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May 28, 2007
House Cleaning
The "new (non-work related) blog project" that will replace this rusty old Neomarxisme is making some progress - a server! a design! a programmer! To be honest, I am very excited about the new [WORD]isme.com, and the fancy layout makes this blog look like it's just a huge white field with a title at the top. There have been some complaints lately about html not working in the comment rolls and the XML acting up, but seriously, who buys a new muffler for a car they are hoping to abandon?
As part of the move, I am going through all my old archives to see what lives and what goes to live on a farm in a different state. With 821 posts over almost three years, this project alone is taking a very long time. The raw content needs better organization and categorization, but it's fun to look back and count typos. (A certain kind of post wins the category name "Ongoing Bickering.")
Due to these two reasons (and the aforementioned post that I dislike being in front of a computer in my off hours), my blogging may be sporadic over the next month. I apologize in advance, but promise you that I am not "going away" permanently.
That being said, I find myself reading a lot of books these days, and this usually spurs me into essay-writing mode. I just finished a good one about Japanese prehistory and am now hitting some academics on Japanese consumers/savers.
Also, my record - I make music - should be coming out in September, and there is still some work to be done on that.
Posted by marxy at May 28, 2007 11:20 PM
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i personally really liked the way this site was (non-)designed. (as you can surely tell by the number of comments i left here )
maybe with the new, better design you can attract more and better ads and stuff.
Posted by: alin at May 29, 2007 6:01 AM
Thanks for framing my ambitions in a capitalist, commercialist light.
Posted by: marxy at May 29, 2007 9:03 AM
sorry
Posted by: alin at May 29, 2007 9:53 AM
Good luck with the move, and completing the album. While I rather like the rust, I look forward to seeing what new directions you take us in!
Posted by: Laotree at May 29, 2007 12:21 PM
Well, I'll be dipped in sour owl shit... http://www.isme.com/ right now is a real estate company in Ulster County, NY, where I lived for 6 years right before coming to Japan. Are you and this Stephen Conley gonna have to come to blows for the domain name?
Posted by: Laotree at May 29, 2007 12:35 PM
It's a isme.com. It's not "isme.com." That was very unclear.
Posted by: marxy at May 29, 2007 2:30 PM
Ah yes, [variable] + isme.com
Like, Low-Teen-Idol-isme.com
Posted by: Rory P. Wavekrest at May 29, 2007 4:30 PM
Saayairieisme.com is going to make me millions in google ad revenue.
Posted by: marxy at May 29, 2007 4:42 PM
you say you are reading books. when, marxy, will you break down and give me a mailing address, so i can send you a copy of I LOVE LORD BUDDHA?
Posted by: neogeisha at May 29, 2007 11:17 PM
I really, REALLY hope it's isme.com with a capital J.
Posted by: Don at May 31, 2007 11:23 AM
ha!
Posted by: Rory P. Wavekrest at May 31, 2007 11:29 AM
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