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2025 - what's next for 44nifty.com?

     As at least one of you have to have noticed by now, it's 2025 now. That means that this year will mark 4 years of 44nifty.com being online - that's 1 more year than it was last year! Insane!     So of course, as any irresponsible webmaster should, I'm posting a list of things I want to do this year and will end up not doing.     First, I'd like to give the overall look of the site a refresh. Not necessarily a complete remake of the site, just a new CSS sheet. The orange-glow is so 2021. (does anyone even remember the first orange-glow edition? just me?)     Of course, with this, I'm sure at least one person will complain about change on someone else's personal website. So when this new look comes around, I'm reviving a feature from all the way back in the Niftows HP days - THEMES!!! FINALLY! There will also be a few bonus themes, and I might even throw together some fancy holiday themes - perhaps to coincide with the holi...

MiniPost - I'm gonna see Weird Al!

 It's settled! The tickets have been bought, and I'm gonna see Weird Al in concert at the Pinewood Bowl Theater in Lincoln, Nebraska on August 5th, 2025! It's still nearly a year away, but I can promise you that the moment I get home that night, the world will never seem the same. As soon as I get home, I'm gonna write a blog post describing the night, including what songs were played, my favorite parts, any funny interactions between me and the other fans in the audience, really anything! It'll be amazing. Probably.  To quote Creepy Stick... I'm all out of nachos I call my pal "What'cha gonna do?"  "I'm gonna go see Weird Al" "Are You Going To The Weird Al Concert?," Creepy Stick, 2002   EDIT 9/25/2024: I'm getting the VIP package! Look forward to a gallery of concert pictures the day after as well! :D EDIT 9/26/2024: Holy crap, my parents got VIP too!! I'm not planning on posting the pictures with them in frame, bu...

"Weird Al" Yankovic - Bigger & Weirder Set Predictions

 OH. MY GOD. IT'S HAPPENING. EVERYONE STAY CALM!!! Weird Al just announced his 2025 tour, "Bigger And Weirder". I can't handle waiting until Monday to hear the dates announced, so I just HAD to write down my predictions for what's on the set list! Obviously, there are a few mainstays for Al's tours, Vanity Tour excluded. For example, the Star Wars encore, the polka medley usually being the second or third song on the set, and the parody medley. There's also a pretty good shot that Fun Zone will be the opening song, since it was for the last traditional tour, 2019's "Strings Attached" tour. I'm choosing to disregard the 2018 and 2023 Vanity Tours, seen as they had a different set list every night, and disregarded many of the traditional set list markers that I've mentioned. I have a feeling TMZ will come back for this year's set list, seen as Taylor Swift is one of the biggest pop sensations in the world right now. Thus follows is ...

What Makes Neocities' "Special Sauce" Sort So Special

Somewhat recently, Neocities changed the default sorting algorithm from the most followed sites, to what they call "Special Sauce". Special Sauce has been a sorting algorithm on Neocities for a few years now, dating back as far back as August 2015. However, only about a month ago was it fully implemented as the default sorting algorithm. You may be wondering, why's it so special? How does it sort? I know I was when I found out about the change. I decided to do some poking around on the Neocities GitHub repo (thanks for keeping things open source here Kyle!) and I found the code that determines your score. (It's in models/site.rb and can be found from lines 1481 to 1618.) However, for those less interested in deciphering the code, here's my understanding of how it works. Your score is calculated based on a multitude of statistics, as well as your account's general standing, and it maxes out at 100 points. The calculation starts with 0 points. First, you're...

44Nifty.com Weekly Updates - Week 1

 Hey, yeah, sorry, didn't add much this week. Started work on a Needlejuice Records collection page, added a new song to the MiniDisc player on the front page. That's all.

44Nifty.com Daily Update Extravaganza McGee Minor Update

 I haven't been able to keep up with the daily pace. People came to visit and I was a little too preoccupied  to focus on my website. Going forward, the updates'll be weekly. Sorry.

44Nifty.com Daily Update Extravaganza McGee, Day 2

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Webmaster's Log - Webdate 16-- Okay, I'm sorry. I'm not even a Star Trek fan, so I'm not sure what compelled me to make the reference. Anyway, I added some new pictures to the Weird Al and Lemon Demon collection pages! Specifically, pictures for the "It's All About The Pentiums" CD single, and the "View-Monster" cassette tape. Here are the pictures in question! Pentiums single, front Pentiums single, inside   View-Monster cassette, front View-Monster cassette, back Anyway, if you have any ideas or suggestions for what I should add, post 'em in the comments! You might end up on the credits page!