I just wrote that linky post where I got all linky and linked to people.
I don't like writing those posts because they're just big long "Here's why I like these people" posts, but I don't expect other people to relate all that much. Hopefully, some of the descriptions get you guys going, but the posts are too long, I think, to hold attention long enough to make it useful.
So, new system.
I think I may have done this in the past, but I don't remember. I might have just had the idea. Don't know. Don't remember. Have forgotten. Forgetting isn't the opposite of remembering. There's a deep-ass quote for your Monday morning.
Whats I'm gon' do is teh link out at the bottom of each post. I did do something similar in the old days, for those of you who were around for the "After Blog Mint" (named for the mint they put on your pillow in hotels in the morning - the little dessert following what was hopefully a debauched night that put you in the slammer, so you couldn't even enjoy your mint if you wanted to, but it's the thought that counts, and please support the hotel industry - every little bit helps - I bet you didn't even know they were in trouble (they're not)).
Instead of 'splaining up and down whats I'm gon' do, I'm just gon' demo it.
I'm not sure how many people I'll link to with each of these things, but I think 2-3 is a fair number.
The point of this, by the by, is to get these links out without having to:
A) Write a whole post for it.
B) Get all up in peoples' faces with my cyber-gratitude.
Here we go. Hang on.
Seriously. Grab on to something. Imagine that the "Please put on your seatbelt" warning light of my site is blinking and dinging at you. Don't even worry right now about not having a seatbelt where you're sitting. Just do your best.
This is it.
Right here.
Comin' up.
Makin' it happen.
Voila...
See? This is a nice out of the way place for links. I'll post a little link back to this post so that people who aren't familiar with the way the Rodawgg rolls can get their deignorification on. Explanation over - demo commencing:
- Cliff - I haven't decided yet if I'm going to include short descriptions of the site - if I do, it'll probably look something like this (imagine all this explanatory BS wasn't here): Cliff combines an interest in Java and Linux with a writing style that evokes urban America where slang is complicated, but you'll get it because we're all human and also the words are mostly the same.
- Massif - Even though I've linked to Massif, like, fifty times, he got all whiny in a recent post about how I didn't link to him - to embarrass him, I'm linking to him here. This should teach him a lesson. That said, Massif has been a good cyber-buddy. I'd give him the biggest diamond in the world if I could afford it, except that I'd actually get it for myself because I'm not a frikkin' idiot.
- Danny Douglass - Danny was all, "Rory is so awesome for having created that so awesome CSS handler that everybody in the universe is going to be using including PHP coders even though we hate them." I am thanking Danny for this royal compliment by giving him linkage.
Eh? Eh?
What do you think? Shorter descriptions? Also, keep in mind that all this explainy crap won't be here. The top will just be one short sentence.
To keep it from being annoying, I think I'll either have to go with shorter descriptions or only two links.
I could just trade back and forth, so maybe it doesn't matter.
Anyhoo, I see this as potentially the awesomest way to thank all you bastards for your attention. When implemented properly, I think the people who don't want to see it will get accustomed to skipping it, but you'll still get some google power.
Lemme know. And, for serious - the real thing, I think, would probably be done in half of this space or less, so imagine you that in your big bad brain. BOOYAH.