Archives for April 15th, 2005

sri-bhagavan uvaca
kalo ’smi loka-kshaya-krit pravriddho
lokan samahartum iha pravrittah
rite ‘pi tvam na bhavishyanti sarve
ye ‘vasthitah pratyanikeshu yodha
                                  — Bhagavad-Gita Chapter 11, Verse 32

I am become new.¹

As you probably noticed, this site has been redesigned, rejuvenated and generally spiffed up by the great people at AlienMelon. It’s a testament to their incredible skillz that they did such a beautiful job despite all my stupid suggestions. You see, it’s one thing to craft a nice webpage. But it’s quite another to do so when you have a heavy anchor like me on your brain, constantly trying to pull you down into the Hades of terrible ideas.

Michael: "I kind of like this website. Could we do something like this, except with everything written in Wingdings?"
AlienMelon: "Hmm. Great idea. Let’s think about it."

Whereupon, of course, they put my e-mail in the trash and clicked on "empty trash." In retrospect, thank God… although, on second thought, perhaps there’s still room for an embedded midi file or two — maybe taken from here. That’d be pretty nifty. (Note to self: Ask AlienMelon goons about the possibility of inserting some classic Slovenian polka music up in this.)

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