Some added perks…

November 17, 2004 D. H. McKee

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Finally got around to getting PHP installed on the machine (still no luck with Image Magick), and added a few extras, including a dynamic status table for the Shoutcast page, and a random image generator on the art page. Still trying to revamp the art page. Mostly, I’m wondering what to do with it, etc. I’m getting several hits on the ascii pr0n page … a lot more than I thought — weirdoes.
Yeah, pretty impressed with my hit count, now that I’m actually tracking such things (there’s a guy from Germany listening to my Shoutcast server right now – huzzah!). All along, I figured it was just me out here.
The status table for the Shoutcast server is bit of a kludge right now, and I can’t really guarantee what happens if the Shoutcast server stops. When I first tried it out, it wiped out the whole page (!). I added an “if” statement with some unfortunate results, and at one point I had two status windows displaying, even though the server was offline. It doesn’t help that I can’t get the Shoutcast server to reliably start on a system reboot (can’t code rc files to save my life….). But, at least it’s working now. I may take it out, but it looks kind of nice, and makes me feel like I’m actually doing something.

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About This Site

As a guy who occasionally curates art shows and wrangles artists together, I often have to edit and post artist bios, profile pictures, and artwork images. This can be a problem, since many artists and writers aren’t used to selling themselves. Artists rarely know how to present their art for display in a brochure, and writers aren’t used to writing about themselves.

Writers often treat the bio like it’s an interview or something. Maybe like they’re having a conversation with you, the reader. While it may work sometimes, the most common way to write a bio is to write in the 3rd person.

I’m like those writers, and I’m talking to you directly, unlike the common way to do a bio. You should see my About page. It makes sense to me, since this is a bit which describes my blog’s website. When I get famous enough that I don’t have time to talk to you, I’ll have an intern write everything in 3rd person. Until then, you get to talk to me.

Like blogs of old, this one is a personal document of the comings and goings of me. Articles I’ve written, links I’ve posted, videos I liked, etc. Here, a first-person perspective is the way to go, at least for now. So, this is my site. I’m D. H. McKee, a sometimes artist, sometimes writer. Mostly just a guy on the internet.