Radio UserLand Notes

Glenn points to a way to get your weblogs.com site back from Google. Don't do it--you won't have to. Watch Scripting News today and you'll see all is well.

I've been reading some of the coverage about Dave Winer's decision to end free webhosting for weblogs.com users. Most of it is sickening, consisting of personal attacks and insults. If I read things like that about myself, it would make me ill. I won't link to any of it here; it's quite vile in some cases. Someone even stooped as low as to remix part of his audio explanation to humiliate him.

When I heard about the problem, I pitched in and offered help. I didn't judge Dave or his decision--people outside of a situation rarely have all of the facts--and I found him delightful to work with.

Life is much easier to live if you don't create conflict or go looking for it at every opportunity. I applied this in my life first to my driving. I easily anger when driving and would mentally complain about the ability of person X to drive correctly. I would then continue my stress by cataloging their faults the entire time I followed them in traffic. What did I get? I wheelbarrow full of self-righteous indignation and an upset stomach. I changed my outlook my not trying to find the conflict in everyday life. It worked--I'm happier and healthier, too.

Please remember to ask yourself a question when you write a weblog post or leave a comment about this: would you say it standing 2 feet away from him?