Holy Crap

I would like to thank TJ's Doubleplay for linking me because that one link doubled the number of visitors to my blog, not for the day, not for the week, but doubled the total number of people that had ever visited it. And, it was for one of my sloppiest entries ever.

So, I'm a little torn. On one hand, it's cool that people actually came to read what I had to say (probably got angry since I ripped on the most popular way to save your seat in the library). However, it was such a bad example of writing that they probably think I'm a dumbass (justifiable).

Anyway, there would normally be a spike in entries to try to encourage all of the new readers to return, but I have a personal matter that came up. So, all of this new traffic is wasted forever. Which makes me sad. I'd like to have a commentator community on my blog.

UPDATE: The reason that Google Analytics rules is because I can see how people got to the site. TJ's Doubleplay is responsible for 76% of all referrals that have come to my site. God, my blog is insignificant compared to his (hers?).

To People Who Leave Their Laptops Unattended In Order To Save Their Seat In the Library

Greetings! As you obviously are aware, we have an honor code here at UVA that leads to you getting expelled after one incident. One of these violations is stealing. There is very little crime at UVA, which is attributed (by silly people) to this Honor Code. In actuality, the laptops are probably not stolen at any higher or lesser rate than any other item left in a public place used by the same number of people as our law library. I mean, taking things in public places is hard to do if most people in that place are sedentary. YOu run the risk of someone knowing that isn't your computer, bag, etc. that you're running off with.

Anyway, I wish this wasn't the case, because when you walk into the library on certain days, there are like 30 laptops unattended, just sitting on tables. These laptops will remain unattended for upwards of three hours because their owners are off doing other things and can't be bothered to carry a five pound laptop with them wherever they went (or just dump them off in a locker). Instead, they make sure no one can sit in that specific seat in the library, so that they can have it when they get back. Why should they be inconvenienced when they can just inconvenience other people.

These are the people you hear about that keep on losing secure data. They leave their laptop places where it doesn't belong because they can't be bothered to take care of it. So thousands of people have their personal information in the hands of criminals. Sometimes, it'd just be better if someone walked off with their laptops now so that they'd learn their lesson instead of waiting until my SSN disappears.