Turns out the problem was indeed a data center fire (which is a truly frightening prospect). As best I can tell, a transformer shorted out and started a small fire. Sprinklers kicked in and put out the fire but also shorted out generators and caused much more serious problems. Ultimately, all power to the building [...]
Looks like Authorize.net is down hard. That’s a huge problem for online retailers, thousands of whom rely on Authorize.net to process credit cards. See Authorize.net Goes Down, E-Commerce Vendors Left Hanging for a little more info.
I just installed a plugin that promises to tweet any new posts to my blog. This post is a test to see if it really works. Results: Yes, yes it does work. COOL! Better still, the tweet also updates my Facebook status. Talk about digital convergence! Wonder if I can also set it to blog [...]
It would appear that any photos that were uploaded to a BlogWare photo album have not come across with the rest of the data that I migrated. Not sure if it’s worth tracking those down…it probably accounts for fewer than 30 posts.