Because the frick’n public library isn’t open on Fridays until 1pm (3pm ET).
Yay hotspots!
You’re probably saying to yourself, “Hey, something looks different here. Did you change your font size?”
No, I had a complete redesign by Sekimori. Anyway, I’ll still have to catch up some new pages to the new template (such as the Peace Gallery), move a few things around and cut the fat, and do a new “About Me” page plus an actual FAQ… with answers! Put suggested questions in the comments.
So much to comment on in the news today, but I still have the whole “hang with the family thing.” I’ll put up a few posts, and see more of you guys after the weekend.
BTW, it is “International Link to IMAO Day”, and I won’t be able to be on much today to see who is not complying, so it’s up to you ronin to gently remind those who forget.
A new age dawns today, so bask in its glory.
UPDATE: Aww. Michelle Malkin is now one of my favorite bloggers as well as columnists. Wish I had the whole day to check out all my friends in the blogosphere, but I need to eat and get going soon. Thank you notes will have to wait for next week.
I think there is far too much red..unless you want to make us all angry. Blue or green would be much more soothing.
Hey, not too shabby. In keeping with the “Frank J. Standard”, seeing red is what it’s all about. My only concern is that the whole site still looks like a bunch of blocks stacked together. If the red were somehow shadowed or shaded or “volumafied” or something … just anything to give some kinda’ depth to the design.
I do like the new structure, though.
I do believe I failed to mention that today’s my birthday, too. Nice present, even if it is a stack of blocks ;P, heh
This is a nice surprise. I was starting to get worried. Whew!
The lovely and gracious Michelle Maulkin has a pic of her in a Frnak J T-shirt on her Blog in honor of today.
Yes.The new look is very nice. However,I was so expecting Frank’s surprise to be a photo of him in his new car:
Jaguar XK convertible. Made any decisions yet?
Obligatory Link to IMAO
Today is International Link to IMAO day. As a good ronin and devotee of Frank J. I hereby obediently link to his site with nothing more than respect, awe and admiriation. Congrats on two years, Frank. Here’s to many more!
Question to add to the FAQ:
“Are you the most awesomest person in the world?”
Happy 2nd Blogiversary, IMAO
That Frank J. and his monkey posse are celebrating IMAO’s 2nd Blogiversary! National holiday. I’m going home now. hln…
Love the new look….but there’s something I’ve been meaning to comment on: The picture of Tony Blair on the right–am I the only one who thinks he’s sporting a mohawk everytime his picture flashes on the screen? It’s disturbing….or maybe I’m just disturbed…hmmmmm…
New national holiday
Or something. Go congratulate Frank: he’s been blogging for 2 years now. Here’s hoping for many more (free) humorous posts….
Screw it, Frank.
Happy Blogiversity, but I’m outa here. Your site has always been one of the slowest around to load, but jeeminey. Four f*ing minutes for something that depends on bugs in IE to display properly? Bye.
Regards,
Ric Locke
New national holiday
Or something. Go congratulate Frank: he’s been blogging for 2 years now. Here’s hoping for many more (free) humorous posts. Update: Harvey mentioned ice cream in the comments to this post. That reminds me of this idea which everyone can…
Question for the FAQ
“Why won’t the stupid people shut up?”
Happy Blogiversary, Frank!
Unfortunately, I have to agree with Ric on the loading time.
Nitpicky editor that I is, me wanna see some text inset in your middle column. Don’t like the text hitting the frame edges.
Have fun with the family!
Load time (22 secs) and text location are fine with me. I use Netscrape, have the resolution at 1280×1024, and have DSL. Maybe you pickers of nits need a more modern system? VGA and dial-up are so 1992.
It looks great in Firefox.
International Link to IMAO Day
speaking of Frank’s blogiversary, the t-shirt boss turns two today, and all i can say is i wish i’d been reading him the whole two years (i didn’t even know what a blog was until December, which may or may
IMAO Blogiversary
Today is the International Link To Frank day.
Question for FAQ:
I live in the eastern part of the mid-atlantic region. Does this make me middle eastern?
Happy Blogiversary!!
Question: Frank, when is you gonna get married so as we can see you with a woman. IMAO needs some female touches, i.e; boobs.
Tim want see boobs!
And a Pinch To Grow an Inch
Today is International link to IMAO day. So I’m going to link to IMAO. Because NOT linking to IMAO would be, I don’t know, a violation of international law. And I don’t want the Hague after me. Anyway, happy blogbirthday
Genesis
Today is the beginning of Year Three of IMAO, complete with a redesign by Sekimori….
Are you going to put the alliance blogroll back in place, or is that gone for good?
Agree with the text touching the left side. Looks amateurish.
And it looks like the blue on your links is waaaayy too dark and waaayy too small. It’s impossible for an old fart like me to even try to squint at.
At least your entries are readable. There are sites like Rabbit Blog and Tony Pierce that use the tiny type there as well. Unreadable.
Isn’t it odd that the puppy blender linked to you before your Emperor?
I think you have the puppy blender running scared.
My FAQ, Who does FrankJ think is the best troll?
Happy Blogiversary Frank!
Oddly enough, last night around midnight central time, I SAW the new layout. I just assumed that all the red was because I was looking at it via a somewhat old data projector (640×480 resolution, but its whomp-ass for movies) as my monitor decided to go out in a flash of glory. Anyway, the projector has a quirk where it often displays a red background as webpages load.
It looks good! Me likey! And congrats on your two year run! And more exclamation points!!! Woo!
IMAO IS….2
Keep up the good work Frank…we need the smiles now more than ever. And those ninja monkeys need to you to keep them in their place.
O a 700k connection and very slow to load. Feel sorry for someone on a modem
Happy Blogiversary Frank J And IMAO
As loyal citizens in the wonderous world of IMAO and the truly handsome and witty Frank J it is not only our duty but our pleasure to celebrate IMAO’s Blogiversary.
Love the new look, Frank. I mentioned your anniversary in my blog as requested, along with one of my many favorite entries. Many more years, Frank. I’ve learned a lot from you.
With all that red visible when the site was loading, I thought The Limey had returned and hacked the site.
Stay away, Limey. This place is a place of death for you.
I don’t know what all the load-time whiners are talking about. I’m on an 802.11g wireless connection and the page loads in about 5 sec. max. Don’t listen to them, Frank! Keep it!
well since 802.11 g is 54mps I guess you dont have a problem. this site was quick it is now very slooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow
according to a web load time test
14.4K 422.80 seconds
28.8K 211.60 seconds
33.6K 181.43 seconds
56K 109.02 seconds
ISDN 128K 33.66 seconds
T1 1.44Mbps 3.29 seconds
Puh-leeze. I have a dialup. If I’m lucky, I get 46.6K… usually it’s 41.3K.
Even with the new layout, IMAO never takes longer than 30 seconds to load. ESPN.com, on the other hand, two minutes or more. The Puppy Blender is around 20 seconds.
Maybe I have an I-S-D-N line and don’t realize it! Yeah, that’s it! Sure!
shaking head Methinks some people just complain because they CAN.
(note: I got a submission error with I-S-D-N without the – between the letters… what the heck is THAT all about?)
Frank,
I liked the first one that you had in place, and since I have a 33.6K modem, it takes forever to load.
FAQ: What does IMAO stand for? (this time with an answer..)
I don’t like this new red thing frank. its scares me. Your not going commie on us….?
Dammit Frank – I hope that Sekimori guy isn’t a friend of yours, because this new layout just isn’t doing it…the color scheme is frightening, the layout is horrible, and the load time IS waaayyyyy to slow…
Don’t take my word for it – have a poll!!
I agree with those who think there’s too much red, but apart from that, nice redesign.
And I’m a little jealous of this blog-flirting with Michelle Malkin!
Friendly Reminders
Please remember that tomorrow is Frank J’s blogversary and International Link to IMAO Day. i plan to post a gratuitous link in commemoration of the event, and in thanksgiving for the very existence of so great a blog hero, and…