October 5, 2002

  • Yes, I love xanga and enjoy immensely being part of the community. Even john, CEO-type of xanga, has acknowledged in BlogChat : "nfp, I know that you love xanga." And I think that's the only reason he has tolerated me. Yes, I have pushed, pulled, stretched, and contorted xanga every which way and that. Many of you would be thoroughly shocked to know some of the things that I've endeavored "behind the scenes". But when the dust settles, expect me to be backing xanga big! xanga's either has itself been or served as the only portal in my life over the last couple of years for any fun. Just the word *xanga* in my mind resonates vibrant sourcepaths to: 1) creation, 2) celebration, and 3) merriment.


    Still, I've got this fascination with independence. Hence: MOB (My Own Blog): http://nfp.kicks-ass.net:8080 . I think (*crosses-fingers*) that I've finally figured out how to run my own blog software (Greymatter) on my own home PC/server while 1) circumventing the port limitations of my cable provider (Cox closes that standard web server port 80), 2) locking down my server software (Jana proxy server) from intrusion, and 3) erecting the best firewall safeguards (Sygate 5.0 Pro).


    What's the advantage of having my own blog?


    1) If xanga goes down for an extended period of time for whatever reason, I still have a blog entirely under my control.


    2) I can submit my own blog's contents for searchability to the major internet search engines. xanga's blogs, for the most part, are not searchable by Google, or Yahoo, or Northern Lights or any of the conventional search tools. xanga, for the most part, is hidden from everyone but xangans. By replicating my posts on my own blog and submitting them for spidering (searchability), I can gain an exposure for my ideas in the cyber forum of the entire internet world.


    3) I can connive furtively to take blogging to the *next level*--whaterver that means!!! Actually, what I have in mind is integrating chat and video and audio and enhanced reader interactions more tightly into a one-stop blog. xanga could do it, but *community considerations* renders the implementation of such changes as slow as the flow of molasses. But I, in and of myself, can kick-ass! And so I shall, God and Allah and all the fish in the sea willing!

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