Not an update really (just turned off the audio book but have spent the past hour socializing while listening to it on and off at the same time, but counting that as social time not reading time as it was frequently switched off)…
Just had to post, I dislike capchas. They hate me. They mock my eyesight and the audio version sounds like a cult is attempting to steal my immortal soul and bring it to live forever on the internetz. I really, really, really abhor them.
Tried to post on everyone’s blog who is participating this year (less than half of what was participating last year… Don’t know what happened. Sad.) but I know that I missed a few, either from bleary-eyed tiredness or because I couldn’t comment without signing up for a service I don’t currently use (and I’m on a LOT of various sites). Then a few, I failed your capchas. Repeatedly. And then gave up.
But I’m going back to physical reading as the socializing/continuous intake of coffee has turned me into a semblance of a human, which I need to take advantage of. On the seventh disc of the audio book which only has nine total so we decided we need to save it.
Words have resumed but math fails me, thus I’ll post some stats later.
I know what you mean! Especially with the new number thing going on, I definitely fail a few captchas. Why do they think people can read letters squished together but robots can’t? So weird. I was surprised at the half participant rate of last year as well. Personally, I’ve been thinking about it all year long.
Ah, I knew I was spelling it wrong but didn’t have the energy to look it up!
Much like any experience in which one’s grit and will are tested, I find that within a short period of time, I forget the sweat and the tears and instead can think of nothing else but taking part again. I love this weekend and I too think of it all year.
Harder captchas and fewer participants. I blame Obama.
Just kidding. I’m not sure why the numbers are down for 48hbc, but I guess we’ll just have to read twice as hard. Whatever that means.
It is perhaps a sign of my caffeine-induced haze but I nodded agreeably and thought of how I could achieve such a goal prior to realizing that you were joking. Plenty of energy, not much sense left over here.
I’m not sure whether I dislike capchas or Word Press more. Word Press always makes me log in, even though I already am! I’m glad I’m not the only one who struggles with that. THought my eyes were going!
WordPress did that to me for awhile as well, until I had Firefox remember my password. After that I didn’t have a problem… Unless I’m forgetting some other step, which is quite possible at this point.
Definitely not just you, my sister is 8 years younger than me and when I am at the point of frustration and beg her help, she has a tough time as well!
I also have been having capcha problems. I even called over my son to help me with one. I much prefer the math problem ones.
This year went by so fast maybe people weren’t ready. My family’s reaction to my announcement was that I had just done this challenge; I pointed out that I had “just done” it last year… and stop talking to me during my reading time!
In one of my fits of fatigue (last night? today? time is blending into itself…) I actually spent two minutes attempting to figure out the math problem 8 – ? = one. Two entire minutes. But under normal circumstances, I find that I like the math ones much better as well.
I find that hilarious about your son! Sounds like my middle kid who I’ve bribed, ordered away, and cajoled in rotation for the entire thing. “But WHY do you need to do this??? You just did it!!” And yet a week is foreeeevverr to him when he’s waiting on something.