As I sit here alone at Dragonfish, a swank sushi joint across from my hotel, I wonder how i'll act on my next visit. The fact that i'm thinking about it outside of the weird, geeky confines of my "internet time" definitely means that the site has hit a nerve - I certainly never think "this will be great on Facebook" and rarely think to update my twitter profile except when i'm bored (a fact made abundantly clear by my updates, i'm sure), but this one is different. It's got human-style interaction, sort of. It's got that anonymity that brings us back to the old days of the pre-commerce web. It's got erections.
Shitloads of erections.

enough bullshit - if you don't already know what i'm talking about, you should. The site in question is ChatRoulette, and it's amazing.

The thing about ChatRoulette is that it's weird.  Really weird.  There are quite a few erections on it, but that's not all there is. There's an amazing variety of people on here, probably averaging 25,000 at any given time.  Tonight, I've seen military guys, couples, tons of asians, groups of people sitting around, parties, lots of creepy guys (I'm probably one of those, given that I'm old and alone on here), and even a few girls.  The thing about it is that you can be anyone you want (like what you told yourself before you went off to college, only in 3-second bursts) - and people really are.  Apparently, a lot of them want to be watched as they jack off.  How are these folks so on top of things?  Like, they're just waiting for new ways to expose themselves, and get the memo before the normal people do, somehow.  Anyway, it doesn't matter, because you, too, can masturbate for strangers' amusement, too.  You can also practice your one-liners, your funny faces or voices, your crazy lies - whatever you want, because you can't find those people again and they can't find you.  Yet.  Also, you've gotta do it quick, because the denizens of CR are fucking FAST on the "Next" button.

This post has already taken three sittings and two days to complete, partially because ChatRoulette is so ineffable.  The other part is because I've been at work, but that shouldn't be an excuse.  Anyway, check it out.

In case any of you were wondering why Clapboard no longer loads like the tubes from the servers are steeped in syrup, it's because we're finally on a VPS.  My load times dropped from an average of 8 to an average of, well, right now, zero.  Pretty exciting.  If I can do it without too much drama, I'm going to stick with it.  I know that I might be better off with something yet more geeky, but I think this is just about as serverific as I can get at the moment.  I have a testing box that I'll work with for awhile so that  maybe I'm ready when and if I have to move to something bigger and better.  If anyone wants to give me Linux Administration for Web Server Admins lessons, I'd be happy to learn.

I should probably keep a list of things like this that I would like to take classes in.  The times are frequent these days where I'm like "Oh, I could take a class in that and be a whole lot more useful than I currently am....

A couple of asides, while I've got you:

• I can't believe I've been too busy to work with Google Wave
• or to buy and play Asssassin's Creed 2.
• I haven't shot on my green screen yet, but I DO have a plan to.
• but I want a new light kit now.
• Thanksgiving is already almost here and I'm a little freaked out.
• The picture above is from the collage (whose plexi cost me $120).  This piece is called Action Cupcake.

That's it for now, but I'll be back with pictures and more notes on things like making applesauce.