Magic Jewball

FAQ

1. Who the hell are you?

It’s all there in the “About me” section of the sidebar.

2. Do you have a more current picture?

No current pictures of me exist.

3. What’s with the blog name?

It’s a wink at the anti-Semitic stereotype that Jews control the world. If you are from a country or planet that doesn’t have Magic 8-Balls, they can foretell the future through cryptic, ambiguous, pseudo-mysterious messages (like the one in the sub-header there). Or not. That’s how I control the world and all.

4. Why David Nalbandian?

I’m a big fan. He has nerves of steel and opposites attract, you know.

5. When are the “Where in the World is David Nalbandian?” and “iPod Song of the Week” pages updated?

Usually Sunday evening. Occasionally later in the week or never. I’m just that consistent.

6. Who are these people whose blogs you link to?

Some are my friends, some linked to me, some I discovered on my own.

7. Can I link to you?

Please!

8. Will you link to me?

No!

Oh, I kid. If you link to me I’ll visit your site and if I laugh (with you, not at you) I’ll link right back. If I missed you linking to me, I’m sorry!

9. What’s that Magic Jewball Blogger blog that sometimes comes up on Google?

That’s my old blog which ended in June of 2006. All those posts plus a whole lot more are on this site. Pay no attention to that site, you hear!

10. So who hosts you now?

This year I moved to Hostgator and they’ve been swell for the most part.

11. And what blog platform do you use?

Wordpress 2.1. They’ve moved on to 2.2; I haven’t. I love Wordpress and so will you. I mean, I don’t know you but I’m pretty sure.

12. Cool design! Can I rifle through your files and steal elements of your theme?

Mais non! This design was adapted exclusively for me and it’s not for sale (or available for theft). If you like it, feel free to contact the designer linked to in the footer and you can hire him yourself. However, if you’re asking this question, you probably found me through that link, in which case, head right back.

13. Can I steal your pictures for my site?

Many of my pictures are already stolen, so go ahead. The ones that are my own, sure, go ahead. Since you can’t tell the difference anyway, let’s just say “go ahead.”

If it’s clear that it’s my photo then I’d love it if you linked back to me or gave my site a mention but you don’t have to, especially if you’re a porn site of some kind. You can click on my Creative Commons License below for more info. When in doubt, shoot me an e-mail.

14. Can I hotlink to your pictures?

Please don’t. I pay for my bandwidth. Try a service like Photobucket. It’s just as free to use as I am and so karmically superior.

15. How can you post music what with your stand on copyright protection?

See the Napster Links FAQ for info on that. Regarding the streaming music, I only post that for a short time and hopefully you’ll hear it, like it, and buy the music, thus giving the artist a sale he wouldn’t have had. I’m moving over to box.net these days so that it can only be listened to, not downloaded.

16. Where do you get the music in the audio player?

It’s from my own collection.

17. What happened to Reader of the Month?

They’re all alive and well, as far as I know. Oh, the feature? I think it was running out of steam a bit. Maybe I’ll bring it back someday but probably not.

18. What happened to Jew&A?

It still exists. You just have to ask a question about Judaism and I’ll answer in a post. If it’s a short answer I may have to solicit more questions. Or make them up.

19. I flubbed my comment.

If you e-mail me, I’ll edit it for you. Sometimes, I’ll even fix your spelling mistakes without you telling me. I have a lot of time on my hands.

20. I keep coming back but there’s nothing new!

I’m busy watching TV living my glamorous New York life!

I try to post every 2-3 days but there are often new comments (I answer most comments, because that’s how I roll). Plus, as I mentioned, several pages are updated each Sunday.

Have you tried the RSS feed? If nothing else it will alert you to when I have new posts and/or comments. There’s a separate feed for each in the footer. I use and recommend the Google Reader but you can use your favorite service. Copy and paste the link and drop it in the feeder. My posts feed even tells you how many comments there are so you can click back and look at them.

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