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The last couple of days were quite a ride: Crashing applications on production servers, family woes after 25 years of not talking to each other, my server that died on saturday, a DNS move, a business critical application that stopped working at the customers site on friday and we got it working again at noon today. And last but not least I finally saw Fahrenheit 9/11 which came on TV today. ...

Access to this site has been flaky for the last couple of days. I apologize. First of, my server decided to act up and hat to get the BRS treatment. Then I moved my primary domain www.invisible.ch to TextDrive, something I have been planning to do for a long time. There isn’t that much content there yet, but it will come. Sorry for the interruption, back to normal business

A very helpful site Silktide Silkscore. It evaluates your website and gives suggestions on how to improve it. There’s a marketing ploy there (Silktide offers consulting services) but I think this is brilliant and how the web is supposed to work - IMO. Silktide gives something valuable for free. They offer additional services - that’s fine and the service they offer adds to their credibility. A win-win for all involved. [via Ben Poole] ...

What a timely coincidence (actually, there are no coincidences, there is only synchronicity, but that’s a different entry): Prelude Tim Bray on mobile needs was quickly followed by Jeremy’s mobile needs to which Russell responded. Being pda-less after my vacation and T610-less after a roller coaster-ride, I have reverted back to my trusty SonyEricsson R520 and no PDA. The thing I miss most? My calendar and all my addresses. That’s why I need a PDA again soon. Phone and SMS is handled well by the R520 (and I actually like it’s large size and protruding antenna because I can pull it out of my coat pocket by the antenna). ...

Did I mention, that I can’t fall asleep? LED Porn doesn’t help either

TAR? Which File Extension are You? I can’t fall asleep - does it show?