Resistance...Produces Growth

Aside from life, I have been busy putting out mini web fires that I recently became aware of, and trying to take advantage of future opportunities/warnings that I see on the horizon.

1. First, I discovered today that the email subscription service Yutter got shafted by their server host SteadFast Networks, which meant every post since July 27^th may have not reached many people's inboxes.
   
   I've switched over to Sqeet.com for now, which should allow users to customize how frequent they receive updates to this weblog. (a good thing).



2. Second, I discovered that Congress may pass a bill that would ban all types of social networking sites at public arenas (not a good idea) although some libraries may fight back.
   
   I've registered the site InsideOrkut.com (which redirects back here) and may go to professional hosting to (hopefully) avoid this as banning blogs seems to be a pattern around the world.



3. Last, I discovered a cool tool by Google called Google Related Links which will display relevant content (hopefully related to Orkut) on this site.
   
   I am also going to go through the forums listed below and update the list as some of them have been either flooded with spam, hi-jacked (no, I am not joking here) or have become abandoned. I am also adding some forums, and if you want yours added to the right sidebar, let me know by scraping me.
   
   I'll be working on these updates tonight (while I have time) before Google begins to operate on Blogger.

There is more to discuss, but I don't want to bore my readers. I'll update this post when the updates are complete.

Update (12:48 AM): I've screened all of the forums on the sidebar and finished installing the Google Related Links on the side as well. I should be back up to full speed later on today (after I get some sleep and finish tomorrow's chores/work/etc.)