A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

How Refreshing!

The BBC have just emailed me, warning that very soon the world’s going to be hit by an F5 shortage and a decrease in the availability of Apple + R’s!

Which reminded me of something, once you’re registered and logged into ModBlog, you can click here to see when the next scheduled update is due to appear. There’s nothing queued at the moment but when there is they will be displayed below the Posts widget on the right hand side.

That page is also available by clicking on Site Admin (on the right of this page below Archives) then Dashboard.

Do your bit, save the F5orests.

Roo
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(Usual updates will resume tomorrow morning at the latest.)

Comments

16 responses to “How Refreshing!”

  1. twiggy Avatar

    Updates as in BME updates or as in ModBlog entries? The last would make more sense but i really wish this crap would end and get back to normal.

  2. twiggy Avatar

    Updates as in BME updates or as in ModBlog entries? The last would make more sense but i really wish this crap would end and get back to normal.

  3. hullwork Avatar

    oh thats handy. its like seeing into the future!

    …and i sat here for about 30 seconds trying to figure out wtf you were talking about with F5, hah!

  4. hullwork Avatar

    oh thats handy. its like seeing into the future!

    …and i sat here for about 30 seconds trying to figure out wtf you were talking about with F5, hah!

  5. LAwatts Avatar
    LAwatts

    lets not forget about those apple+R orchards 🙂

  6. LAwatts Avatar
    LAwatts

    lets not forget about those apple+R orchards 🙂

  7. RooRaaah Crumbs Avatar

    twiggy – ModBlog updates, and you’re not alone I’m sure.

    Patience is a virtue 🙂

  8. RooRaaah Crumbs Avatar

    twiggy – ModBlog updates, and you’re not alone I’m sure.

    Patience is a virtue 🙂

  9. przxqgl Avatar

    i usually get modblog updates through my aggregator, but i have to view the web page in order to see the pictures – what you’re saying frequently makes no sense if there are no pictures, although some blogs (including my own) allow pictures to go into RSS feeds… if i recall correctly, modblog used to have pictures in their RSS feeds as well, but now they don’t… any reason why?

  10. przxqgl Avatar

    i usually get modblog updates through my aggregator, but i have to view the web page in order to see the pictures – what you’re saying frequently makes no sense if there are no pictures, although some blogs (including my own) allow pictures to go into RSS feeds… if i recall correctly, modblog used to have pictures in their RSS feeds as well, but now they don’t… any reason why?

  11. RooRaaah Crumbs Avatar

    LAwatts – I missed that email, I think they only sent that warning out to Apple users. I’ve edited the entry just so people are prepared.

    hullwork – It’s fun to confuse people.

  12. RooRaaah Crumbs Avatar

    LAwatts – I missed that email, I think they only sent that warning out to Apple users. I’ve edited the entry just so people are prepared.

    hullwork – It’s fun to confuse people.

  13. Wilburtino Avatar

    almost like hippie-computing

  14. Wilburtino Avatar

    almost like hippie-computing

  15. Shannon Avatar

    przxqgl – Thanks for mentioning this — assuming it’s not fixed before then, I’ll gladly reactivate that feature when I’m able to get at those settings (if I forget, please remind me). I think at some point in the last few months many of the settings on the blog got reset to a default installation — I doubt it was turned off on purpose.

  16. Shannon Avatar

    przxqgl – Thanks for mentioning this — assuming it’s not fixed before then, I’ll gladly reactivate that feature when I’m able to get at those settings (if I forget, please remind me). I think at some point in the last few months many of the settings on the blog got reset to a default installation — I doubt it was turned off on purpose.

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