OK, feast your eyes on this little jewel: That’s right – it’s an authentic Fire Ant Gazette wrist band, crafted by otherworldly artisans deep beneath the earth (in the general area of Wickett) from the finest silicon harvested by documented workers from the forests of Silicon Valley, and tinted in Classic Lead-Free Pewter to accentuate… Continue reading Ant Band
Category: Navel Gazing
Fire (Ant) Sale
I still haven’t figured out what happened with the vanishing fire ants, nor have I contacted CafePress to remedy the situation, but this snafu along with a special request from a friend for some new products caused me to revisit the Gazette’s store and my business model related to said store. My goal has never… Continue reading Fire (Ant) Sale
The Vanishing Fire Ant
Update (4/6/11) I submitted a request for a refund via CafePress’s website and within 15 minutes was notified by email that they were granting it. They also said I could keep the shirts. Apparently they don’t want Fire Ant-less shirts either. Anyway, the interesting thing was this statement by the customer service rep: “I have… Continue reading The Vanishing Fire Ant
Restoring the historical archives
When I redesigned and “re-purposed” the Fire Ant Gazette in mid-2009, I deleted all posts dating back to inception – November, 2002. While I don’t remember the exact number of articles I’d posted during that seven year period, I think it was around 3,800, and I felt that most of them would not be missed.… Continue reading Restoring the historical archives
Fire Ant Sighting
It’s been a while since we had a Fire Ant sighting, possibly due to the fact that only eight people actually own Genuine Fire Ant Gazette Merchandise, and most of them never go anywhere. But this sighting is perhaps from the most exotic location yet: Mali, West Africa. That’s my pal Gene, who’s been on… Continue reading Fire Ant Sighting
Whatever you’re searching for, it appears we have it here.
I no longer pay much attention to this blog’s visitor stats. When I first started the Gazette, I had a free Site Meter account and monitored it regularly, but that was back in the salad days when blogs were the only social media outlet (and when I actually worked harder at it). When I redesigned/relaunched… Continue reading Whatever you’re searching for, it appears we have it here.
Death by Facebook?
OK, we’re not quite there yet, but if I don’t get some motivation pretty soon, I might have to get out the old chisel and start working on this headstone.
Turning Eight
Of all the made-up words that accompanied the advent of blogging, “blogiversary” is the most unwieldy and nonsensical…and yet I can’t think of another one to use while announcing that today the Fire Ant Gazette turns eight years old. In many ways, Facebook (and to a lesser extent, Twitter) has brought blogging to its knees,… Continue reading Turning Eight
Blogging will continue until morale improves
What…are you still here? You must have the patience of Job. You do realize, don’t you, that I killed off the Gazette? And not just once, but at least fifty times, and that was just last week. Darn thing keeps coming back to life, though. Rob Zombie would be proud. I’m glad that one of… Continue reading Blogging will continue until morale improves
SMP (Social Media Paralysis)
The following is certified Content Free™ I spent much of the day paralyzed by my social media choices. I couldn’t decide whether to blog, tweet, update my Facebook wall, tweak my LinkedIn profile, or stare in shame at my MySpace page…and so I did none of those things. I’m pretty sure that the world was… Continue reading SMP (Social Media Paralysis)