Wow.
This morning, I checked my e-mail, and had a note from Matt…
…via PayPal.
Wow.
Matt, you are one of the true gentlemen out there. Thank you for dropping by and restoring my faith in the community.
Wow.
Now, about the lack of template control in WordPress.com… 😉
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The folks at WordPress.Com scraped up one of their tin tickets for me, and I will be migrating appropriate content over to the new site:
See you there!
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Scoble posted that Technorati just released a major update. [here]
Sifry and Kennedy have pulled one more rabbit out of the hat, just before GrabPERF goes off the air. Congrats guys.
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Anyone have good recommendations for a b2evolution hosting service that will allow me to import my existing database?
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UPDATE: We have a new home:
http://newestindustry.wordpress.com/
Stop by and check us out.
UPDATE: The shutdown date has been set.
NOVEMBER 22, 2005
Ok folks, this is it.
Last Call.
We have reached a point where the cost of the cable modem that connects my servers to the Internet has to be slashed.
Without the semi-static IP that I have had for the last 18 months, all of my Web services and applications will have to be terminated.
What does this mean to you?
GrabPERF will be shutting down.
Pierzchala.com will be shutting down.
WebPerformance.org will be shutting down.
And this blog will be shutting down.
I hate to do this, because it has been a great ride, but until we can get back on our feet financially, it’s a step that has to be taken.
I will be keeping this site up until November 30, 2005 November 22, 2005. After that, I will be shutting down all access.
This is not a plea for donations. This is a bare cold fact.
Heat the house or host my Web servers.
It’s a pretty easy call.
Blogwise had a slight server issue earlier this month. Sven, the great guy who runs the service, posted a very open statement of what happened.
I’m very sorry if you tried to access Blogwise over the last four days and got either no service, or an appallingly poor connection. It looks like there was a multiple server failure which, considering I only have a few, was quite damaging.
Events were made worse by my being out of the country at the time (ironically, my first break since Blogwise was started over three years ago). Although I had somebody monitoring the servers, and I knew fairly early that something was up, my lack of access to a computer and awkward time zones made fixing things extremely difficult.
The site should now be running again. If you had assumed Blogwise had closed suddenly, it hasn’t. I’m still here and as committed as ever – we just had the most unfortunate event at the worst possible time. This event has highlighted all sorts of vulnerabilities in the service, and has acted as a grim reminder of the need for redundancy and proper support.
It’s going to be tough to build a more reliable infrastructure, and to continue developing Blogwise. I don’t have the luxury of investors, nor a great deal of revenue from advertising, but the need to resolve this has been made painfully obvious and time and money will be found.
Finally, a thankyou to you all for your continued support, your patience and your understanding. With the site back up, I’m going to enjoy my last three days in Chicago and look forward to getting back into the flow of things this weekend.
Sven, 12 Nov 2005
On the upside, performance has improved dramatically!
Great work Sven…and I feel your pain.
Looks like Jeremy Wright and Darren Rowse have their own beefs with Google Blahnalytics (Term Courtesy of Jeremy Wright).
Gee Google, these two guys are opinion-shapers. I think maybe you should come out and say that there are issues.
Or say something.
Anything?
Or are your Overlords at the NSA still pawing over the data and won’t let you release it?
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Help Center: Supporting Google Analytics.
How long does it take to see report data after adding the tracking code?
After you first install the tracking code, it may take several hours for report data to appear in your account. Google Analytics generally updates your reports every hour, but data can take up to 6 hours to appear in your account.
Here.
It’s now over 24 hours, and no data.
For a company that prides itself on its massive data infrastructure and processing capabilities, the influx of millions of users trying a new service should not be an issue…right?
Maybe they need to follow up with some of their colleagues at the NSA and borrow one their supercomputers. The data is eventually going to end up there anyway.
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So, you think that Google Analytics is hot and cool?
So, have you had any visitors yet?
I haven’t.
But hey, what about those silly Web server logs that say that I have had many, many visitors?
We are the Google; your data cannot be tracked; therefore, it is irrelevant.
So far, I am not impressed.
And I am not alone. [here]
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