I'm holding out for that house-with-own-ballroom that a friend linked to on Facebook. My whole current house could fit into that one room, so I'd be set.

This would be a fun place to buy for a Buffista compound. [link]

This would be a fun place to buy for a Buffista compound. [link]

Compounds are for wacky religious cults, msbelle.

Compounds are for wacky religious cults

2 out of 3, I say we go for it.

Besides, it has a basketball court and a commercial kitchen!

Man, season finales this week are severely OTT. I'm getting scared about Friday.

I know IO9 gets some flack around her for various things, including editorial polish, but I may have the opportunity to write for them in the upcoming year, so I really hope the commenting software change doesn't bung stuff up. I think Gawker is rebounding--they actually made some of the tweaks the posters suggested.

I know I can get an inflated sense of "I know web communities" since it's not like I have any experience in maintaining a for-profit site. But I still think that some of the lessons we learnt here with a crowdfunded site apply even if you are trying to make a profit. Some of the things everyone in the development chain seemed to have overlooked were staggering.

I'm having extreme resource frustration. The primary developer on the systems I support is back in India, and will be leaving completely in a couple weeks. In the meanwhile, there's no one trained to do what he did, and he's being difficult to pin down remotely, manifesting a severe case of Short-timer's.

I have someone saying "Can I get back to you tomorrow with the instructions for the change that's scheduled for today?" or another developer sending emails to the *users* using citing her "super duper lack of knowledge :)". I am beginning to froth about the use of smiley faces in business emails, especially ones being sent outside the team.

Also: super fucking duper? Yeah, I make a point of not being shy to ask for information I don't have, and don't make a big front of knowing everything when I don't, but that has to be balanced with making sure people have a good impression of you, and feel that you can be relied upon. Tell *me* about your super duper stupidness, not them. They're already pulling me aside to ask if it's all going to be okay.

LeN, I am very glad that it's "morning glory muffins" that's, ah, tainted with the imagery it is, and not the actual morningstar ones I love so much. I'd hate to be reminded of cunnilingus every time I have a tasty breakfast.

Wow, housing prices in NYC are Too Damn High. The price of that compound would barely buy a 3-br apartment in most neighborhoods.

I may have the opportunity to write for them in the upcoming year

That's really cool, ita.

I wish sometime I could read Gawker's comments at work, but then I realize what a time-suck that would be. And, frankly, I'd rather read the comments at Alyssa Rosenberg's blog, but those are Facebook comments, which again I can't see.

I may have the opportunity to write for them in the upcoming year

That's really cool, ita.

Seconded!

oh oh oh , we should buy THIS: [link]