Catching up
Ugh, I've been busy but plan to get
back on the blogging trail asap.
Anyway, as you may notice, there's a few changes
here. One, I've condensed some of the categories to make it less confusing. And
I went through and pruned away some of the more mundane blog entries that were
eating up space.
I've also moved this address and kept the Podcasts at the old location but in a separate Blog so the RSS feeds with the iTMS stopped getting hosed, the end result was episodes were being dropped from the RSS feeds.
Here's what's been going on:
One, I got hit with the dreaded dotmac bug that has plagued some users. Basically I started getting prompts that my iDisk was filling up. I thought maybe it was a cache after working on the Podcast blogs so that's when I started streamlining the site.
Finally, I had to shut down all together as I was missing about 500MB of space (I have the 1GB option since I have a free dotmac account that I won in a lucky draw). Finally, after almost two days and countless hours of trying to solve it, I came across reports on Apple's discussion boards about the bug. I emailed Apple support about 36 hours, the problem was fixed and my space was back.
Then I had to go back and redo the Backups and syncs and blogs I had deleted but it was better than being dead in the water.
I know Apple doesn't want to sound alarms but they should let people know that potential problems like this can happen.
Other changes:
Episode V of my Podcast is available. Click on my sig on the right-hand side of the page to go directly to it, or subscribe via the iTunes Music Store.
I got a domain. Two, in fact. randcast.com links directly to my Podcast page while randmiranda.com is my new homepage.
I upgraded my pages. My homepage was done using RapidWeaver and I improved the quality of my Work pages with Macromedia Contribute. I think they both look pretty good. I like the Contribute themes but it's a bit buggy. I doubt I'll pay for it once the trial period is over (though I do like using Flashpaper).
Rapidweaver isn't bad. A little more variety but there's supposed to be a new version/upgrade coming out after the Apple Paris Expo, so we'll see. I also have Site Studio after winning a registration at macthemes.net. I haven't published anything with it but I plan to.
Anyway, I didn't use godaddy, Excuse my language, but to paraphrase Howard Stern and Jackie Martling: Fuck godaddy.com.
After almost 4 days of nothing, I finally heard back from them. To try and repurchase the domains, I would need to fax copies of drivers' license or passport and something to show my home address in the US is valid and other garbage.
Instead, I went with Network Solutions. I called them, explained the situation and had my domains purchased and setup to forward the dotmac pages in less than half an hour.
Sharon just got back from a business trip in Bali and she did a Sound Seeing Tour and so I'll be setting that up as a special edition Podcast over the weekend (I hope).
Also, it appears that I'll also be going to Zurich, Switzerland, when she goes there next month for another work-related thingie. I've been to the airport in Zurich but not the city proper so I'm looking forward to that.
We jumped on the iPod Nano bandwagon. They are amazingly small and sexy. The black scratches quite easily but they are designed in an amazing form factor. Nearly perfect.
Anything else? My fantasy football teams ran into the Patriots. I think I went 1-3 for the first week. Ouch!
I've also moved this address and kept the Podcasts at the old location but in a separate Blog so the RSS feeds with the iTMS stopped getting hosed, the end result was episodes were being dropped from the RSS feeds.
Here's what's been going on:
One, I got hit with the dreaded dotmac bug that has plagued some users. Basically I started getting prompts that my iDisk was filling up. I thought maybe it was a cache after working on the Podcast blogs so that's when I started streamlining the site.
Finally, I had to shut down all together as I was missing about 500MB of space (I have the 1GB option since I have a free dotmac account that I won in a lucky draw). Finally, after almost two days and countless hours of trying to solve it, I came across reports on Apple's discussion boards about the bug. I emailed Apple support about 36 hours, the problem was fixed and my space was back.
Then I had to go back and redo the Backups and syncs and blogs I had deleted but it was better than being dead in the water.
I know Apple doesn't want to sound alarms but they should let people know that potential problems like this can happen.
Other changes:
Episode V of my Podcast is available. Click on my sig on the right-hand side of the page to go directly to it, or subscribe via the iTunes Music Store.
I got a domain. Two, in fact. randcast.com links directly to my Podcast page while randmiranda.com is my new homepage.
I upgraded my pages. My homepage was done using RapidWeaver and I improved the quality of my Work pages with Macromedia Contribute. I think they both look pretty good. I like the Contribute themes but it's a bit buggy. I doubt I'll pay for it once the trial period is over (though I do like using Flashpaper).
Rapidweaver isn't bad. A little more variety but there's supposed to be a new version/upgrade coming out after the Apple Paris Expo, so we'll see. I also have Site Studio after winning a registration at macthemes.net. I haven't published anything with it but I plan to.
Anyway, I didn't use godaddy, Excuse my language, but to paraphrase Howard Stern and Jackie Martling: Fuck godaddy.com.
After almost 4 days of nothing, I finally heard back from them. To try and repurchase the domains, I would need to fax copies of drivers' license or passport and something to show my home address in the US is valid and other garbage.
Instead, I went with Network Solutions. I called them, explained the situation and had my domains purchased and setup to forward the dotmac pages in less than half an hour.
Sharon just got back from a business trip in Bali and she did a Sound Seeing Tour and so I'll be setting that up as a special edition Podcast over the weekend (I hope).
Also, it appears that I'll also be going to Zurich, Switzerland, when she goes there next month for another work-related thingie. I've been to the airport in Zurich but not the city proper so I'm looking forward to that.
We jumped on the iPod Nano bandwagon. They are amazingly small and sexy. The black scratches quite easily but they are designed in an amazing form factor. Nearly perfect.
Anything else? My fantasy football teams ran into the Patriots. I think I went 1-3 for the first week. Ouch!
Posted: Sat - September 17, 2005 at 01:01 AM
