Dick Jones' Patteran PagesA patteran is a coded configuration of leaves, sticks and stones left at the roadside by Gypsies to communicate with each other. This is my digital version, left for any passers-by...(Untitled)- January 31, 2006 NEW POST ON: http:patteran.typepad.comhttp://blogs.salon.com/0002065/2006/01/31.html#a885 (Untitled)- January 30, 2006 EITHER THROUGH SPANNER WORK DONE BY LAWRENCE OR SIMPLY THE MYSTERIOUS WORKINGS OF THE BAFFLING MECHANISM THAT IS LOSERLAND, I HAVE BEEN ALLOWED BACK INTO SALON. I CAN NOW READ THE SALONISTA BLOGS, & EVEN POST - SLOWLY, PAINFULLY & WITHOUT PICS - TO MY OWN.I SHAN'T RE-ESTABLISH THE PATTERAN PAGES HERE. THIS IS A DEAD BLOG NOW. HOWEVER, I'M DELIGHTED TO BE BACK ON BOARD & WILL, FOR AS LONG AS MY CURRENT SUBSCRIPTION LASTS, FLAG UP NEW POSTS TO MY TYPEPAD BLOG (URL BELOW)...http://blogs.salon.com/0002065/2006/01/30.html#a884 (Untitled)- January 21, 2006 Events report that both posts have gone up. Now it remains to work out why both pc & laptop are denied Salon access. The only thing they have in common is an IP address. But why should an IP address cause the blocking of accessIn the meantime, just in case anyone's wandered in looking for the Patteran Pages, they're now on:http:patteran.typepad.comhttp://blogs.salon.com/0002065/2006/01/21.html#a883 (Untitled)- January 21, 2006 Right. I've switched browsers from Safari to Firefox. I have the homepage back up, but, as is usual in Firefox, it takes ages to load & then when it does I have to click on the back arrow to activate the cursor. However, I do have the bonus of editing tools, which are absent from the Safari version of the homepage. So - here goes with the tools. First, bold. Then italic. Then colour.Next, I shall enter my typepad URL into the URLs to Ping box. (The text is now defaulting to bold each..http://blogs.salon.com/0002065/2006/01/21.html#a882 (Untitled)- January 21, 2006 Still banned from Salon, although I have access, of course, to my homepage. No word from the Loserland fixers. They must be busy with remedial work elsewhere. Poor lambs - out in all weathers with nothing but a torch, some scotch tape & a ball of string. In the meantime, a facility that I have purchased lies fallow. Any danger of a refund, I wonder.. So - has this post upstreamedhttp://blogs.salon.com/0002065/2006/01/21.html#a881 (Untitled)- January 11, 2006 AFTER THREE YEARS OF FITFUL STRUGGLE WITH LOSERLAND, Ibase 'M TRYING TYPEPAD. FIND ME ON:http:patteran.typepad.comBECAUSE Ibase 'M VERY RELUCTANT TO LEAVE THE SALON COMMUNITY, I MAY BE BACK IF I CAN DEFEAT THE CURRENT GREMLINS, SO PLEASE ADD RATHER THAN REPLACE THE ABOVE LINK. IF I PULL OUT FOR GOOD, Ibase 'LL NOTIFY EVERYONE ON MY BLOGROLL.NOW, IS THERE ANY DANGER THAT THIS MESSAGE WILL ACTUALLY UPSTREAM..http://blogs.salon.com/0002065/2006/01/11.html#a880 (Untitled)- January 8, 2006 Right, I've had enough. I've spent virtually the whole of Sunday trying to sort this one out. Diagnosis, fix, next cockup. I finally worked out via Google & the helplinethat IE5 & RU are incompatible on Mac. (Could have located it in RU's instruction notes if I'd had the wit. It's this fundamental lack of digital common sense that makes me reluctant to start all over again elsewhere.) The high point this afternoon was downloading Firefox & seeing the toolbar displayed. Thought I'd...http://blogs.salon.com/0002065/2006/01/08.html#a877 (Untitled)- January 8, 2006 This will be my final attempt to upstream out of a homepage in Firefox that's only working fitfully. Just as I thought I'd got it fixed. Sometimes it will take text, sometimes it won't. And nothing's upstreamed since early this morning. Sick & tired of this fannying around with RU, but deeply reluctant to start all over again with Blogger or TypePad. Well, here we go. Might see you on the other side, then...http://blogs.salon.com/0002065/2006/01/08.html#a876 (Untitled)- January 8, 2006 Well, I'm still here. Problem diagnosed: IE5 in Mac doesn't support rich text format & so the toolbar doesn't display. Partial solution: installation of Firefox as my secondary browser (because Safari doesn't support rtf either). Continuing problems: now I can't cut & paste from Word to home desktop; it just won't take. I format all my paragraphs in justify. Is there any way that I can html 'justify' into the works If so, what's the code If I can get that sorted, much against the...http://blogs.salon.com/0002065/2006/01/08.html#a872 |