Is it normal for housecats to spend time outside? I have two. One is fully indoors, the other goes out 2-3 times per week, for maybe a half hour, and doesn’t venture past our back patio. No hunting that I’m aware of, and definitely no pooping in the neighbor’s garden.

This is great. I honestly hadn’t given the downvote thing much thought. The bit about promoting discussion really hits it home. Tell me why you don’t like it!

It reminds me of restaurant reviews. I eat at Chili’s pretty regularly, and if you pay on the little tablet kiosk thing (Ziosk?), it wants you to complete a survey. If things were great, I do the survey. But if they were bad, or even just fine, I skip. I’ve heard too many tales of disciplinary action being taken on non-five-star reviews, which just kills the whole point. Do you want my honest opinion, or do you want a yes-man?

Back to the piece, it’s a great write-up. Though I do want to point out that you used “apart” instead of “a part” at least twice. 🙂

But don’t worry, the XMPP article linked at the bottom has way more errors.

Wow, that’s amazing! Is it a mini from a game?

As an old man who has clocked 150 hours, yes, it will. :)

Ahh, good times. One of my earliest uses of the web circa 1996 was Invisiclues for Zork II. I didn’t have access at home, so I had to play until I got stuck, then look up the answer at school the next day.