The Deets

I’ve created an events calendar for The Deets. You can find a link to it from the header.

It uses Google Calendar. Basically, I created a new calendar for events (no, it’s not my personal calendar) and set it to Public view. After that, I generated an iframe view of the calendar and built that into a new page.

It’s a little thin now, but I’ll work on that.

Aaron backed me into a corner at the Calhoun Beach Club to tell me how much he hated the “Recent Commentors” feature in the sidebar of The Deets.

He explained how stupid it was that it showed who the most recent commentors were but didn’t mention which post they had commented on. He gave me a stern look and said, “You can do better.”

Or, something like that.

Whether that happened or not is water under the bridge. The important thing here is that “Recent Commentors” has been changed in a variety of ways. It now mentions who commented, on what they commented, is followed by a list of “Recent Trackbacks” which lists who’s been writing about posts on The Deets and which posts drew their ire or praise.

There is still at least one bug in the current system. But rather than point it out, let’s see if you can guess what it is.

According to Google Analytics, the two least cool states in the US of A are Delaware and West Virginia. Why? Because they’re the only states that didn’t visit The Deets in June:

Delaware and Virginia: I hope you’re listening. You have no idea what you’re missing out on, but that’s probably because you’re not listening.

Minnesota obviously dominated the traffic to The Deets. Here are the top-5:

1. Minnesota
2. California
3. Florida
4. New York
5. Texas

The bottom five, which include DE & WV, are New Hampshire, Idaho, and South Dakota, with only one visitor each.

Size seems to matter, but what else may be in play here?

I’ve been known to use some undefined terms, or simply make up words from time to time, like Jamplification or Shoefiti. In case you’re wondering what the heck I’m talking about, just check the new glossary on The Deets.

If you see an undefined or possibly made up term call me on it in the comments. I may get around to adding it to the glossary.

It’s official. The Deets has gone to #1 on Google for . . . The Deets.

It seems like only yesterday that The Deets was battling with a post on Jossip about the deets on Kathy Griffith’s divorce. Boy, how times have changed.

What’s next for The Deets? Perhaps hitting 25 subscribers to the RSS feed. Just add the site to your Google or My.Yahoo homepage, or subscribe to email updates using the options in the right column.