jemjabella @ wordpress

Latest Project

Jem — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:28:43 +0000

Because every little helps, don’t forget to check out my latest project: rev.iew.me :)

Stephanie Prefers Hers 8.5″

Jem — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:51:52 +0000

[19:49] <Stephanie> i wished they had a smaller one, but it goes from 6.5″ to 12″… i was hoping for like an 8.5 because it would be perfect, but no

I’ll leave you to draw your own conclusions from that.

Taking Bets

Jem — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:51:56 +0000

I’m thinking about taking bets on the likelihood of my site being back up any time ~~this century~~ today. I tried a live chat at 5pm (when I’d finished work):

[name removed]. [9:59:21 AM]: Hello! Welcome to the Site5 Technical Support Live Chat! How may I help you?

Jem [9:59:21 AM]: I was told in a Live Chat on Saturday that my ticket – [ticket #] – would be answered today. I estimate that you’re about 5 hours behind me (GMT) which puts you at nearly 12pm – why has the ticket not been answered? My site has been down for

[name removed]. [9:59:30 AM]: Hello Jem

Jem [10:00:33 AM]: That should say ‘my site has been down for 4 days now’
[10:00:37 AM]: Hello [name removed]

[name removed]. [10:00:59 AM]: Please hold on, I am checking your ticket.

Jem [10:31:36 AM]: I’ve read the ticket back to myself twice, been for a pee and made a coffee – what’s taking so long?

And at 6pm, an hour after the live chat was opened, it timed out. I have never, in all my years of using site5, had such a piss poor response to a problem. Most tickets are solved within minutes, maybe a few hours when it’s early here (thus middle of the night for them). To have to wait this long for a reply, and have to put up with this length of downtime… it’s just ludicrous.

As if all of that wasn’t bad enough, Jordan tells me that Google have pushed a PR update over the weekend and dropped me down by 1 again; I am now PR4. Fucking fantastic.

Geek T-shirt: Life is Wasted on the End User

Jem — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:44:03 +0000

As if 30 different geek/gamer t-shirts wasn’t enough — and as if you didn’t already think I’m a little obsessed — I bought a new one (t-shirt) last week. “Life is Wasted on the End User“.

Bought from the same guys that sent me the I blog therefore I am t-shirt, although unfortunately I can’t link you to the picture of Hex cozying down on it BECAUSE MY SITE IS STILL DOWN! :(

How Stupid

Jem — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:42:04 +0000

Because WordPress.com requires you to approve a change of email address in your profile, any comment emails etc are going to my normal address… which obviously I cannot read at the moment.

I’m not sure what’s more annoying, the fact that I am without web space, email etc, or the fact that I depend on it so much.

You Know, It’s Funny

Jem — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 22:42:13 +0000

More often than not I have problems thinking of things to write for more than a few days at a time, and yet the second I am deprived of an avenue through which to convey my thoughts, I am struck with a million and one things to write about.

For those looking for an update on jemjabella.co.uk/tutorialtastic/etc – fear not, my sites will return and I shall post full info in due course. Let’s just say that site5 have had a few choice words off me, and they will be crediting me in full for this month as per their uptime guarantee (whether they like it or not). I actually feel remarkably calm about the whole thing, because I know that this is the first time in over 3 years I’ve had any sort of “big problem”. Of course, that’s not to say I’ll be sticking around if it continues this way.

So I’m not dead, and I am contactable (jemjabella86@googlemail.com) if you desperately need me, although please bear in mind I’m “crippled” without my proper mail, FTP, etc.