The Nappy Cat Chronicles

Just wanted to let all you readers know that Will and I have not gone anywhere.  We are extremely busy with our day jobs and crossing our fingers that the recession will not start to further drain on our lives.  But, for me at least, the recession has made an unfortunate impact, so work has been taking up a lot of time.

But we’re still here, and we’ll be doing our best to churn out more writing in the future.

Not effective immediately, I am shutting down Blogicology and moving ship to The Nappy Cat Chronicles. The Nappy Cat will be a stripped down web log with no arcade. The short reason tweaking vbulletin has consumed too much of my time.

The long reason is vbulletin costs too much money to maintain. $150 got me a license and a year of access to updates. I joined their network at a time when updates weren’t too forthcoming and, a year later, I decided against shelling out $50 to obtain another year’s access. However, vbulletin is now releasing updates at a pace of one per month or so. This means that my site is open to old and currently patched exploits.

Now, I know what you’re thinking. “It’s 50 bucks you miserly asshat.” If I did update, I would have to shell out another $50 to upgrade vbgallery. Additionally, the arcade has not been updated by its developer for well over a year now and would not function after any system upgrade.

Vbulletin is great forum software, but extending it to include those modifications that the original package should have included for its price is a pain in the ass. Wordpress, on the other hand, is readily updatable, free, and flexible.

So, enjoy the arcade while it’s there and ogle some wallpaper. Blogicology will be closed, without any further warning, when The Nappy Cat Chronicles is ready.

Cheers,

Will

But I am experiencing technotranscendence.

We’re back! Contrary to published reports:

Those online during the wee hours of the sleepy Sunday evening before Martin Luther King Day received an unexpected treat when word spread that mysterious (and now disappeared) Nappy Cat Blog had abruptly leaked a complete disc’s worth of tracks from the long rumored, still untitled Beck album (now named “Guero” — slang for “fair-haired white boy” — and slated for a March 29 release).

For whatever reason, we ran a bit over bandwidth last month. So, I had to put the site offline. Skibicki was so heartbroken, he attempted to slit his wrists with a spoon. Which, of course, had him end up in a state ran asylum in New York. Because of an old wager, I lost money on the deal. It has long been speculated that Skibicki would eventually end up in an asylum. I, however, took the high and hopeful road that he would stay out of such a facility before his 30th birthday. Of course, that is what I get for being optimistic.

Now, back to reality, you can expect great nothings from the Nappy Cat Chronicles. More entries will be made and, eventually, the site will be semi-redesigned. I know the anticipation will keep me in stitches. Well, not really.

Anyway, remember.. When all of life’s problems weigh down on you

So, close to 3000 hits later, the fiasco is thankfully over. All material has been deleted. Vanquished. Never to return. Why was anything there in the first place? Mainly to spread the word about artists that never get played on the radio. Death Cab, The Shins, Smoosh, and Neutral Milk Hotel will never enter heavy rotation. Given the current music industry and their use of a computer program to chose future hits, I can only hope that someone as eclectic and respected as Beck will be heard on the radio in the future.

There is an apparent buzz about the yet titled album. Opinions range from “it sounds like Beck” to “phenomenal”. The tracks are obviously not completed as reported on Beck’s newspage. Given the excitement for the unfinished tracks, I can only hope that you purchase the album upon its release and stop coming here to look for it.

Finally, please do not email me in regards to any prior postings. Especially do not send such an email from your workplace. Thanks!