So I just activated a new anthem account and once my registration/activation was complete, I was asked to log in to start using the account. I click the “log in” button and am presented with:
Site Unavailable
The online self-service feature you have requested is unavailable at this time. Our regular system operating hours are Monday through Friday from 4:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., Saturday from 4:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., and Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
Now this is a pet peeve of mine, why do “online self-service” sites have operating hours? The whole point is so I can do it at 2am Saturday if I so choose. There doesn’t need to be someone at the other end of the line, if you are putting a system online, it should only not be available during server maintenance times… having standard hours of operation for a website is just backwards. [rant complete]
Google has gained a bit of a cult following amongst us geeks for their “pranks” on the virtual world. This year, it looks like there are two “releases” today, Virgle and Custom Time. Custom Time looks legit enough, but not sure (reminds me of the year they “released” gmail but no one believed them.
Who knows. Keep up the good work…
Happy Cog helped redesign WordPress for the new 2.5 release. I just upgraded to it, and so far, I think it is nice. Nothing overwhelming yet, but the UI is far more pleasing. Looks like they finally have a different way to add videos to, hope that works better than before… I’m going to play around with some things, so the blog may act strange over the next couple days.
So far, I give it a plus for the new colors and cleaned up UI, and I give it a minus for moving the categories checklist from the sidebar to the bottom. That change doesn’t make any sense at all to me right now…
Excellent article from Glenn Beck. Not sure how much is propaganda, but it is the most straight forward talk about a real issue I have ever heard. Thanks Glenn.
I’m trying out a real world SEO experiment with a freelance client right now. Surplus Sites – http://www.surplus-sites.com hired me to build a quick brochure site for them. As a matter of curiousity now, I am curious what SEO techniques may be able to help them increase their rankings…
So far I have tried posting an ad in bowling green kentucky on craigslist, twittering about posting on craigslist, and now blogging about all of them (which should end up on technorati thanks to wordpress, etc)…
Turns out it is pretty easy to manufacture a “quick and dirty” web of links – if the property in Bowling Green, KY gets some increased traffic (thanks google analytics for making this easy), I’ll consider this a victory. If it leases, I’ll consider it a huge victory, and if nothing happens, I’ll consider it a little bit of lost time while learning about search engine optimization…