Alert! No…really, read this.
The Funky16Corners Blogcasting Mobile Unit!!
Hi folks!
As you may or may not know, the Funky16Corners Nerve Center and Record Vault are currently without either electricity or interwebs connectivity.
This has made the process of keeping this vast technological enterprise up and running.
Right now I’m parked outside of a McDonalds, sucking up some wifi and making updates (internal and external) to Funky16Corners.
I recently got a message from my web space provider that the site was experiencing traffic issues that were in turn causing trouble on their end.
If this was legitimate traffic I would be overjoyed but it appears that what’s going on has more to do with web crawling “bots” with generally hostile intent, re spam and intrusion into the site.
I have installed a few security programs to help alleviate these problems, most of which should be invisible to users.
The one thing I did install which you will have to deal with is a comment “capcha” system, which makes sure that when someone (or something) is trying to leave a comment, they have to prove that they are real/sentient by taking a small, additional step when leaving said comment.
The one I chose uses a visual system, drag and drop and should work on all mobile devices (ipads, iphones etc) as well as full fledged desktops.
If you run into any problems with this (or find anything else weird going on) please let me know.
Right now, I have about a week’s worth of prepared posts ready to roll, so there’s a little bit of a content “cushion” in place while we wait for electricity/interwebs to return.
In the event that the wait exceeds the backlog, I will make arrangements to work elsewhere (on a somewhat truncated schedule) until things are once again copacetic.
So, please bear with me (and the technology) and hopefully before too long this too shall pass.
Until then (and I will see you on Monday)…
Keep the faith
Larry
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Also, the brand new Funky16Corners ‘Keep Calm and Stay Funky’ stickers have arrived!
The stickers are 4″ x 3″ and printed on high quality, glossy stock.
They are $2.00 each, with free shipping in the US ($2.00 per order shipping outside of the US).
Click here to go to the ordering page.
Also, make sure that you check out the links below to the Be The Match Foundation and POAC (click on the logos for more info).
If you want one of the new Funky16Corners stickers (free, of course) click here for info.
Check out the Funky16Corners Store at Cafe Press
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