tekwiz

 [09:51.36] <TekWiz> ?

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[09:51.50] <TekWiz> What kind of tech support?

[11:06.39] <wptmj> hi ty for replying

[11:07.08] <wptmj> i've got a really special blog that I' sure is flying, but i cant trust the stats

[11:07.35] <wptmj> and ive read i have reason to doubt google anal

[11:09.18] <wptmj> trying out statcounter.com(i love the visit-replays) but i've barely got any views that way so not sure what to do

[11:09.48] <wptmj> also im paranoid my guestbook is being blocked somehow.  maybe getting a premiun account?

[11:09.57] <wptmj> its okay if you cant help, thanks anyway

[11:11.58] <wptmj> 11:11

[11:14.13] <TekWiz> Well, why are you sure it's "flying"?

[11:14.40] <wptmj> because when i hit refresh on my blogspot stats it's a way higher number

[11:14.44] <wptmj> so here's hoping

[11:15.07] <wptmj> ive made sure its not counting my own views, of course

[11:15.49] <wptmj> would you care to check it out?

[11:17.03] <TekWiz> Those could also be bots... I've had a blogspot for many years... Sure I can check it out, maybe I'll get some idea

[11:17.23] <TekWiz> I also host some sites, often the hits are bots, there are so many bots

[11:17.27] <wptmj> awesome, it's my life's work

[11:17.41] <wptmj> http://havethesejokes.blog

[11:19.00] <wptmj> i have been an avid opinion-collector since 2002.  i'd love any feedback, please

[11:20.32] <wptmj> when you get the chance, its a lot

[11:21.15] <wptmj> in fact, asking random people for help on undernet is how my blog was born, kinda :]

[11:22.28] <TekWiz> It's cute, it's a small personal blog... It's a nice thing to show your friends. Sure I'll read through it

[11:23.07] <TekWiz> But if you want the general public to see it, these days you can't really expect that... It's super hard to promote anything on the web

[11:23.11] <wptmj> small for now, ::crossing fingers::

[11:23.14] <TekWiz> So I'm not sure what you're hoping for

[11:23.25] <TekWiz> Like I have a site for decades, tektimes.com

[11:23.30] <wptmj> systemic-virality ultimately :P

[11:23.32] <TekWiz> I also have a site aresbook.com

[11:23.52] <wptmj> you gotta shoot for the stars if you even want to get off the ground

[11:23.53] <TekWiz> I even have a blog I started years ago on Google...

[11:24.24] <TekWiz> Well it's easier to get a following on Twitter or Facebook, or YouTube, or TikTok than to get people to visit your site

[11:24.39] <TekWiz> I have extensive experience in this type of stuff

[11:24.50] <wptmj> great, i LOVE links

[11:25.00] <TekWiz> You need to give people the link specifically and they need to want to see it

[11:25.05] <wptmj> awesome, i love denying accidents! :P

[11:25.35] <TekWiz> Back in the beginning, like in the 90's blogs were hot, there wasn't much to see online

[11:25.51] <TekWiz> But now, the big players have kidnapped everyone lol

[11:26.06] <TekWiz> You could start a Facebook page and get some people to join

[11:26.07] <wptmj> sometimes i troll in channels, wait for cues from the dialog, tell them i have those and better jokes, then link them

[11:26.13] <TekWiz> It all depends what your objective is

[11:26.25] <wptmj> relevant-to-chat jokes are always welcome

[11:26.29] <TekWiz> Well yeah you can get people like that, directly as I was saying

[11:26.42] <wptmj> or, i spam for peace in person too

[11:26.45] <wptmj> im a story teller

[11:27.15] <wptmj> i got little papers with my blog address i litter all over town

[11:27.25] <wptmj> i'm a bit obsessed :]

[11:27.27] <TekWiz> Well in fact my friend wrote a book about his life

[11:27.38] <TekWiz> I just saw him yesterday and wrote him a review

[11:27.44] <TekWiz> I need to post it, he did like my review

[11:27.44] <wptmj> link please

[11:27.56] <TekWiz> you can get the book in the books room if you like

[11:28.04] <TekWiz> Let me show you the amazon link

[11:28.06] <wptmj> i love bookz

[11:28.24] <TekWiz> https://www.amazon.com/Mysterious-Ways-Discovering-Miracles-Fight/dp/B0B3F9C74Q

[11:28.43] <wptmj> perfect, right up my alley

[11:28.55] <TekWiz> It's a collection of stories

[11:29.15] <TekWiz> Here is my review that I will post

[11:29.17] <TekWiz> If you're reading this review, you're probably trying to decide whether you should bother reading Jay's firstbook, and before I say anything else, I have to be honest and reveal that I know Jay, he's my friend, and I've known him for mostof my life. I met him in my last year at Teaneck High School, and we've kept in touch ever since. In fact, I was actually a witness to

several of the experiences Jay 

[11:29.17] <TekWiz> discusses in the book. In fact I actually read some of the stories before Jay was sure he was going to publish them.

[11:29.17] <TekWiz> So I now see that Jay spared no effort in threading all his remarkable stories together into a complete work,and after reading the book, I realized that he has managed to produce a remarkable, powerful, meaningful and fascinatingtestimonial which should speak to anybody who is thoughtful and inquisitive about the meaning of life, the joys, disappointments, difficulties, challenges, experiences, 

[11:29.21] <TekWiz> interactions, and everything that each of us experiences in the course of our lives. 

[11:29.23] <TekWiz> The words "mysterious" and "miracles" in the title are significant as they refer to what we might be familiarwith as "Strange Coincidences" or "Synchronicity." I am always fascinated by these strange happenings, and Jay's stories includeseveral. You might be amazed and they might provide yet another confirmation of a suspicion you may have that there is more going on behind the scenes.

[11:29.24] <wptmj> i hope he doesnt mind if i paste some on my blog.

[11:29.30] <TekWiz> Jay's stories let us see clearly how our lives are not our own, they are mostly a result of our interactions witheveryone around us. Our lives are like waves which constantly interact and affect us and others in sometimes miraculous and mysterious ways.

[11:29.34] <wptmj> ill give credit

[11:29.34] <TekWiz> Jay tells his stories very honestly, in a manner which anyone can easily empathize and identify with. It's aquick and easy read but what you get from this work is invaluable, something you will never forget for the rest of your life. After you read this collection of touching and heartfelt stories, you might even have new realizations about your life, see things in a new way, be more hopeful, insightful, 

[11:29.39] <TekWiz> thoughtful, and maybe even get a new lease on life!

[11:29.41] <TekWiz> I also highly recommend this book to anybody who is on dialysis or knows someone who has or had to gothrough this unpleasant ordeal. You will learn what it's like to be on dialysis and even how to find a donor. Thanks for writing this book Jay, it was a true pleasure to read!

[11:29.45] <wptmj> lemme peruse

[11:29.45] <TekWiz> If you want to talk about it in your blog I'm sure he'll be thrilled

[11:29.56] <TekWiz> But he would love a good review of course

[11:30.08] <wptmj> as would i :]

[11:30.28] <wptmj> and i PROMISE i will

[11:30.35] <wptmj> ill let you see the page

[11:30.40] <TekWiz> Mu name's Jerry BTW

[11:30.53] <wptmj> great to meet you

[11:31.02] <TekWiz> Nice to meet you too!

[11:31.03] <wptmj> thank you for your support :]

[11:31.22] <TekWiz> So where are you from Victor?

[11:31.25] <TekWiz> You are welcome!

[11:31.27] <wptmj> you wouldnt happen to be a race car driver, by any chance?

[11:31.31] <wptmj> :P

[11:31.42] <TekWiz> Not at all lol... I don't even have a driving license

[11:31.48] <TekWiz> I'm from the USA, Teaneck NJ

[11:31.52] <wptmj> lol good cars are death machines

[11:32.00] <TekWiz> Yeah I hate cars lol

[11:32.13] <TekWiz> I'm lucky not to have to drive, I ride my bike to shop

[11:32.21] <TekWiz> Or walk

[11:32.23] <wptmj> cars are stunting human evolution

[11:32.31] <wptmj> we have two legs for a reason

[11:32.41] <TekWiz> Yeah they are a horror, death boxes

[11:32.52] <wptmj> i had to learn the hard way

[11:33.01] <TekWiz> No exercise, pollution and dangerous

[11:33.19] <wptmj> they've made everybody lazy,impatient

[11:33.22] <wptmj> and overweight

[11:33.38] <wptmj> why are we in such a hurry?

[11:33.44] <wptmj> good things come!

[11:34.07] <TekWiz> Yeah it's a horror, I'm so happy I don't need to drive

[11:34.07] <wptmj> ok lemme keep reading

[11:36.48] <wptmj> i am sincerly excited to read some of his stories.  it's going to suck if i have to buy the book tho

[11:36.57] <wptmj> you said i can get it in #bookz?

[11:37.04] <wptmj> do you have the pdf?

[11:37.32] <TekWiz> Yeah you can get it in bookz

[11:37.36] <TekWiz> Let me find you the link

[11:37.42] <TekWiz> BTW, here is my old blog: https://tektimes.blogspot.com/

[11:38.01] <wptmj> https://laughdispenser.blogspot.com/p/head.html

[11:38.09] <wptmj> theres my head injuries story

[11:39.10] <TekWiz> Thanks, I'll read it!

[11:39.12] <TekWiz> !Oatmeal Jay Gittleson - Mysterious Ways.epub

[11:39.15] <TekWiz> This is the link

[11:39.26] <wptmj> ill look through all of your stuff thoroughly eventually.  

[11:39.12] <TekWiz> !Oatmeal Jay Gittleson - Mysterious Ways.epub

[11:39.15] <TekWiz> This is the link

[11:39.26] <wptmj> ill look through all of your stuff thoroughly eventually.  Hell, i'm tempted to put this convo on my blog with it's wealth of signposts

[11:40.02] <TekWiz> That's a blog I started like over 20 years ago I believe...

[11:40.41] <wptmj> to answer you, i was born in puerto rico and grew up in San Antonio, TX

[11:40.53] <TekWiz> You can post anything you wish, but be sure to remove anything regarding book piracy lol

[11:40.57] <wptmj> have lived in cali since 2012

[11:41.03] <TekWiz> Ahhh! Thank you!

[11:41.06] <TekWiz> Cool!

[11:41.09] <wptmj> ok, i will heed

[11:41.12] <TekWiz> Where are you in Cali?

[11:41.23] <wptmj> the states toilet

[11:41.31] <wptmj> give you three guesses

[11:41.46] <TekWiz> Well it's a big state lol

[11:42.00] <wptmj> yeah, our reputation precedes us

[11:42.15] <TekWiz> I heard San Diego is great

[11:42.33] <wptmj> i live where all the meth comes from

[11:42.44] <wptmj> my older sis lives there

[11:42.47] <wptmj> sd

[11:43.04] <TekWiz> I know someone in the Ares chat was from rancho cucamonga

[11:43.07] <wptmj> i'm in methdesto

[11:43.08] <TekWiz> That's a funny name

[11:43.21] <wptmj> right, like tucumcari, NM

[11:43.43] <wptmj> where are you?  age?

[11:44.05] <TekWiz> Lol modesto Ca?

[11:44.07] <TekWiz> I'm in NJ

[11:44.10] <wptmj> yup

[11:44.20] <wptmj> oh yeah, you mentioned i think

[11:44.36] <TekWiz> I'm 56 but I think I'm like a child lol, I never grew up lol

[11:44.49] <TekWiz> My age reflects little about me

[11:44.49] <wptmj> thats right!  you can grow young too!

[11:45.05] <TekWiz> All I know is I lived with my mom and I lost her in 2014

[11:45.19] <TekWiz> I never had a full time job either

[11:45.29] <wptmj> kids have ALWAYS known better.  we have the simple advantage of learning from our parents mistakes without having to make them ourselves

[11:45.31] <TekWiz> I lived in the same apartment for 40+ years

[11:45.37] <wptmj> we have our own more modern mistakes to learn from

[11:46.03] <wptmj> I WILL KILL AND DIE FOR MY MOTHER

[11:46.08] <wptmj> :]

[11:46.10] <TekWiz> Children seem to be more intelligent and then as they grow older the lose everything

[11:46.14] <TekWiz> The become robots

[11:46.31] <TekWiz> I miss my mom greatly every single day

[11:46.43] <wptmj> there's genius in every single child before it's stolen from them by society

[11:46.47] <TekWiz> It's the worst thing that ever happened to me

[11:46.48] <wptmj> and "education"

[11:46.57] <TekWiz> Yeah society wants robots

[11:47.17] <wptmj> actually, let me show you the steps i am taking to avenge my mother

[11:47.19] <wptmj> teehee

[11:47.38] <wptmj> i am ratting out my "father" with my blog

[11:48.00] <wptmj> i even named his page aptly, hehe.

[11:48.05] <wptmj> https://laughdispenser.blogspot.com/p/dumbfuck.html

[11:48.42] <TekWiz> So Modesto is very far from San Diego, it's very far north

[11:48.55] <wptmj> i even found pictures of HIS mom online!  he's going to rue the day he named me Victor. :]

[11:49.07] <TekWiz> Hahaha, yeah my father is a horror

[11:49.13] <wptmj> yup, close to stockton another shithold

[11:49.22] <TekWiz> I don't like the name Victor

[11:49.31] <TekWiz> My real name is Ignacio actually

[11:49.40] <TekWiz> Which means "Despair" or "To Take"

[11:49.53] <wptmj> oooh, you're going to love his page

[11:49.58] <TekWiz> Jerry is a name I chose from Tom & Jerry

[11:50.09] <TekWiz> My father is a despicable man

[11:50.11] <TekWiz> A criminal

[11:50.24] <wptmj> https://laughdispenser.blogspot.com/p/mememakers.html

[11:50.37] <TekWiz> We had to escape from Israel to get rid of him

[11:50.46] <wptmj> haha yes! fuck him and what name he gave you

[11:50.59] <wptmj> i love it

[11:51.07] <TekWiz> He gave me a name "David" as my middle name, but I never ever used it

[11:51.08] <wptmj> i am changing my las name myself

[11:51.23] <TekWiz> I don't like it, my mom did not like it

[11:51.39] <TekWiz> My last name is another story, but I chose the name Diamond

[11:51.44] <TekWiz> From the phone book

[11:51.58] <TekWiz> I almost chose the name "Cherry" but my friend, I was about 11 then, said no

[11:52.01] <wptmj> ooh, i am addicted to randomness myself

[11:52.07] <TekWiz> Jerry Cherry... I think it would have been cute

[11:52.11] <TekWiz> But it's not my legal name

[11:52.12] <wptmj> thanks for having that nick

[11:52.34] <TekWiz> My father took the name my mom chose, and we were stuck with his name lol

[11:52.36] <TekWiz> Shiran

[11:52.46] <TekWiz> Shir means song in hebrew

[11:52.49] <TekWiz> She chose that

[11:53.08] <TekWiz> But somehow we ended up with the shust name

[11:53.10] <wptmj> How does Jesus make his coffee?  

[11:53.15] <wptmj> Hebrews it.

[11:53.18] <wptmj> :P

[11:53.23] <TekWiz> Like shoes lol

[11:53.29] <TekWiz> Lol that's funny

[11:53.33] <TekWiz> I've heard that one

[11:53.58] <wptmj> yeah, it's a free joke

[11:53.59] <TekWiz> yeah a lot of christians tend to forget Jesus was a Jewish Rabbi

[11:54.04] <wptmj> but you still loled :P

[11:54.12] <TekWiz> Sure it's a classic

[11:54.18] <wptmj> yup

[11:54.58] <TekWiz> My friend's father, Jay, also terrible father, he mentions him in the book

[11:55.04] <TekWiz> Tries not to be too rough

[11:55.17] <TekWiz> His mom, kinda crappy too

[11:55.18] <TekWiz> Poor guy

[11:55.55] <wptmj> things are going to get better for everyone soon, or i'll died trying :]

[11:55.59] <wptmj> -d

[11:56.12] <TekWiz> I'm looking forward to reading your blog articles

[11:56.21] <TekWiz> I mostly listen to WNYC all day

[11:56.24] <wptmj> i dont want to live in the concentration camps they have planned for us

[11:56.39] <wptmj> so this is worth it to me

[11:56.40] <TekWiz> We have a global warming problem

[11:56.54] <wptmj> not at all!  thats part of the deception too

[11:57.25] <wptmj> i am sure youve heard most fo george carlins bits

[11:57.36] <wptmj> but you reminded me of one in particular

[11:58.16] <wptmj> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W33HRc1A6c

[12:00.11] <TekWiz> Lol I'll check it out, probably have

[12:42.04] <wptmj> it was refreshing chatting with you, i gotta split, please email me if you can or give me yours.  laptopnomouse@yahoo.com

[12:44.11] <TekWiz> Sure same here! Pleasure! I will read your blog, I will email you! My email is tekwizz@gmail.com