Flynn's Paws: My Thoughts, My Gripes

Tag: myBlogging-category

Describing my immediate surroundings towards the beginning and a twist to the tale or possible solutions to issues towards the end of some blogs and how they relate to my expectations of the world at large.

  • In defense of my vice: Blogging.

    Topic # 2 – Prompted November 23, 2008: Defend your vice. How did you start? Why would you quit?

    What no one ever tells you about blogging

    I started blogging back in 2006. It’s mostly rants and raves. I love to show everything that goes on within myself and those around my immediate surroundings. However, the material can get off track, revealing more information than necessary. And sometimes it can be negative, the UGLY truth. Honestly, I would love to stop blogging. But to keep from going insane while working hard for money that continues to `outflow` and while doing nothing indoors, I will quit. And this is only when the internet becomes completely censored by the government. Until then, I will continue to blog online. Thank you.

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  • 20100715-Plinky Posts

    Today at work, I got bored but not until I decided to register online at `Plinky`! The tagline has been changed from `Just Another WordPress Weblog` to `Plinky Prompts and Answers`. Now I’ve got a triple addiction: WordPress.com, Facebook.com and Plinky.com!

    You can view my answers from Plinky via my other WordPress.com at Flynn’s Paws. I’ve completed twenty (20) prompts today. I will catch up anon towards the goal of over 400 plinky prompts. I’ve tagged those appropriately as `plinky`.

  • 20100709-Trying Theme

    Arg! Sorry folks! I had to change my theme again. I really preferred the meta data underneath the post entry title. It’s similar to the layout of Yahoo! News: Title, source, time/date stamp, followed by the excerpt and/or article itself.

  • Reset Password

    I’m getting old. So I forgot my Facebook.com password. Here is a generic message.

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    Trouble Accessing Your Account?

    Forgot your password? Enter your login email or mobile phone number below and fill the security check. If you use your email, we will send you an email with a link to reset your password. If you use your phone number, we will send you an SMS with a link to reset your password. If you have not confirmed your mobile phone number with us, you cannot use it to reset your password.

    Have a confirmation code already?

    Enter both words below, separated by a space.

    Can’t read the words below? Try different words or an audio captcha.

    Please enter the words or numbers you hear.

    Try different words or back to text.

    Loading…

    Text in the box:

    Email or Mobile Phone:

    If you have a different problem accessing your account, please see our Login Problems Help Page.

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    Confirm password reset request

    Please confirm that you would like to reset the password for the account shown below. We will then send you an email with a link to reset your password.

    Have a confirmation code already?

    This isn’t me [username here]… 

    If you have a different problem accessing your account, please see our Login Problems Help Page.

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    Please check your email

    An email has been sent to all contact emails associated with your account, including [mail deleted here]. This email describes how to get your new password.

    Please be patient; the delivery of email may be delayed. Remember to confirm that the email above is correct and to check your junk or spam folder or filter if you do not receive this email.

    Please enter the confirmation code that was sent to you. This is not the same as your password.

    Confirmation reset code:

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    Please enter a new password

    Password change not successful.

    You must enter the same password twice in order to confirm it.

    Email: [email deleted here]

    New Password:

    (required) ?

    Confirm Password:

    (required)

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  • Status Too Long

    This is yet another Facebook.com pop-up message:

    Status Too Long

    Your status update is too long. The maximum status length is 420 characters, but it is 684 characters long.

  • Hating Stuff

    Besides today being MUCH cooler than yesterday and DEFINITELY the day before, I hate blogging! There’s nothing to blog about! The end! It’s nothing but useless data to kill the time.

    Thanks TPTB and pals, I’m friggin’ working for money that should have been in my greasy palms by now! WTF? I’m stuck in front of the computer AGAIN. And when I get home, it’s the same thing – controversy then rants!

    Today’s lunch was a waste! I wanted to spend only $7.95 for my meal but the fools decided to split it for $23.00. WTF? I hate people! I hate company outings! I hate idle conversation about life and nonsense! I hate what you f^ck#rs done!

  • Expiring or Expired Subscriptions

    I got tired of seeing a message for my paid upgrades. So I went to `hide renewal messages`.

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    Expiring or Expired Subscriptions

    The following products are due to expire within 90 days or already have. Click the “Renew” button next to each product name to renew your subscription. You can renew at any time before the expiry date. Your next renewal will still fall on the same date as you subscribed next year.

    [Hide renewal message]

    Confirm: Hide renewal message

    Please confirm that you wish to hide the renewal message for this subscription.

    [ Yup — I want to hide it ] [ No — Cancel! ]

    Just in case you’re not happy with your upgrade we offer a limited refund on newly purchased upgrades.

    1. New domain registrations will be refunded if requested within 2 days.
    2. Domain renewals are non-refundable.
    3. Most other upgrades can be fully refunded within 30 days of purchase.

    You can use the “Cancel and Refund” button if available or Contact support if you want to request a refund.

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    So now the renew button appears under the `My Subscriptions` section found on the bottom of the `paid-upgrades.php` link of my dashboard.

  • Private Blog

    I’ve set my blog to private mode via Dashboard >> Privacy Settings. Why? Because my weblog is dying. Here are three areas on how to set you blog to private:

    Site Visibility –

    • Select: `I would like my blog to be private, visible only to users I choose.`
    • Do not `Add User Name`: `Up to 35 users allowed to access blog. Want more?`

    Link Visibility –

    • Do not check: `I would like my links to be public, without passing through hiderefer.com.`

    Don’t forget to click the `Save Changes` button.

  • Stats Dying

    Like the heart beat of a living creature, my stats indicate the health of my weblog. It’s dying. It’s getting old apparently. I could only think of the possiblities as to why my weblog is doomed:

    • `Search Engines Blocked`;
    • `Some code changes` done on 6/17;
    • Removed old tags; and/or
    • Stopped blogging with gusto.

    Whatever happened I’m still friggin’ bored and broke.

  • Code Changes

    I just logged into my WordPress.com account and got the following message:

    “We will be making some code changes shortly which will log you out of your WordPress.com account. They should only take a few seconds and you should be able to log in afterwards without any problems. Please save your draft or update the post/page often to prevent content loss.“

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    The permalink is not showing. Instead, I got a `negative one` (or -1) while trying to enter this `draft`.

    Near the draft time/stamp area: I also got in bold letters “ALERT: You are logged out! Could not save draft. Please log in again.“

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    I just logged back in

  • Fighter Jets

    San Jose: Navy says fighter jets were on practice flight to airport

    By Lisa Fernandez
    lfernandez@mercurynews.com
    Posted: 06/16/2010 10:15:52 AM PDT
    Updated: 06/16/2010 10:29:24 AM PDT

    A little more of the mysterious jet flyby last Wednesday was revealed this week as a naval station in the Mojave Desert claimed responsibility for a training exercise over San Jose.

    In a statement from the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division in China Lake, the Navy acknowledged two F/A-18 Hornet jets were on an “evening training flight” June 9 to Mineta San Jose International Airport. The jets executed a “standard flight separation maneuver to facilitate a practice landing” and then headed back home to China Lake in Kern County.

    Two Jets
    Two military F-18 jets fly over San Jose on June 9. ( Nick George)

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    Folks. This was an intentional fly-by as a `heads up` particularly to moi. The flight path was parallel to our south side wall and DIRECTLY over our home, which is near SJC. So don’t try to cover up the fact that is was just a `practice flight` and such. Sheesh.

  • Error Message

    For the past few minutes, I’ve been getting the following error message from my FireFox internet browser:

    The page at https://thebloggingpath.wordpress.com says: (Not Responding)

    ! The Google Maps API server rejected your request because you do not have permission to use this service over SSL.