Archive for the ‘Trivialities and Random Thoughts’ Category

Room with(out) a view

Sunday, September 14th, 2008
Venetian on lot 74 This blog entry was created so that my future next-door neighbors could monitor the progress of their new home.  The title is not meant to give offense, but rather refers to the fact that my family room and breakfast nook windows, which for over two years have looked out at an overgrown empty lot, are now looking at a cinderblock wall.  I have every confidence that the view will be quite attractive once the house is finished.  The first batch of photos were taken from these windows — once the window view was gone, they were taken from outside.

The full photo essay begins by clicking here.  This will take you outside the blog, but there will be a link to bring you back here.  I welcome your comments on the photo essay, even if you are not my future next-door neighbors.

(If you got here from the photo essay and don’t see the full blog menu to the right, scroll down a bit and click on “Trivialities and Random Thoughts” and you will see it.)

The infamous adol77dai51, “friend” to bloggers everywhere

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

I recently was notified that a new user had signed up for my blog with the user id of adol77dai51, and the email address of adolfodaine77@gmail.com. Since my blog is relatively new, and so far has only caught the attention of people I already know personally, I was curious as to who this person was, so I input the id and email address into various search engines, and to my surprise, came up with dozens of other bloggers all speculating about who this person was. Is it a real person, or is it a bot? He (or it) has apparently registered on hundreds of blogs in many languages, but never actually posted a comment. Who is he, and what is his motive?

I got to thinking about this, and it finally dawned on me that as each of us bloggers searched for information about Mr. Adol77dai51, we found no answers, but did find each other. So, if you reached my blog through a search on “adol77dai51″, why not leave me a comment to say hello, and while you’re here, look at my other posts. I’m a fiber artist, and this blog shows off some of my recent work, most of which is for sale. I also do custom work in wearables and home decor, and I’ll be happy to hear from you!

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Luxury handwovens for you and your home
by Matthew Hoffman, Kissimmee, FL