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Hi Honey! I’m Home!

You may have noticed yesterday that if you popped in here at BPC, there was no site to be found. I’m sure you were shocked and confused … as I was when I discovered it myself! It turns out … well … uhm … I’m a dork. At the beginning of the month, I remembered that the domain was coming up for renewal, mainly because I set the site up last year during the Blogathon. So if it was Blogathon time again, it must be time to renew. However, I didn’t have my PayPal card handy at the time – so I put it off. And in the chaos and mayhem of my life lately, I forgot to do it. So, it lapsed for a few hours, but once I fixed the problem it still took several hours (and for some people a whole day) to resolve so you could see the site again.

Even more frustrating is the fact that this is actually the second time this has happened. So last night I calendared everything else that is coming up due in the next year – and it won’t happen again!

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Sigh of Relief…

My site is back! My site is back! The Evites have gone out for H-Town meets Beantown on Friday! All is good in the world!

If you’re going to be in Boston, near Boston, or want to go to Boston for dinner and drinks Friday at 6pm in Harvard Square, let me know. You will get an Evite too!

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How Could Something so Good be so Bad?

Jennifer pointed out BuyMusic.com the other day, and it seemed so wonderful to have a music alternative for PC users. I was looking forward to the weekend and the chance to dig through the site to learn more about it and the features they offer.

Fortunately for me, although unfortunate for Jenn, they showed their true colors yesterday with downloads that don’t work, CDs that can’t be created, and customer service that just really doesn’t give a damn. Yes, yes, you can read all about it on her blog and over at ScriptyGoddess.

After all she has been through, I doubt I will ever give them so much as a dime unless they have some serious changes to how they do business and to their privacy policies. Spread the word and warn your friends!

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Lost…

I’ve lost the little menu with my bookmarklets on my browser, and I don’t know how to get it back. I’m feeling rather lost because I use it frequently. Does anyone know where I can find it? (IE6, Win98. Work’s choice of OS, not mine.) *sniff, sniff* Come back, cool bookmarklet menu!

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Ping-a-Ling…

Whoo hoo! Jay Allen’s Daily Journey has returned. I’ve missed his more frequent writings, although his Stories from the Road have kept me happy (somewhat) while he has been gone. The latest struck a bit too close to home and brought me some good laughs.

I’m happy to see Jay back, but I must confess… I’m posting this to make sure his trackback pings are working. I was able to auto-detect the post to ping, and that’s a good thing. It’s all about helping one another out…