I know three point two million people have already seen it, but I can think of nothing more appropriate with which to celebrate my glorious return to the internets! Yes, finally the Write Post page takes less than five minutes to come up, and it appears that I may even be able to post pictures, although not via the super-snazzy flash uploader. I note with terror that Photobucket and Flickr are also debuting flash uploaders, potentially cutting off my only working workarounds…dear god, if I developed these workarounds and held them for ransom I could actually make a decent living. Although Automattic’s footsoldiers might put me on their to-do list.
Should I be proud or mortified that I identified more of these than Valleywag did?
raincoaster 
I love Weezer.
and it’s kind of a relief to know that you’re experiencing wordpress problems too. makes me feel less of a dweeb
Oh god, the problems I have with WordPress! The only reason they tolerate my attitude is that I am the go-to resource for workarounds when things fail. Because things always fail me. And I don’t sit on my hands when that happens.
I’m getting VERY tired, however, of posting workarounds in the forum only to get a blast of civet, “BUT WHY IS IT LIKE THIS I DON’T LIKE IT CHANGE IT BACK.” Like, seriously, if it were in my control I would fuck it up for people who get in my face and fix it for everyone else.
It seems to be working now for me, at least with the exception of the Flash uploader, but I still have another paid post to do so it looks like this will have to suffice for now.
It IS a catchy tune, though, eh?
I mean, Valleywag missed “Will It Blend?”
Ah, if I weren’t wiped I do an index, but I’m wiped and the news cycle for this has passed.
flickr introduced the flash uploader already last year and thankfully you can still access the browser uploader. Is this something different?
Knock wood (knock, knock, knock) while the support forums are full of people with image uploading problems, my experience has been *almost* trouble free. (tfU! tFU! TFU!!) G*d I hope I haven’t just jinxed myself..ew, ew.. cooties!
No, it’s nothing different: it’s just that with WP.com committing to the Flash uploader I see the Browser uploader’s days are numbered and I started re-examining my choices. It’s the same with Photobucket (“Try our new uploader!”)
Does Adobe have blackmail photos of every fucking CEO in Silicon Valley? Jeeebus.
Honest to god, I was explaining the Flash uploader to a Drupal developer friend of mine and he couldn’t contain himself. He laughed like a hyena. And I see why. If all other platforms go to a flash uploader that fails such a huge percentage of the time, he’s going to have a lot of business.
Honestly, it’s like Russian Roulette depending on the combo of browser/Flash version, etc.
(BTW-sorry for the hysteria in my first comment. It’s obvious I haven’t kept to my 2 cups of coffee a day rule today. I’ll behave myself, promise.)
Be proud. And if you couldn’t finish Emily Gould’s piece in the Times Mag be doubly proud.
I feel your dashboard pain. Children have been conceived in less time than it’s taking mine to respond – org and com.
And I jinxed myself. (sound of hand smacking forehead)
I didn’t even START the Emily thing. I mean, I read Gawker. Is there anything about Emily she didn’t already tell everyone? I am ambivalent about her; she can write, and she’s likeable, but she’s also too far up her own fundament.
Jennifer, you should not tempt the Fates. They are vindictive biotches!
That reminds me, ella: are you ella from Gawker?
No I’m not. I don’t read Gawker as much as I used to and only continue because people I know are mentioned from time to time.
So she can write, big deal. So can you. So can I. So can millions.
That tedious piece made me think, while I was able to hang in, that she is one of the most self-absorbed people this side of MD. And there are probably other similarities, but I didn’t finish law school and I’m not dating a lawyer anymore so I won’t go there.
You know, though, the scary thing is that she’s NOT outstanding for her self-absorption. She’s iconic for it. As Elizabeth Wurtzel was the poster girl for Prozac Nation, so Emily Gould is poster girl for Narcissism Nation, or what us old people call the Myspace Generation.
MD?
There apparently was a short rift in the wordpress.com universe because as of this morning all is back to something-resembling-normal. It surprised me though because I thought I’d covered my a$$ with enough superstitious gobbledygook. The only thing missing was throwing salt over my shoulder. ;)
When in doubt, have some bbq airlifted to wherever Matt happens to be. It can’t hurt.
I have this problem too((