I would like to rejoice that it is Friday. And yet, as the end of the semester draws nigh, the press of Tasks That Cannot Be Deferred Any Longer is sucking a good bit of the Friday-ness out of this Friday.
So, I suppose this post is the cyber-equivalent of an itemized primal scream:
Category Archives: Technical issues
Blogroll updates
Since our technical guru Tim Murtaugh seems to have cleared the squirrels out of the ScienceBlogs server, I have managed to update my blogroll. (It’s in the left sidebar — scroll way down and you’ll see it.)
In the main, the updates have involved:
Toss your cookies
Hey, remember how I mentioned that there had been some issues with the commenting here? And how I suggested the utterly clunky fix of using a different browser to leave your comments?
We (i.e., our tech guru) think we know why that works and, even better, a less clunky way to achieve the desired result:
When ScienceBlogs came into the world not so long ago, the Universe may have experienced a little hiccup, wherein some bad ScienceBlog cookies may have been spewed forth.
Deleting all cookies your browser may have ingested from scienceblogs.com ought to clear up your commenting problems. From here on out? Nothing but good cookies. (Thin Mints hidden in the back of the freezer good.)
Thanks for your patience.
Leaving comments
I know, dear readers, that some of you have been encountering difficulties leaving comments on this blog (and on other blogs in the ScienceBlogs galaxy). Indeed, I’ve encountered those same problems myself, trying to leave comments for my sibling bloggers. I’m confident that when our tech czar returns from vacation next week, all the problems will disappear.
In the meantime, though, I still want your comments!
The inelegant way around the problem (which manifests itself as an error message when you try to leave a comment) is to try another browser. (So, if you’re on Firefox, bring up Safari or IE to get the message posted). Another option is to email me your comment and I’ll get it posted for you.
One more comment issue: My policy to date has been to let all the comments that aren’t spam (or libelous, or unnecessarily profane) go up. However, given the length of one monster comment on an earlier post, I’m now also going to impose a “not-unreasonably-long” requirement, too. There’s only been one comment that was unreasonably long — so most of you have a good sense of how much to say! (You silent folks: say more!)