Last year, I wrote a pretty good post about what Asymptomatic is about and how I was glad it had been around for four years. Things haven’t changed too much in regard to how I feel about the site, but there have been some interesting changes in the site and in my life over the past year. Although, you’re not going to get as coherent a summary this time around as you did last time.
One significant site change is that I’m no longer using my PageCat software for content management any more, having switched to WordPress for that duty. My rationale was that it’s too much effort to write the software and the blog entries. Of course, then I went and started writing plugins and submitting patches to the WordPress core, but that’s neither here nor there.
Over the past year, I turned 30, Abby turned three, and Riley, aka KidTwo, was born. I’ve been a lot more prolific in chronicling life events over the past year. I’ve added even more pictures. Hopefully, everyone has enjoyed it, and if you haven’t - well, tough noogies.
I feel I should mention, since it has been brought up elsewhere, that although Asymptomatic is only five, I’ve actually been using the web for quite a bit longer. I used what would become the web back in college in 1991, and started The Midnight Circus site in 1995. I thought you should know this, just in case you stumbled by and thought, “Gee, only five years?” But I’m going to guess that most visitors aren’t going to be thinking that.
Anyway, you know those crazy TV show episodes where one character gets into some trouble, and has to go through explaining all of what he’s been through over the past year? And they do it with clips of the previous shows? Man I hate those…
Presenting the Best of Asymptomatic
That's right, it's a clip episode... If you're not sure whether you want to read any of them, I suggest trying with one of the "Good Stuff" posts, which were hand-selected for their umptiquatidness.- Some Trips
- New Years
- We trek up to New York City to see the Rockettes and watch the ball drop.
- Pocono Trip
- The annual Frieko family trip to Berta's Aunt Shirley's cabin in the Poconos.
- Wizards Universe
- At the comic convention, meet Eliza Dushku.
- About Me
- 100 Things
- This is that crazy 100 Things About Me meme, but done properly instead of 100 related short facts-of-the-moment.
- Presidential Platform
- It's an oldie, but it spells out most of my ideas of what a good president is.
- What have you gotten yourself into?
- Global Advantage
- Did we fall for the scam? Oh, yeah.
- New Kyocera 7135 Phones
- We got a pair of spiffy new gadget phones.
- RPG Card Mechanic
- Preliminary plans for an RPG system using cards.
- Less Than Slash
- A custom-made XHTML editor, built to keep from being bored in XHTML class.
- School
- Philosophy
- Some random thoughts about my first couple of days in Philosophy class.
- Computer Art
- Why Computer Art sucked, and what I did about it.
- Kid Stuff
- Evening With Abby
- A simple write-up about a nice evening with Abby.
- You Must Be a Llama
- A story I wrote based on some things that Abby had said while running around the dinner table.
- Abby Sign Language
- A movie of Abby using the sign language we taught her before she could talk.
- News of Impending Riley
- The end of this post doesn't make any sense unless you know it's talking about Riley.
- Riley is Born
- A heartwarming hospital drama about the birth of our second kid.
- Bloggity Stuff
- Blog Software Breakdown
- Now a little dated, a pretty popular feature of the site.
- Breakdown Popularity
- I hit spot #3 on Daypop.
- Blog Software Choice
- I finally settle on WordPress as the tool of choice.
- "The Good Stuff" (start here)
- Disney Villains
- Which Disney villain is the most evil? Be surprised.
- Maryann's Wedding
- The story of Maryanns wedding. This is the blizzard wedding. Therese's was the hurricane, and Emma's was the monsoon.
- Longwood Fireworks on September 11
- Photos in Longwood of the fountains and fireworks show. Plants, too.
- Flat Tire #1
- My car tire gets a bolt stuck in it.
- Flat Tire #2
- Berta's car tire goes limp in the middle of morning commute traffic.
- Break-In
- A dude breaks into our house at 4am and gives us a Halloween surprise.
- Bees
- I follow bees to a hole in the front yard, and upon digging, find all sorts of weird stuff.
- Birthday Moved
- Here's the explanation of the move of my birthday from January to June.
- Ren-Faire Run-Over
- I get righteous and stand in front of one of those drivers who screws up traffic by cutting in front of people.
- Matt Haughey Interview
- This interview was written for school, but is a decent piece with the voice of a reasonably well-known internet figure.
- Weekend Preview
- The typical daily rant, complete with basement mouse disposal story.
