Brick and Mortar shops almost worthless?
Ok...that's an over the top header, but I swear I'm often left with this feeling lately. Heading to BestBuy is a great example. Sure you walk in the store and it seems filled to the brim with stuff, and it definitely is. However more often than not, I feel like I walk out of there without what I was looking for. A battery for this, or a charger for that, lens covers, etc. And it seems to be getting worse, not better.
Migration to Dreamhost nearly complete…
UPDATE: Migration complete! 1and1 cancelled! Yay!!
I've been meaning to get all of my domains off of 1 and 1 forever. A few weeks ago, I was motivated and started the migration. Thankfully none of my domains are very busy, so it was an easy transition. Domain registration changes are much easier nowadays too, thank god. The old NetSol challenge-response system always seemed to be a pain in the ass. Dreamhost servers seem to be much faster too, and it's really nice to finally have all of my domains under one roof for both registration and hosting.
A quick reply from GGB
Last week, I noticed a change in the lane configuration for the evening commute on the Golden Gate Bridge. For some reason, they had switched from a 3 North/3 South configuration to a 4 North/2 South setup, which had the negative effect of backing Southbound traffic through the Waldo tunnel, while the Northbound side on the bridge seemed to be sparse for the most part. Initially I thought it had to do with the recent closure of the Bay Bridge, or even Daylight Savings Time, but it soon became apparent that it wasn't changing back to the way it used to be.
So, in frustration, I shot off an email this past Saturday to the contact address I found on the Golden Gate Bridge website, and just received the following response. Kudos to them for getting back to me so quickly, even though it wasn't really with the response I was hoping for.
Facebook invites are out of control.
Below is a "suggestion" I just sent in to Facebook. I doubt anyone will read it, but I figured it was worth a try anyway.
Don't allow event organizers to contact invitees w/o RSVP
This is a big sore spot for me with Facebook that results in a high volume of social noise, and is one of the main reasons I avoid Facebook for long periods of time. Here are a few things you can do to help your users improve the signal to noise ratio, at least where events are involved:
1) Allow us to opt-out of event invites sent from specific users and fan pages. Some users and fan page operators are promotion dynamos, and the deluge of invites can be daunting. We want to still be friends and fans, but the constant chore of removing events is a pain. We'd still have the option to RSVP to events via their profile or the main time line of course.
2) Event organizers should not be able to contact invitees until we've specified an RSVP status. Going through and removing each event can be a lot of work, and giving the organizers direct email (meaning Facebook email) access to us until we do so is unfair. At the very least give us the option to turn this functionality on and off.
Just the latter of these two changes would make a huge difference, so I hope someone up there is actually reading this. The last thing I want Facebook to be (I think you'd agree) is work.
American Heritage – "shit"
AH4 iPhone App
So Apple apparently didn't approve the Ninjawords dictionary application due to "inappropriate" words. I wonder why American Heritage got a free pass?
Come on Apple... Stop being so evil. I've supported your stupid brand from back in the days when you were the underdog and I would be pelted with rocks and garbage for admitting to be a fan. Time do the right thing and change direction before you slide right into the role as the villain in your pivotal 1984 commercial.
More on the issue over at Mashable.
UPDATE: Apple's Phil Schiller responds!