Blog down-time
"Whoah. It looks like the connection's timing out. Hmmm ... they're performing 'a server upgrade for you.' That could take several hours to come back up. It should be up sometime. Their estimated time is an hour and a half." And that's why my blog…
Check out the HooK’s new site
The HooK has a new site. Personally, I think I liked the other one better - while a bit cluttered, it was easy to find things. But the new one's cool, too.
Secret Agent Ken Boyd
You've gotta love the creativity in this satirical piece. If only I could embed it here. My previous call for transparency in local government. All politics are local. Unfortunately, there is probably some truth in there. "Motion to approve whatever Mr. Wood wants to do?"…
There is a flip side to everything
Smoking is bad and may be banned in Virginia restaurants, among other places. Solution? A smokeless tobacco push. There is a market in everything. Accepting and adapting to change is how successes are made. Witness the shift to FHA loans (more).
Google down?
Yesterday blogspot was down. Now Google and Google Apps.?! Shame I run my jduncanrealestate.com email through them. Update: They're back up. What's the backup strategy if Google goes away? They've already lied about "unlimited storage". Does Yahoo offer a similar solution? They offer "unlimited storage".
A Google map for every blog
Coming next week. Update 8/22/07: And they're here. Transparent and Ubertor discuss.
How are San Francisco and Charlottesville alike?
There are many similarities - very liberal governments, tech-friendly - but the most fun one right now is that the City of Charlottesville (well, only the Mayor) wants to "ban the sale of water in plastic water bottles," á la San Francisco. Is it so…