Monthly Archives: October 2005

WordPress.com “major drive failure”

I mentioned in a post earlier this morning that I was having problems accessing wordpress.com blogs – wordpress.com is a hosted multi-user version of the blog software I use, WordPress. The site is now available again but suffered a “major … Continue reading

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WordPress.com offline

I have been trying to browse sites on wordpress.com for the last few minutes but I am getting a 503 error message. Anyone know what’s going on there? UPDATE: D’oh! Somehow this post was posted twice – I have deleted … Continue reading

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RSS usability problems re-discovered!

Robert Scoble has written a post bemoaning the lack of standards in using RSS feeds and the consequent confusion which this causes : Some sites use RSS icons. Most that I visit use the orange XML icon. But other sites … Continue reading

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It is wintertime (officially)

In case you missed it, the clocks went back an hour overnight so it is an hour earlier than you thought! Unfortunately, I was unsuccessful at explaining that to our 2 year old at 7a.m. (new time) this morning, so … Continue reading

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PowerBook G4 wake-from-sleep keyboard failure

I’m having a really annoying problem with my Apple PowerBook G4 keyboard: If the PowerBook hasn’t fully gone to sleep when the lid is closed, then the keyboard fails when the PowerBook wakes from sleep. The effect of this is … Continue reading

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A lynch mob of 20 million?

Technorati recently announced that they are now tracking some 20 million bloggers and the number of bloggers is doubling every 5 months! Now Forbes Magazine has a cover story titled “Attack of the Blogs” (registration required but thanks to Steve … Continue reading

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