Pylorns is pulling up sonicwall.com when he tries to go to www.snoozebuttondreams.com. Others are probably similarly affected.

It's difficult for me to diagnose because everything is working perfectly from my seat. If you encounter wierdness please comment on it.

UPDATE:

The problem is all DNS. The $mtbloghost$ is www.snoozebuttondreams.com so every time that reference is used in scripts, generated pages and links, etc, it is fucked for people who can't resolve www.snoozebuttondreams.com.

By the way, here at home I can't resolve it either. Yay.

Anyway, I changed the script reference in the index file to reference snoozebuttondreams.mu.nu instead of $mtbloghost$ so at least the index page will be usable for people who get here via snoozebuttondreams.mu.nu.

Help me, Pixy, you lord of the DNS services. Help me please!

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If anybody knows how to set cookies for multiple websites please comment over here.

Thanks.

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Not sure if you're trolling or just having a problem with the comments but I've gone ahead and banned you. If you were suffering from browser conniptions send me an email and I'll get you fixed up. If you were just jerking off on my weblog then fade quietly away please.

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Vote for Snooze Button Dreams in the Most Egregious Ommission category of the 2003 Weblog Awards.

Everyone who votes for me will be wildly successful in life and win their local lottery. And I'm not talking the lottery where they sacrifice you to the corn god either!

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Tonight at midnight EST is the deadline for inclusion in the very first Bestofme Symphony. Participation has been very good and the virgin performance is going to be great. Many thanks to all of the folks who spread the word and/or submitted entries.

If you miss the deadline, send in your submission anyway. It'll go in next week's Symphony.

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Coming Monday...a new site design from The Bartender at Madfish Willie's. It would be in place right now except I just discovered that I forgot to forward the files to myself at home so they're still on my PC at work. Feh.

And I'm still holding out for a face lift by Rob at Xset. If you haven't seen his site redesign you should go and check it out. Very sweet. Very clean. Hopefully he'll be caught up enough to play here soon. Then I'll have selectable skins just like the big boys. Woo hoo!

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There's been some really good participation for the Bestofme Symphony. A nice round 20 submissions so far!

To recap, submitted posts need to be 2 months old or older and should be of gemstone quality. See this post for submission particulars. The submission address (bestofme@jpeacock.net) is functional so please use that when you send posts in. Mail sent to my regular contact address will still be processed but it's easier for me if you use the Bestofme address.

Deadline for submissions for the first edition of the Bestofme Symphony is midnight EST this Sunday (05:00 GMT Monday).

Thanks for the support and keep 'em coming in!

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I had lots of referrers in November and I'd like to give them all a big thank you for linking to my site. The top 10 are going into a new section of the sidebar. They are (in order of number of referrals):

Everyday Stranger
Electric Venom
Anger Management
Silflay Hraka
Rachel Lucas
Deadends CENSORED
The New Criterion
Wetwired
Yourish.com
Madfish Willie's

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Touch it! Love it!

Changed up the sidebar a little bit, eliminating the tacky "hours of operation" thing and the Ecosystem doodad (I want a single line, not 4 lines!).

Added in a holiday links section, Bestofme Symphony section and (coolest of all) a Point Leaders section. You know how I occasionally hand out points for the first reader to identify the source of something I regurgitate? Well, I figured I'd go ahead and make that worthwhile. I'm keeping track of the points now and the point leaders will be the very first weblog links to be seen on my sidebar (excepting seasonal promotions, of course).

In the spirit of the game, 5 points for the ispiration/source of the title & first line of this post.

Let the games begin!

Update: LeeAnn grabbed those 5 points in a hurry. There's more available in the previous post if you're interested.

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This post compilation meme is structured like the Carnival of the Vanities but concentrates on the best posts from the history of weblogs. Post submission criteria are very simple. The post must be at least 2 months old and the submitter must think it is a very good post. How easy is that?

Bestofme@jpeacock.net is the address for submissions.
Submissions should include the following:

• Post Title


• Post Permalink


• Author's Name (or handle)


• Weblog Name (if not obvious from the link)


• Submitter's Name/Handle (if different from Author)


• Description of post and/or why this post is being submitted (That is, what about this post makes you think it is one of the best from the weblog).

The only absolutely required item is the permalink. Other items may be left blank on the Bestofme Symphony post if they aren't provided with the submission. That could mean less people will go to read the post so submitters are encouraged to include as much of the info as possible.

Note that a post does not have to be submitted by its author so readers and lurkers with or without their own weblogs may contribute.

Deadline for submissions for each week's Symphony are Sunday at midnight (Eastern Standard Time) and a new Symphony will be posted each Monday. Submissions are accepted 24 x 7 so any that come in after the cutoff will appear in the next week's symphony.

If you would like to receive a weekly reminder for Bestofme Symphony submissions just drop me a line.

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1 I love the name, it's so sing-song-able. To a cha-cha beat. I'll be searching my backlog for a while.

Posted by: LeeAnn at December 01, 2003 11:14 AM (HxCeX)

2 I have something that perfectly fits the bill. Cleaning it up a tad and updating it a bit, so it will be ready for the debut.

Posted by: Andrew Ian Dodge at December 01, 2003 01:55 PM (ni3Uj)

3 I just got an account with them what do you think?

Posted by: pylorns at December 01, 2003 04:08 PM (O/rwE)

4 stupid comments.. What do you think about 1on1, have they been ok so far.. as far as *free* hosting is concerned...

Posted by: pylorns at December 01, 2003 04:16 PM (O/rwE)

5 I hope I've done my part. I'll see if I have anything post-worthy. Probably not, but humor me. Heh. I tried to ping, but was brutally rebuffed.

Posted by: margi at December 01, 2003 05:46 PM (4jrV0)

6 Pylorns- Never had a problem with them until today. I've been using that email for a month ''testing" it. Margi -- I have spanked my site for its temerity in rebuffing you. Had I been at the helm, your ping would have been warmly embraced.

Posted by: Jim at December 01, 2003 10:04 PM (fkewd)

7 I guess I'm fucked... only been blogging for two months... wait till next year!!

Posted by: The Bartender at December 02, 2003 04:09 AM (9F93j)

8 I'll pimp the deal for you at Madfish Willie's and at The Alliance tomorrow morning. #am right now and I've just put the nearly finishing touches on the new and improved SBD weblog! Go check it out... hurry, before it changes... I get a crack-high from design like everybody else gets from blogging... maybe because I can't write for shit... who knows????

Posted by: The Bartender at December 02, 2003 04:12 AM (9F93j)

9 You can still submit posts though - they don't have to be your own. Thanks for the pimping. I'll be over at the corner.

Posted by: Jim at December 02, 2003 06:57 AM (IOwam)

10 Thanks for the invite to the new idea, I like it alot and will be sending over one of my favorite posts of all time later on. Or you can link it from here. There are a couple of other top tiers I might want to include, like this week's rant against the commercialisation of Christmas but that'll have to wait a few months before it gets submitted.

Posted by: Johnny Huh at December 02, 2003 06:36 PM (YkElu)

11 My blog has a category with the same title. Now the toughest part is choosing one of them...

Posted by: Pleomorphous at May 19, 2004 12:35 AM (XEeUO)

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That's pronounced "Best o' Me", by the way, and it's my idea for a new meme. There's all sorts of compilation memes for current content such as The Carnival of the Vanities and its offspring or Kate's Letter of the Day and Hunting of the Snark. We've even got LeeAnn's new Monday Madness and The Cheddar X that drive new content. But what is there for old stuff? Those really great posts from a couple of months or a year ago that new readers don't know about or that even regular readers would like to see again (if only they remembered)? Nuthin, that's what! more...

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1 I like it. I always feel like my best stuff is lurking way back in my archives and I don't even really HAVE any archives to speak of, but you know?--It just seems like the day I really think I hit it out of the park it's like, a Sunday or some day when no one reads anything, and then the good post gets buried under a mound of crap because I start posting new stuff just to keep it updated. Ugh.

Posted by: ilyka at November 26, 2003 06:30 AM (wZkdK)

2 I like it. The best part about resurrecting stuff from the past is looking at things you wrote back when and trying to figure out what brought THAT up at the time. Nothing younger than two months sounds good.

Posted by: LeeAnn at November 26, 2003 08:13 AM (HxCeX)

3 Okay, I think I'm going to go with it. I don't want to start during the holiday weekend since bloguse is so light. I'll muster support (email harrassment) next week and we'll get this meme launched the following week. What is the best day of the week for a new complilation meme? I don't want to compete with the Carnivals or any of the other big boys.

Posted by: Jim at November 28, 2003 09:45 AM (fkewd)

4 Lesse, Friday is the Friday Five, Monday is Monday Memory, not sure really what days Bonfire or Carnival are, and isn't Cheddar X on Thursdays? Weekends, while pretty much open, have little to offer since blogging is lighter on weekends.... my vote is Mondays, since mine is a mere tadpole and unlikely to suck away any notice from yours.

Posted by: LeeAnn at November 28, 2003 01:01 PM (HxCeX)

5 My "Best of" has gone the way of the Dodo Bird -- due in part to the fact that I have a vicious ex-wife lurking and monitoring my every post. (Most posts referencing my husband -- her EX HUSBAND) have been removed. I would LOVE to send you one -- but it doesn't fit your criteria. I think, however, it is a SMASHING idea, darlink. Mondays are a good day -- but what about Hump Day? Nobody has one of those Memes yet, do they? (I'm -- as always -- hopelessly out of touch.) We have Wednesday Recycle day here. Just throwing out ideas. . . .LOL

Posted by: margi at November 28, 2003 06:28 PM (4jrV0)

6 Monday works for me. Start the week off with some great posts. How can you go wrong with that? I'll start advertising this coming Monday for the first edition to start the Monday next. Don't want to get it lost in the holiday lull after all. You've got plenty o' stuff, Margi! Why, you've got at least 3 posts about Snooze Button Dreams. Those are all golden. ;-)

Posted by: Jim at November 29, 2003 09:13 AM (fkewd)

7 It's a really, really, really good idea. Monday, though - ugh. I hate Monday. How about Wednesday?

Posted by: Beth Donovan at November 29, 2003 09:07 PM (igCu1)

8 Wednesday is the Carnival of the Vanities so that's a definite no-no. Blog Mela is Thursdays. Friday 5, Cheddar X and SnarkHunt are on Friday. Tuesday is the Bonfire of the Vanities and (I think) the Carnival of the Capitalists. Monday is the only day that's really clear of a conglomeration/multi-post type meme.

Posted by: Jim at November 29, 2003 11:40 PM (fkewd)

9 Hey! What about Monday Memory? Is that not a conglomeration/multi-post type meme? Okay, lemme rephrase... is that not a wanna-be conglomeration/multi-post type meme? Monday is a big day, there's plenty of room for memeage.

Posted by: LeeAnn at November 30, 2003 08:18 PM (HxCeX)

10 Monday Memory is more of the assignment/trackback format, like Cheddar X and Friday 5. With the Bestofme Symphony being the conglomeration style the two should be able to coexist peacefully. ;-)

Posted by: Jim at December 01, 2003 04:22 AM (fkewd)

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I've replaced the weblog description at the top of the main page with a random thought. This weblog defies description anyway.

If anybody is interested in the script for it, let me know.

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Made one last change for the collapsable lists, hopefully they'll work for Mozillans now. If not, I haven't a clue where else to go with them. But the links are still there for them, they just don't get them nice and tight and collapsed, so I'm going to keep them either way.

Speaking of collapsable lists, I've moved "Best of" to a collapsed list and expanded it with entries from other categories. There's only one recipe post right now but there will be more. And of course there is only one Bageldonut and so long as we stay in God's good graces there shall never be another.

I had to get rid of that graphic for the Guest Map. Any time I saw this site it was there flashing at me. I despise animated graphics on web sites. Flash is good. Animated gifs blow. So now it's just a link and will get less attention but oh well, such is life. I'd rather have less people sign it and have it not annoy me than vice versa.

The Recent Posts section was removed as well. It only duplicates the posts on the front page and last time I asked nobody admitted to using it. Clutter. Gone.

And I finally added Survivor to the sidebar. Woo Hoo! It was my intent from the beginning of the game but I am horribly, horribly lazy.

My wishlist is linked too. Not that I'm expecting loads of presents but this way you can check out the wierdness that is on my list to Santa.

Last but not least, the Ecosystem doohicky is there too. Don't know if I'll keep that or not but I figured I'd give it a shot. I don't like the way it shows up on multilines unnecessarily. Anybody know a way to get that so it's just a regular line of text instead of 4 lines?

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Could all y'all Mozilla users let me know if the collapsable lists in my sidebar are working now? That's the stuff under the "Linkage" section.

Thanks!

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Buggre Alle This is in my daily reads now. I've been checking out Joey's blog since it showed up in my referral logs a couple days ago but this post earns an instant slot in the sidebar.

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Maybe censorship isn't all bad after all. My own encounter with it really brought out some great discussion and showed me that when push comes to shove there are people out there who'll stand up for me (at least when I'm right). That's so cool.

And it's given me something very precious. A link from Meryl Yourish!

Please note that anybody who attributes sarcasm to that exclamation will be virtually slapped upside the head by yours truly. Meryl's was the first blog I ever followed seriously. This was before I really even knew what the hell a blog was. She's been over in my "Daily Reads" since this blog's first incarnation as "Apropos of Nothing" (which nobody even knows about, that's how bad it was).

So getting a link from Meryl is very super cool to me. And to make it even better, she's in support of my position.

Thanks, Meryl!

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