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Yahoo mail followup

Since it was after 18:00EST and the problem from my last post had not been corrected or even acknowledged, I decided to send a third message to Yahoo mail support.

Here’s what I sent:

THIRD REPORT OF THIS PROBLEM!

All day your server is showing my inbox as having ZERO messages but using 4 gigabytes! (screenshots at http://www.paulhutch.com/wordpress)

Please fix immediately or at least acknowledge the problem.

I’m a paying Mail Plus customer and I am beginning to think I had better change to another provider.

Of course, as soon as I returned to my Yahoo mail page after sending the message it was fixed. Thanks Yahoo for fixing it but, it would have been nice if you at least acknowledged receipt of the error reports.

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Yahoo Mail problem

This morning Yahoo’s mail servers are screwed up. If you’re trying to e-mail me at my paid for Yahoo Mail Plus account it probably is bouncing. My other email accounts are working OK so use those if you’re getting a bounce.

As of 14:00 EST, I’ve contacted Yahoo support twice and have not received a response.

This is what I see when I login to the web page (click to see full size):

When I click the “More Info” link I see this(click to see full size):

So my inbox has no messages but uses 4 gigabytes of space, hmm sure looks like a Yahoo server error to me.

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Media Center problem fixed

I’ve had an intermittent problem with Windows Media Center ever since I bought my new WinXP PC in October. Every once in a while Media Center would cause a general protection fault while exiting.

The culprit was the HP DVD player software that was pre-installed (it’s a private labeled version of CyberLink PowerDVD). I Replaced it with WinDVD a few weeks ago and the GPF’s have stopped.

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Xubuntu a nice lightweight distro

While I was working on rescuing an old iBook (Tangerine clamshell) I heard Leo, the KFI tech guy, suggest Xubuntu to a caller. So, I grabbed the live CD ISO of Edgy Eft (version 6.10) and gave it a try, all I can say is wow! The developers have put together a very nice distro for low powered PC’s. Using Xubuntu I was able to confirm that the iBook hardware was OK and make an extra copy of all the data files in preparation for re-installing Mac OS-X. For a more in-depth review see Xubuntu Gets Edgy by Caitlyn Martin over at the O’Reilly site.

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Can't get Joost? Try Instant Media

I haven’t yet been accepted to try out the Joost system. In catching up on netcasts this week I heard that the Podfather, Adam Curry hasn’t either so at least I’m in good company.

I don’t think I’ve written about the Instant Media program before, It’s an IP TV aggregator program that I use to get DL.TV, Cranky Geeks and Vintage Tooncasts. The IM program is for Windows XP only but that covers most of the worlds broadband internet users. I have been using this program for a long time now and I like it!

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Per Ardua Ad Astra

Thanks to Dr. Phil Plait for reminding me of the anniversary of this tragic event.

Apollo 1 fire: 40 years ago today

I was only seven years old when this happened but, I still remember how sad I was at the loss of some of my heroes. Growing up in the sixties, the NASA Mercury, Gemini and Apollo astronauts inspired my lifelong love of science. They risked their lives on every mission to expand the boundaries of science. His blog post talks about it better than I can.

FYI – Per ardua ad astra means, Through difficulty to the stars.