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Y’all may have noticed that I’m getting all techie-like these days – I kinda figured out how to add the much-discussed (really? Discussed by whom?) newly-released Facebook Like buttons. And by released I mean website owners can now freely obtain the code to implement it into their sites.
Do you care? You should: you’re about to start seeing lots more lines of “Frik von Knobknuckle likes Kosie’s ode to brandewyn” in the news feed of your Facebook page. So be warned.
And be warned about what YOU choose to click “like” on too: do you really want your nearest and dearest to know about your frankly rather worrying obsession with Dutch clogs and waffle irons, Freak-Boy?
The process was actually far simpler than I had originally expected (the Facebook code implementation, not the waffle iron) – as when it comes to the LAN-gamer-esque coding and programming side of things I tend to have a habit of breaking stuff. The old saying “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it” springs to mind and should be rewritten in my honour: “if it ain’t broke invite Stu around. He’ll have it begging for mercy and wrapped around the neighbour’s tree within seconds while scientists the world over shake their heads in disbelief trying to figure how something so very very simple could be cocked-up so extravagantly and in such an original manner”.
“Hi Stu. Check out this new tech gadget I bought”
SMASH! CRASH! BAM! Tinkle.
“Well that’s proper f@cked now, isn’t it? Well done. Doos.”
But I digress – soooo anyway, each and every post now gives you the chance to add it to your Facebook news feed as something you like. And like it you do. You “can like to like it” if you will. In fact you smaak it stukkend. Even your girlfriend was making ogies at it. I should know. It was sooooo obvious. Slapper.
So click it. Go on: click click. Clickety clickety click click. Click.
Click.
Hi.
Click.
Psssst… click.
Dear loyal readers reader (Hi Mom!)
I’m fully aware that this blog is no Gizmodo or 2oceansvibe, but seriously? Last week I tried to give away three FREE entries into a lottery with a jackpot of EUR 66,200,000. Do you lot (snigger) wanna know who was quickest off the draw to get their chance at winning an absolute megafortune?
… nobody.
Between Thursday last week and today not ONE comment has been posted requesting the free entry. Can you say blog FAIL? Coz apparently I can…
Apparently the couple of hundred daily visitors to this site just wanna check pictures of Jessica Biel – that post in particular has had over 10 000 views already. Sooo… be like that! I’ll use the vouchers myself and update this blog in future from my yacht moored off Barbados.
Watch this space for a post entitled “Nya nya nya nya Raspberries nya nya nya I got the winning voucher and won 84 kajillion dollars and nya nya nya I’m off to visit my money for the weekend!!!!”
Winter is kak.
If I wanted to freeze random spherical extremities off on a daily basis I would move to Iceland somewhere really cold that does not have cranky volcanoes spewing ash every 4,5 seconds and bringing Europe to a panicky standstill.
This is Africa. When you think of Africa you expect hot days, clear sunny skies and lions gnawing on your Achilles tendon as you make your way down the street to buy supplies for a day on safari.
This is a fallacy – the last few days have been kak cold, the skies have been overcast and I personally haven’t seen a lion roaming the streets for approximately forever (give or take a few days).
The problem is that we here in South Africa still believe that all of Africa is supposed to be hot and sunny all of the time, so our houses are built in a way that offers no protection whatsoever from the winter cold – no fireplace, no double-glazing (all the better to hear the thieves stealing your car radio) and no central heating.
Yesterday, sitting in my lounge wrapped in more warm gear than most K2 expedition climbers have ever owned, I had a glance at some New Years Eve party photos posted on Facebook by friends of mine living in Canada, and guess what: they were all running around in shorts and t-shirts. At night. In Canada. In the middle of winter.
Now Canada is NOT a place that’s scared of getting brass-monkeys cold, but the difference is that Canadians have accepted the fact that they live on what is basically an overpaid glacier. Therefore their houses are warm. They all own ski-jackets. They have central heating.
Whereas I in turn am currently sitting in my office in Johannesburg wrapped up in enough warm padding to wrap an aircraft carrier, battling to type this with nearly frostbitten fingers – unless my boss is reading this, in which case I wrote this post at home on Sunday evening and am currently working very very hard on my tasks for the day 
Stoopid winter. If anyone needs me I’ll be in Canada, running around in shorts and asking someone if they could please switch the AC on as it’s getting a warm in here.
So who missed me?
And who’s waiting to hear my latest excuse on why this site has been so quiet lately? In fact, while we’re on the subject, who gives a flying-fox-fart about why?
I’m guessing nobody – for all three queries. According to Google Analytics all of you stopped reading this site over the last few weeks anyway… and just because there were never any updates. A bit bloody rude if you ask me, but then you aren’t asking me. Because you’re not reading this… Except for the guy who keeps checking the photos of Jessica Alba – cough cough here cough cough. Hello!
How very Twilight Zone of me: you’re not here. But I’m writing to you anyway. And you know I’m writing to you. Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo (doesn’t really work written down, innit? You know, the theme tune to The Twilight Zone? Yes? No. Never mind. Sigh)
Welcome to the Republic of Stu – population: me.
Cue tumbleweed…
Yes yes, I know. This site has been failing miserably lately – very few posts, and those that do actually see the light of day have been ever so slightly brief… generally something along the lines of:
Check it:
-random wiseass photo-
Awesomeness.
Thanks Frik.
Yawn!
After checking Google Analytics recently, I was shocked to see the numbers free-falling, so I figured a slight explanation is needed. Coz you’re worth it.
Well, assuming Jessica Alba reads this site – she’s worth it. You? Ummmm….
In my defence, I am currently working on the South African Music Awards, which takes place next week Saturday – 17 April (live on SABC1 – hint hint). Needless to say, a show of this size requires some SERIOUS planning, hence me getting home rather late each and every day, simply to be afforded the pleasure of promptly carrying on working for a couple more hours.
Time for blogging? Not so much.
So the show is over in a week. Let’s see what lame-ass excuse I come up with then when I take my time to start updating more frequently, and with content that anyone actually gives a flying continental rats bollock about.
Is this what it has come to? Me posting short text updates from my phone? WordPress is point-blank refusing to let me upload ANYTHING at the moment…
No pics, clips, sound- niks, nada, fokol.
If my seriously inadequate technical FAIL skills don’t solve this… I may be forced to actually come up with my own original content from time to time. Heavens no!
As mentioned quite a few times on this site, I use Google Reader for keeping up to date with all my favourite sites, as quite frankly clicking over to each and every site I read regularly became a bit of a pain in rear. They’re regularly adding extra features, this one being the latest:
I use Google Reader a lot — not only to stay on top of the news, but also to find interesting blog posts and articles. I’m always telling my friends about Google Reader, and while some of them love it, others don’t want to take the time to set it up. For those of you who fall into this second category, we’re announcing Google Reader Play, a new product that makes the best stuff in Reader more accessible for everyone. Reader Play is a new way to browse interesting stuff on the web, customized to the topics you’re interested in, with no setup required.
Items in Reader Play are presented one at a time, and images and videos are automatically enlarged to maximize the viewing experience. We use the technology behind Recommended Items in Reader to populate Reader Play with the most interesting content on the web. While you don’t need a Google account to use Reader Play, your experience will be personalized if you sign in. As you browse, you can let us know which items you enjoy by clicking the “like” button, and we’ll use that info to show you other content we think you’ll enjoy.
We think Reader Play is a fun way to browse interesting items online that you wouldn’t find otherwise. We designed it especially for people who don’t want to spend time curating their own set of feeds — but folks who already use Reader can easily use it to read their feeds as well. Just click the feed settings menu on any feed in Reader and select “View in Reader Play.” We’re launching Reader Play as an experiment in Google Labs so that we can test it out, get feedback from you and then improve it as quickly as possible. Visit google.com/reader/play to give it a try, and let us know what you think!
Posted by Garrett Wu, Software Engineer
Original post: HERE.
It’s become rather obvious that posting to this blog from my laptop ain’t really happening much, now is it? With that in mind I’ve been trying to set up Posting via Email since yesterday, which would allow me to update from my phone. A good idea in theory…
Well what a mission that is turning out to be! When this site was hosted by Google’s Blogger it was a simple set up of an email address and BAM! It’s done and working.
But I had to be a smartarse. I had to move over to WordPress. I had to fix it when it wasn’t broken.
Okay, it was broken, and moving over to WordPress WAS the best thing for this site, but I need to complain, mmmkay?
So if this site goes to shite over the next couple of days it’s safe to assume that I’m still (i) bashing the keyboard trying to enable posting by email, and (ii) bashing my head on the wall when it doesn’t work properly.
Peace.
Allo allo allo! Did you miss me?
Well cry no more – I’m back! I was away for most of last week awaiting a special delivery – one of these:
Yup, I’m a new dad! (Just ask anyone who’s seen me strutting around the place with a permanent grin since Wednesday making sure everyone is aware that MY baby is wayyyyyy cuter than any of THEIRS.
But alas, I had to return to work today, so perhaps I’ll get back to occasionally actually posting something on this site.
If Stustake.com gets flooded with updates in the next few months it’s due to…
… lots of restful sleep and relaxation. If however this site gets quieter than a ninja taking his Ninja Stalking Skills 101 final exam, it’s thanks to…
 … no sleep due to lots of disturbed nights. This will in turn probably leave me tired, cranky (well, more so than usual) and far too lazy to write wisecracking posts.
Time will tell.
Desolate. Barren. Nothingness…
…kinda like this blog for the rest of the week.
Not gonna get a chance to update here much over the next few days, so don’t wait up…
Chat soon.
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