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It’s killing me how often a crucial feature of MySpace is offline. Two weekends ago, their whole system went down because of an L.A.-area blackout. It’s understandable, although a service so large should be prepared for such eventualities.

Tonight, their log-in is disabled.

It’s frustrating. If it’s not the log-in, the search is down or it’s a specific user’s profile.

I would be careful if I were MySpace. Users may be willing to forgive some things, but these sporadic and all-too-frequent outages can be a massive turnoff.

It took Google nearly two days to process, but it finally spit out the new video I produced over the weekend.

Not really, but it seems like an appropriate title because I’m continuing to experiment with Google Maps.

This trial run is hampered/enhanced by the fact I don’t have too much Javascript experience. I’m leaning really heavily on Google Maps API documentation page. Still I’m enjoying gleaning a little bit about the language’s syntax and some other ins and outs.

It definitely makes me want to experiment more.

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And while I’m not really at a crossroads, some of my friends are as they move on to bigger and better things. Best of luck to them as they move to new jobs or new houses.

Just got a Google Maps API code. Let’s take it for a whirl:

Edit: Well, Blogger didn’t seem to like my code so I removed it. I’ll be working on the test page instead.

There’s been a lot of discussion about the renovation of Chico’s City Plaza. The city placed a video of what the completed park will look like on its Web site. Unfortunately, the video is in Windows Media — unviewable on the Mac I have.

So here it is after being uploaded to Google Video:
Edited out link on Aug. 31, 2006 — I removed the video from Google Video because I’m using my account for work-related features.

Just a quick shout-out before Melinda and 749 other Poway senior graduated on Wednesday night. Good times.

POWAY — When I was young, I liked watching the weathermen on Salt Lake City newscasts. I guess it was because they were funny, they stood in front of computer graphics and seemed to know what was going on.

I guess I identified somewhat with them, but I was probably more interested in my Legos. However, one family took a three-year-old child’s love of TV program one step further with a NewsHour with Jim Lehrer” birthday party. The Washington Post was all over it with a June 15 column.

Henry Schally’s parents wrote the PBS production for photos and some other items. The WaPo published a photo of Henry wearing a Lehrer birthday hat in front of one of those cakes with a publicity photo on it.

I don’t know what it all means, although I’m curious. Even Schally’s parents admit that it’s not the most exciting program on TV, but their son apparently loves it. I, for one, would be interested in seeing how little Henry turns out in 15 years or so.

Thanks to the county political party that sent me their recommendations yesterday on who to vote for in the primary election … nine days ago. Me thinks this isn’t an example of where slow and steady wins the “race.”

One of the blogs on the Detroit Free Press is asking what “Pure Michigan” means to its readers. Apparently, the state of Michigan is looking to boost tourism to its beautiful state and is working on the “Pure Michigan” angle. Here’s my take on what Michigan means to me.

“As a former Upper Peninsula resident, I’ll always remember those cool summer nights in Houghton sitting on a wooden deck watching as cars make their way over the mechanical majesty of the Portage Lake Lift Bridge. Aside from the cars, most of the area is silent as the thin strand of Lake Superior that forms the Portage Lake Shipping Canal slowly floats by. I would enjoy the view with my friends as we drank Bell’s Oberon and marvelled at the connections in the world.

These connections — bridges, waterways and friendships — seem to be vital to Michiganians. They are definitely things I would consider to be ‘Pure Michigan.'”

I don’t know if it’s meaningful or anything, but that’s what I think about when I miss Michigan.

… if he worked a 14-hour day in an office and had a more mundane deadline that didn’t involve, you know, death and terrorism.

Well, aside from my puffery, it’s been a hectic past couple of days from top to bottom. Most of it has dealt with my work on ChicoER.com. We’ve done a lot in the past couple of days and we’re working on a whole lot more in the months to come.

I’d write more, but this isn’t the place for it. My rarely updated pro blog would work well if I stay away from too much “inside baseball.”

Time to reset and begin again tomorrow.