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That’s what I do on my days off… niceeee…

My world around me may be falling apart but I honestly can’t keep it together everyday.

Today I spent the day completing a survey which was started a few months ago. The programming was just a few simple clicks and done… the questions were the tough ones. I wanted to get basic information from everyone and get a feel for what I was getting myself into… The next set of questions revolve around the criteria which readers continue to read, why bloggers continue to write and why others steer away from blogs.

Granted, there should be some type of structure behind these series of surveys but I’m going to take it all in as it comes in. Chewing it will be the more interesting part of the job… and then I’ll spit it out with a few charts and graphs and you let me know what you make of it.

I don’t know about you, but I’m more focused on the content portion of our reading and writing. If I was an English teacher and these bloggers were my students I’d say that more then half of them have failed. But all in all… it’s just a blog right?

But then again, why are only a hand full of Dominican bloggers writing on a more educated, instructive, and creative manner? Is it lack of leadership? Is it lack of interest? Is it because there are no ethics in blogging? After all we do have other responsibilities to assist and we know of different services that allow us to be as carefree as we want to be… Perhaps we just don’t see the need… or find it hard to share in such a taboo environment… That makes me wonder what is it that we really think and feel?

I’m not one to criticize any other blogger for how they write in their blog either. This month I’ve published more then I have in the last 12 months I think. Not to mention that most of what I’ve written in this post is just about as long as all of my posts within the last 12 months anyway…

So if you want to look for content, your looking in the wrong area… If your looking for news regarding the latest technology, your looking in the wrong area… If your looking for what ticks me off, what drives me, what lurks me, what interests me… your looking in the right area.

For the most part it’s self satisfaction that I can code in PHP, C++, HTML, CSS, ASP, Java, Ladder Logic, Panel View, create buttons to make my publishing easier, publish RSS feeds to save readers time, re-write code that is no longer supported in PHP5 but was in PHP4, the ability to hack my way through code to create the homepage we have at Blogs Dominicanos, my curiosity, complete boredom, the opportunity to meet the groups of bloggers and simply observe you, read you, and share with you the same satisfaction.

I can’t help but laugh too… I don’t write well in Spanish… Spell check does wonders… Every writer coming into the spotlight lately and every reader that knows more Spanish accent marks then the previous reader seems to have an eye out for us… Not that it’s a bad thing… just that not everyone has been using spell check. One things for sure… we not all trying to make a career out of this blogging thing… but I’ll definitely take into consideration the content I publish on it from time to time as I have in the past.

I can be real Dominican or I can be technically American with that Dominican accent. I can’t be Dominican with an American accent tho. That’ll never happen… Being raised in Jersey with family and friends in NYC creates a diverse character if I may say so myself. Add a little knowledge and a good education to that mix and possibilities are endless. I’m not talking about myself either. I’m talking in general. You’ll see that “go-getter” mentality working in every New Yorker. Some a little slower then others but it’s in there… Now if you compare Apples to Oranges… Florida people are a little more laid back.

I’m not looking to offend anyone either… I don’t think anyone here is… and don’t worry… I can locate who it is with your IP addresses remember… that script is working just fine… oooooh… I’m scared… hehe… but it really is working.

Happy Mothers Day Mom…
I love you too…

First things first… I’m ready to test drive a new plugin for Wordpress…

That my friends is Pollen… I leave my windows open and my apartment gets filled with Pollen. It’s not very good if you have allergies this time of year. My problem is that it creates a layer of green dust on everything…

Plugin: Light Box

Not for nothing but I need to give myself a compliment.

Snap Shots was pretty brand new when I started publishing it’s class along with links. Now aparently every blog in the directory has it… hehe…

FYI if you only want it to show on the links that you want… insert this text into your header and then into your link…

<script defer=”defer” id=”snap_preview_anywhere” type=”text/javascript” src=”http://spa.snap.com/snap_preview_anywhere.js?ap=0&key=d67d4e494df62cee09b15242b34956e3&sb=0&domain=yourblog.com”»</script»

along with

class=”snap_preview”

in your <a href”…

Don’t forget to change the domain name up above… you can get it from the Snap Shot Website.

So I’ve been working on it… and here is a sneek peak…

Mas contenido, mas información, mas espacio… Mas de todo. But there may be a few that don’t like it… what can I do… I need to do something in my spare time… even if it never makes it as a full blown website… You tell me what you think and we’ll take it from there…

After attempting to re-design Blogs Dominicanos, and failing of course… We’re going to attempt to try once again at what may seem nearly impossible to do with the little amount of time we have.

Nota: Volveremos a intentar a re-diseñar nuestra pagina de Blogs Dominicanos.

But all I can here are the 1750 RPM motors on the Honeywell Outdoor AC Units going full blast. My windows are wide open as they should be just to get the remaining smoke from the burnt chicken cutlets out of my apartment… Well, not completely burned… just a little crisp… hey! atleast I think I can cook. Just don’t let me cook for you.

Which reminds me… I had friends over a few months ago… haha… this is funny… I handed out potato chips that were in my cabinets since the first week I moved into my apartment… hahahahaha… I didn’t realize how stale they really were… Food is definitely outdated around here. BYOF, BYOW, BYOB, BYOH, BYOA, BYOV, BYO(PAJ) and BYO(TB).