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Thursday March 07, 2002A health warningThere should be a warning on HTML editors and all tools used for web publishing: running a website is bad for your health. The paranoia it induces is incredible: why don't I get more feedback?I've recently got into a habit of getting home, getting online, refreshing my email, usenet, and my web access logs with obsesive regularity, and getting annoyed/depressed when nothing happens. At least the original obsession - with creating ascii animations in the first place - was a self-determining one. Now I have to rely on 'my public' for approval, and it hurts. But both narcissism and the gruelling act of animation itself cause hours of extra mental exertion when I probably ought to be doing what other people do - chilling, watching television, hanging out, doing exercise, cooking, cleaning, etc... I'm currently getting over a nasty (well, at least long-lived) sore throat, and I have decided that sleep, rest, and relaxation in the aim of getting well takes precedence. So I've allowed myself an hour or so tonight to post the announcement about Episode 5, but I'm going to try to curtail my obsession for a little while. So... apologies if I'm slightly less regular with the updates for some time: I'd still love to hear comments, experiences from other site editors on getting their sites indexed, or suggestions on how to get rid of this !*$%&*?! cold. Sun Mar 03 Sun Mar 10 |