testing something

Comments

[Susan]

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Well, I'll certainly be following THIS link!

[Susan]

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Ack! It disappeared and there's a new one there now! I see what you're experimenting with, Debra, but where do I find the naked guy?

[Debra Hamel]

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Susan, Susan, Susan.... You do realize how funny the sentence "I see what you're experimenting with, Debra, but where do I find the naked guy?" sounds?

Can you remember any further details about the naked guy? Any distinguishing characteristics?

Actually, here's a secret. If you go here -- http://dhamel.typepad.com/book_blog/quotes.html -- you'll find some bare code that I use to make my little random review javascript thing. In other words, the naked guy is in there somewhere. Now, a search for "naked" on that page turns up two likely suspects, but I'll let you find them yourself. The links are there, you'll see, but not clickable.

[Debra Hamel]

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Actually, what I wanted to see was whether I could put that script in a blog post and have it show up okay, and the answer seems to be yes. (Can anyone *not* read a random quote in the post?) This is because I had an idea about BAFAB promotion.

[Susan]

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There's a new 'teaser' just about every time I look at that post, but BRING ON THE NAKED MAN (eeeyew..nose curling...really, it's not so much the naked man, it's the context of that teaser. What's he doing, as you say 'popping up in random places'?

[Susan]

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I love that link, Debra! I only found one naked guy there though...even though I tried to read each entry. Those are absolutely delicious teasers! I paused a few extra seconds over the one about the female who decided to take up stalking herself (sounds like a good hobby). I hope you'll leave the link in place for a while at least; I'm going to keep looking for that naked guy. You know, it would be a great page to make accessible for everybody.

[Debra Hamel]

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I know what naked guy you want: http://dhamel.typepad.com/book_blog/2003/12/the_time_travel.html

Well, that page, as I say--and I'm very proud of myself--is something that I made up to have TypePad generate that code for me automatically. They're the text of the inserts that I put in my reviews at the book-blog (wherein I try to come up with good teasers, so I'm glad you were teased!). Every time one of my book-blog pages loads a new random snippet pops up at the top of the page. This has always been the case, but since the move to TypePad I was able to automate it a little more is all.

But you have me wondering now if they aren't noticeable enough at the book-blog.

[Susan]

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I'm sure they're fine at the Book Blog, Debra - I've been drawn to a number of reviews there too. I just don't spend quite as much time on that blog as I do on this one. I'm so 'at home' here that I notice every little change.

[Susan]

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By the way, thank you! for putting up the link to my naked guy. It was a good review. My 'pragmatic' self responded "He needs to be institutionalized". The rest of me wants to read the book!