i hadn't realized google had added search capability. so i've finally replaced the pretty useless search engine i had on the portal. i also hadn't realized that they'd removed the "personal site" restriction from their tos, so now that i'm never updating, i can finally put ads on my weblog. ironic. 02:37 pm

i'm always amazed by how short-term peoples' memories are, then again, come to think of it, it has been 5 years. so i guess it's a little more understandable. there have been at least 3 companies in california that fired people for writing a weblog. i had the dubious honor of being the first person to be fired for writing a weblog (the now defunct beyond.com back in june of 1999). needless to say, it still sucks and i feel for troutgirl. 02:20 pm