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Just letting people know, since folks have been asking:
If you go to http://michaeldavisworld.com/cgi/wp/index.php You can actually leave comments on a non-existent web site! I don't know why I found that somehow comforting. I guess it shows what a neurotic commentator I really am!
Not any more you can't. Once every so often the default WordPress pops up, and I've left a message there.I can hear the Death Ray charging from here.
And as long as we're reporting issues, Newsarama.com has been having issues after their migration of their bulletin board system from Pluck (which was met with hatred from day one) to the far more powerful and feature-rich PHPbb. They're working through the issues, tho. The boards are much better now, and for those who were turned off when it got all plucked up, this is a good time to come back.
Is it possible to put Kathleen David's latest comments on the sidebar on PAD's site again? I miss being able to see if she's written something new at a glance. I wasn't sure where else to post this. Thanks.
It'll be back there, we're still tweaking things.
Bob Greenberger is not linked at this time on Peter David's site.
Thanks for the quick reply. Much appreciated.
Thanks for the concern everybody!I've been putting in phone calls to the tech service team and steadily working on getting the site restored. One way or another the site will be back up this week.Vinnie- You are right the Death Ray is charging!http://michaeldavisworld.com/
Tatiana any truth to the speculation that the website went down just after you plugged in your new slow cooker ???
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