"Redesign"

I changed my blog's template!   I'm not sure how much that matters, since most of my readers (all 4 of them) probably have me on their feed.

For a long time, I've been thinking about designing a page.  It doesn't even seem worth it anymore, given the awesomeness of feed readers.  I can't say that I don't really love Google Reader (actually I don't - I think there a couple of interface issues that are very unGooglelike, which is mildly troublesome and a little annoying when I'm trying to get things organized), but there is something sad about never really visiting someone's homepage.  Half of the art of designing and maintaining a blog seems to be for naught. 

There's also the dilemma of whether or not I should post my links anymore.  Does it matter?  Is there any real indication that my endorsement of my friend's blogs increases their traffic?  Do I even have traffic?  I took my stat counter down long ago, so I don't really even know.

Eh, whatev.  There was a time when I cared whether or not people were reading.  That time is no more.  It might be that I'm getting older, or it might be that I loathe the fact that social networking and blogging is eating into people's privacy.  All I know is, however infrequent my updates, or the updates of my compatriots in blogging, I love that I have a little virtual community.  For all the internet's insanity, there remains the fact that it brings us closer together.