Apparently, according to websiteoutlook.com, FlashStuf is worth $3,774.10! I’ve seen the regular stat and demographic sites, but one placing an actual value on a site.. Well that’s pretty cool. You can check out the details here, and look at the value of any site, such as the apparently $1.2 billion Google.
You know, the biggest confidence booster is when you have something you’ve created, can share with the world, and it is something people actually like. The regular people. The everyday bloggers from anywhere in the world. Seeing a link to my site is like getting a high-five just for being damned awesome.
And it doesn’t even matter I’m not at the status of the big-leaguers. The Game Sloth’s, the ABS’s, that doesn’t matter to me. I’m content with my couple-thousand visitors a month. The numbers don’t even make a difference to me because in that sea of thousands I have some loyal fans, and a lot of ones I don’t even know about. And just the fact that they’re there makes it all worth the while. I know a few good people like what I serve with FlashStuf and well if not, I get a good enough amount to where I can mess around all I want and still get it out to 20,000 or so in a month. It doesn’t get much better than that.
My HOSTS file has been repeatedly losing my local websites that I’ve added there manually and I finally figured out what the problem was.. After getting the BSOD for the first time on this computer today, Vista told me the problem seemed to be with my anti-virus software. I checked online to see if there was any kind of problem with Norton 360 and the windows HOSTS file and it turns out it deletes all “malicious” entries in case they are just that– malicious.
It turned out to be a simple fix: In Norton 360 go under Virus and Spyware Settings > File Exclusions:
And in the section “Which disks, folders, or files to exclude from risk scanning“, enter the location of the HOSTS file, which is generally \windows\system32\drivers\etc\HOSTS
On another note, you’d think that they’d figure that more computer-savvy people use their software as well as ones who aren’t so savvy. You’d figure they could at least add a more custom set up, or tell you what files it monitors so you could know ahead of time, instead of going crazy trying to guess what the heck is going on later on. Maybe make our lives a bit easier? Maybe I’m crazy. Who knows.
I’ve created another blog, called life according to matt, that I’ll be doing on the side of this one. Really, for when I want to be a little more informal and let out my thoughts on things. Otherwise you can count on Late Night Fiction to keep chugging away with more of the.. other crap I ramble on about.
You can even have Firefox 3 launch FlashStuf Mail whenever you click an email link on the web. To do it, first log in to your account, and then paste this code in the address bar of that tab (and hit Enter):
Click Add Application, and you’re all set! To keep it this way, simply click an email link and then pick Gmail, and check “Remember my choice for mailto links” (you can change this option at any time through your Firefox preferences).
