Note to all gamers: the PDF of Marc Miller’s Traveller is free at DriveThruRPG this month.
Month: September 2005
Weird Linkage — What’s This All About?
I’m not making a link on purpose, since I have a weird suspicion about the function of this, but I wanted to ask: why the hell would this organization put a link to my homepage on their index? http://www.3marketeersproductions.com/newhomepage/index.php And the contact page seems only to include info about their mailing list. I just don’t get why the hell they’re linking to me. And there’s a link to my site on an Optometrist’s Association Home Page, too. WTF?
Bandwidth, Woah! Cool!
Woah! Okay, this was a shocker for me! This morning I got a notice from my website host noting that I am getting close to exceeding my monthly bandwidth. This is just from normal traffic, which I’m supposing means that I’m accumulating a stable of readers I don’t know about. Well, or something. Earlier in September, I got a spike in traffic, and my bandwidth was through the roof on that day. Now I KNOW that a link from a major blog would just kill my site in a day or two: well, or else I’d shell out big money …
A Question and A Weird Observation
I’ve got a question: does anyone know whether the Japanese “taiko” drum has a long tradition of Korean performers? Does the drum’s presence in Korean music predate Japanese occupation? How popular is it in Korea today? I went to pick up some tickets for the Sori Festival this week, and stayed around to see the opening night pre-Fest party. (The real Opening Concert is tomorrow night, and since I have a night class, I’ll have to miss it! But I have tickets to a ton of other great shows this week, thanks to the pass I was given for doing …
For Chapter Two of Inside English…
This is one of the first teaching resources I’ve uploaded in a while. I got used to emailing them to myself and downloading, and now that I think of it I should upload a bunch of those files in a batch, with a list of what kinds of resources they are. But I’ll start by trying to cultivate a habit uploading new things as I create them. This quizlet deals with the passive, and with holidays. (That’s book themes for you.) If you want to check it out, please read the rest of this post.