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Longer version... this blog has used FeedBurner for ever but I managed to get locked out a couple of years ago. I upgraded to Google Apps for Domains and part of the process was transitioning various services over to a temporary account and then back to the new one. Most of them made it over but FeedBurner got orphaned somehow.
I've emailed, left forum posts etc but no luck. Google doesn't really do customer service so despite actually paying them I seem to be out of luck. Also, Google hates RSS so FeedBurner probably isn't the right long term tool even if I could get back into my account.
I've been meaning to do something about this for a while but as it was working it wasn't a top priority. This changed when my blog got hacked a couple of times in a row - I'm not sure if it was the software (I'd been using BlogEngine.net) or my hosting provider but it's painful to fix and I decided I needed a change. I Thought I Came From You is now running on a home grown platform. It should be more stable, faster (some quick benchmarking suggests twice as fast so far) and not get hacked quite so often.
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(Published to the Fediverse as: Tedious Feed Update #etc #rss #feed #google #feedburner The I Thought He Came With You RSS feed has moved. Get the new RSS feed here. )
Photo of the new span of the Bay Bridge next to the partially demolished old span from the San Francisco Bay.
(Published to the Fediverse as: Bay Bridge, Old And New #photo #baybridge Photo of both eastern spans of the Bay Bridge - the new one and the partially demolished old one. San Francisco Bay, California. )
4/5
Very helpful book, but a generation out of date. Does not cover universal analytics or the new user ID collection but is a great foundation as long as you know this. I'll buy the next edition when/if it becomes available.
It's the start of Summer in the Northern Hemisphere, Winter if you live south of the equator or in San Francisco. Rendered in Catfood Earth.
What if as well as Term Limits we had Party Limits - the same political party cannot win more than three or four times in a row?
Representative Alan Lowenthal has introduced the Let the People Draw the Lines Act which would seek to prevent gerrymandering by taking redistricting out of the hands of the politicians for the states that haven't done this already (California, Arizona, Washington and Idaho have independent commissions).
This is a good idea, but I'd go further. Let's introduce Term Limits where we don't already have them and then add Party Limits. The same politician can only hold on to their seat for two to three terms and additionally the same party can't hold the seat for more than three to four terms. We break up any kind of political monopoly and reduce the incentive to rig the system to keep the same incumbent in power.
We'd probably get more political diversity as well as fewer career politicians. It's a better solution to daisyworld.
(Published to the Fediverse as: Party Limits #politics #politicalreform #partylimits What if as well as limiting the number of consecutive terms for a politician we also did the same for each political party? )
4/5
This was a hard book to start because it's so sad to know that there will never be another Iain [M] Banks novel. I fell in love with his work after picking up The Wasp Factory with some birthday money in Guildford. I had (and loaned and lost) one signed book, Feersum Endjinn, which was the only really awful one. The Quarry was short, better than I thought it would be, not as good as his best. He'll be missed.
4/5
Unbearably British. Very funny.
San Francisco at night shot from Alta Plaza Park.
(Published to the Fediverse as: From Alta Plaza Park #photo #sanfrancisco Photo of San Francisco at night as seen from Alta Plaza Park. )
Coyote on Lovers' Lane in The Presidio.
Updated 2014-10-21 22:53:
Another Presidio Coyote, this time on the main post.
Updated 2020-01-01 18:19:
Two pups playing in Glen Canyon Park.
Updated 2020-10-10 10:28:
In the Marin Headlands.
Updated 2020-12-28 09:26:
In Glen Canyon Park again.
(Published to the Fediverse as: Coyote #photo #coyote #presidio Photos of coyotes around San Francisco and in the Marin Headlands. )
Sun Painting, an installation at the Exploratorium in San Francisco by Bob Miller.
(Published to the Fediverse as: Sun #photo #sun #exploratorium Photo of a moment in the life of Sun Painting at the Exploratorium in San Francisco. )
5/5
Took a while to start because The Secret History is one of my favorite books and I was pretty disappointed by The Little Friend - I can't really even remember it. The Goldfinch on the other hand will stick with me for a long time. It's a book where you inhabit someone else's life so deeply that it's disorienting to finish. Outstanding.
