Feb 27 2009

Random Minutiae for 2009-02-27

  • Netvibes back up, but I’m still looking for some sort of aggregator that I can host on my own server. Schrubbe is doing that, I think… #
  • Seems like Chris Duffy could make the team, and Tony Gwynn could end up on the street. #

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Feb 27 2009

What Is the Problem With Netvibes?

Don’t know if you’ve been keeping up or not, but I’ve been using Netvibes as my chief RSS aggreation service, in part because it has the flexibility to pull in all sorts of different data/feeds/sites (text, podcasts, videos, misc news services, etc.), but right now, we are knocking on a 24-hour period where the site has either been down or just unable to load my customized page.

How long do you wait on a web-based service like this before you write it off as too unreliable?  I don’t think a day is long enough for me to do that, but I will definitely scout around the webs for other options (I will have some normal news-reading time on my hands, after all).

This sort of occurrence always leads me back to my position that if you want to rely on the Internet, you’re better off hosting it yourself.

PS – If anyone actually knows what’s up with Netvibes in general right now, by all means, do tell…

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Feb 26 2009

Random Minutiae for 2009-02-26

  • Cold enough in the training room thatI had to go back for my coat. #

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Feb 25 2009

Random Minutiae for 2009-02-25

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