I'm going to stop bashing twitter...

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Aug 162009

… after this post.

It’s a great site when it works 100%, a real pain in the arse when it doesn’t.

Twitter’s latest suggestion on http://status.twitter.com is all well and good, how many times do we have to clear our cookies in firefox before a fix is put in place? Strange how I could use twitter normally before the DOS attack and after the attack there are problems.

I haven’t changed the settings on my computer, the version of firefox I’m currently using was the same version before the DOS attack.

So instead of passing the buck, check your site, why is it dishing out faulty cookies that stop the site from function properly?

It has already been pointed out to you that the problem isn’t confined to firefox.

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Alternative to flickr

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Aug 152009

I’ve asked this question on my twitter accounts, facebook and friend feed.

I’m coming up to my limit on the free flickr account and they’re asking me to upgrade to their pro version for a fee, whilst I don’t mind paying the fee, I cannot pay for it at the moment.

I need a free alternative that I can host more than 200 photos on.

I do use photobucket, however that is cluttered up with all of the other rubbish I’ve accumulated from the internet.

So any suggestions?

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Why should I follow you?

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Aug 122009
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Why should I follow you on twitter?

Give me your pitch in the comments below. Don’t forget to post a link to your twitter profile.

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Sea sun and twitter problems

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Aug 092009
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Ok the sun is out, I’m nowhere near the sea and I’m still having twitter problems.

I have now discovered that I can update and follow on my @wizzardsblog account, just not my @R_Arblaster account. More and more posts are flooding into the twitter help site, I have given up telling some folks that it is to do with the DOS attack especially as it seems quite a few tweeters have been having problems before the attack.

So far all of the major browsers are affected for some people and not others. It’s all fine and dandy saying switch to another browser when:

a) You are unable to switch to another browser because of the platform you happen to be using.

b) You’ve already tried all of the other browsers and they’re still not playing ball.

If twitter do not like the floods of posts saying exactly the same things, then time to get your fingers out and do something about it.

Announcing routine maintenance on the help desk isn’t really the pertinent news that us affected ones need to hear, it just means we cannot complain for a couple of hours whilst maintenance is carried out.

If you don’t have enough coders to look at the problem with the different browsers then get some more eyes looking at the code, just in case someone has missed something.

I’m not a coder so I don’t know how many people you need to look at the problem, to me though it seems you do not have enough.

Oh and did I mention, the sun is out in the UK. ;)

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Cannot post or follow on twitter

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Aug 072009
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Twitter have now updated their status page to say that some people will be unable to post of follow until all of the site latency issues have been ironed out.

Guess what?

I’m one of those lucky ones who cannot tweet out to the world or follow anybody. So I’ve resorted to posting to friendfeed so at least some of the same followers will see some form of posting.

This does mean I’ll have to spend sometime in the real world :)

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Twitter victim of dos attack

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Aug 062009
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If you like me have been wondering why you can’t get your normal twitter “fix”. Some nice folks who have finally managed to get tweets through and over at twitter’s official status page. They’ve been subject to a “Denial Of Service” attack. It seems they’re still combating it.

For those who don’t know what a DOS (“denial of service”) attack is, it’s basically an individual or a group that sends so much traffic to a site, that no other traffic can get through so basically the server buckles under the pressure.

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Tweetdeck API settings

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Jul 142009
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I know I complain about certain aspects of Tweetdeck for example with tweets being unmarked.

I have never once complained about the API settings.

I think I may have already done a post about this.

Stop complaining that after 2 seconds tweetdeck uses up all the API calls.

Tweak the flipping settings!!!!

You don’t have to have tweets coming in every second, no human can keep up with that.

Spend 5 minutes familiarising yourself with the settings page.

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Dating and Porn spammers on Twitter

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Jun 292009

It seems I’m getting an influx of dating and porn spammers following me lately, on my @R_Arblaster and @wizzardsblog accounts.

I can find my own dates thank you, just that I’m enjoying the single life too muich at the moment to go looking for a relationship.

I can find plenty of porn on the internet that’s what google is for.

Feel free to follow me, I however won’t be following you back. When I get a spare few moments you will be blocked (when twitter stops breaking vital functions).

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wizzardsblog twitter account

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Jun 172009

I finally gained access to my @wizzardsblog account on twitter. Instead of confusing people even further, I have decided to use the account to tweet out new blog entries through twitterfeed.

It will tweet out once per hour with one blog entry each hour, so if you still happen to be following the account, it won’t clog up your stream too much. They will always start with the word “blog”.

So you can call this blog post a little test.

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Perry Belcher

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May 302009

Yesterday I had an interesting conversation with someone about @PerryBelcher. I jokingly put a comment on his facebook video about him spending some time on a boat with his friends.

A few hours later this person on twitter posted a video up about him, saying that in March 2008 he had been arrested and found guilty of internet fraud. I had a look at the video and lo and behold it was Perry Belcher in the news item, all his assets were being seized etc.

Then Perry posted up a video on December 2008 giving his side of what happened.

It was regarding fake medicines. This person on twitter wanted me to re-tweet this video and said that I would not because I don’t go round spreading negativity around the internet.

There are some saying he’s ripped them off for their affiliate earnings, only one side of the story is being told here, we don’t know anymore background than that.

I am not defending what Perry Belcher may or may not have done in the past, however I let things stay in the past. I have only known Perry via twitter at the beginning of this year and I was blissfully unaware of what had transpired.

To me mostly everyone deserves a second chance, he’s got his second chance, time to let sleeping dogs lie I told this individual. It is so difficult to convey your thoughts in 140 characters or less without appearing to spam the twitter stream.

To me Perry Belcher seems to be a decent guy, that opinion will not change because he’s been convicted. Unless he does something directly to me to put my nose out of joint, then again that opinion will not change.

Call me an idiot or whatever you will. It might appear to be a character flaw to some seeing the good in everyone I come across. I have come across people that I cannot see the good in at all, so I’m not blinkered to the world around me.

Give the dog a chance. Can a leopard change its spots? I like to think so.

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