This site has comments by email. This site also has posts by email, should you be sadistic enough to subscribe to it–hey, a couple of you have, so it’s relevant. Or it did, until approximately 2 hours ago. You see, WordPress released a slightly newish version of their software last month, and one or two of the things that get some fairly regular use over here I don’t think were expecting that just yet. So they’ve kind of gone, um, squishy. I get to go digging through code later, but here’s a thing to keep a hold of–all your info has stayed put. If you subscribed to get comments to an entry by email, you’ll get comments to an entry by email–just not immediately right now, and unfortunately not retroactively either. Although, now that I think of it, your mailboxes might just thank you for that. Same goes for posts by email–although those, at least, you’ll get retroactively (don’t worry, I have sane limits on the amount of email this thing sends). The features still exist, they’re just somewhat temporarily broken. stick around, though–I’m not done twisting things into knots just yet. One of those knots might just fix themselves.
A long long time ago, in a reality far far away, Blogger used to actually be useful. When that came about, so too did a couple snarky bastards with a talent for mockery and making the stupid seem somewhat–well, okay, a lot–more ridiculous than it should. Then, Blogger stuck them the middle finger. Now, these guys are about as alergic to the word no as I am. So they grabbed everything they had, told Blogger exactly which cliff to jump off and when, and can now be stalked at will over here. And yes–naturally–they are fans of the wordpress. Welcome to the bigs, VC. May your mockery lead to much more creativity, now that you’re not also doing the you suck at accessibility dance. Now, for the love of cheese, please don’t bust the server. That’s my job.
I used to have a validation thing for email addresses in place, in order to prevent folks from deciding to use your@mamma.com or some other nonsensical and equally nonexistent email address to comment on the blog. Problem was, it interfered with users with actual, valid email addresses. Oops. My fail. Comments, at least on this blog, now do what they’re supposed to. back to the drawing board with this idea. If anyone’s still having issues commenting over here, let me know–something else probably went smash.
If you fall under the following categories, you were removed from the friends list. Not that it should make a whole lot of difference, since I like to pretend LJ doesn’t have such a thing as a friends only option.
- People who hardly ever post, and/or who haven’t posted in forever
- People with whom I have very little in common with
- People who have previously either removed me, or not added me back
If you don’t think you fall into any of the above categories, feel free to prove me wrong.
Email has apparently decided to take a huge ass crap. I’m on MSN, and trying to figure out who I have to ninja kick to get nanswer on email things, but in the meantime… if you’ve emailed me, you may not get responded to as promptly as usual. Which… hasn’t been prompt at all the last couple weeks anyway. I’m on vacation, whatcha want?
ETA: Appropriate tech people have been drop kicked. For the moment, email is again playing nice. God I hope it stays that way…
I am apparently not getting LJ comments all of a sudden. This as of… some point this morning. So if you leave something and it doesn’t get responded to, I probably didn’t see it. Prod me on IM, or in email, or something (it’s all over here). I’m not sure whether to beat my mail provider or LJ, but everything else is coming through, so methinks I’ll start with LJ.
The real post is coming when I get home. For now, advanced warning. Things are happening at the moment. Pissed off would probably be the most child friendly way to describe my state of mind. Do not email unless you want a snipped reply. Do not IM, as I’m still signed in at home. And you’d probably get an even more snipped reply if I wasn’t. It’s nothing earth shattering, just somebody needs a clue by four taken to both sides of their head. Twice.
ETA: The appropriate asses have been kicked, attitudes adjusted, morons drop kicked back to stupidsville, all that nifty shtuff. Still mildly irritated at the situation, which will be posted more in depth in the novelesque entry I’ve been working on at home since *last* tuesday. Meantime, I no longer want to make a special trip across the border to slug certain individuals.
Well, not really. More like years old and recently revived contact info. But oh well. I’ve made a return, unknown exactly how short it is, to both AIM and Yahoo IM. Call me crazy/sadistic/whatever. Or don’t. It’s all over here if you’re curious. I’d retype it all here but, well, I’m lazy. And it’s in the profile. And… yeah. If you want me, I’m reachable. For now.
It works for the moment, but god only knows how well or for how long. If someone comments/emails and I don’t respond until insane late tonight, that’s why. You’re not being ignored. Unless you deserve it but you already know who you are.
I am officially still not entirely awake. Attempts at conversation that aren’t in person may for that reason unintentionally go ignored. Do not assume I’m pissed at you; if I were, you wouldn’t need to ask. End of public service announcement. You may now go back to doing anything else but reading this.
oops, Public Service Announcement, tech stuff, technical troubleshooting, Wordpress | May 15, 2012 (2 weeks ago) by James | 
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