When Public Enemy released their classic hit Shut ‘em down, they were criticizing authorities. Yet recently, Google has given the track’s title a completely new meaning: without any prior warning, the company shut down at least six renowned music blogs hosted on Blogger/Blogspot. Or, as Paidcontent.org puts, it, “wiped them from the internet”: Read the rest of this entry »
I’m very happy that the number of visitors is constantly increasing on my English blog; during the last weeks, the site’s overall performance has drastically decreased, so I will move the blog to a new server this weekend. Expect a few hours of downtime – currently, my sys-admin is working on setting up the new server. Thanks for your patience – things will speed up here, starting tomorrow – I promise!
Main bloggerilla topic of the week: the new WordPress aka 2.7. Matt and his team change a lot in the backend – it’s like Obama said: “Change, we can do it!” What O did not mention though was the fact that change makes most folks rather uncomfortable. In that respect, it’s more like TLC sang-rapped: “Don’t go chasin’ waterfalls / listen to the rivers and the lakes that you’re used to.” In other words, I’ve heard a lot of user complaining about a so-called uglification of the CMS. My five cents: so far I’ve only updated half of my blogs, and I really dig the new look and all the new features. Read the rest of this entry »