Can’t Talk ON Facebook? Just Talk ABOUT it.

That describes much of my week…more than a week, actually. Since October 3rd, due to a reported apparent database failure, approximately 150K of Facebook’s 300M users have been experiencing serious access issues. “Lucky” me – I was one of the 150K.

Some folks decided to vent on Twitter, and reported not being able to access their accounts at all. I was able to get on sporadically. On some days, I could access my home page, but not my friends’ feeds. On other days I had to try several times to just get on to my own feed – after being told several times that my account was down for site maintenance and to try again in a few hours. For minutes at a time on some days, I was able to access everything. Occassionally my entire friends list (nearly 3,000 people) simply disappeared; other times, it appeared that certain friends had “un-friended” me, but then the problem would clear up in a couple of hours. This has gone on for over 10 days, now...(more) 

 Google Reader in Plain English

This is a video from LeLeFever on Google Reader in Plain English. Also, be sure to visit the FHK WebWarriors’ Web 2.0 Reader!

Federal Trade Commission now Regulating Blogger Product Endorsements

 Subject to interpretation, the FTC may be regulating bloggers who post “endorsements” for products, books, etc., effective December 1, 2009, Site-51)

Also see:

• FTC to Fine Bloggers up to $11,000 for Not Disclosing Payments
• FTC: Bloggers, testimonials need better disclosure
• FTC’s New Rules for Bloggers: A Quick Guide

Creative Icons…so Easy, even a Church Mouse Can do it.

Here’s this week’s cartoon from ChurchMice.net, a project of Karl “Pastor Z” Zorowski, a Methodist minister.

#NobeLOL

What else is there to say?! This is from College Politico (h/t Michelle Malkin – DNC humor czar condemns Nobel Prize jokes). Also, be sure to follow the #nobelol feed on Twitter.

Wondering what to do with all of those old phone cords?

Wondering what to do with all of those old phones and cords now that the world has gone wireless? Jean Luc Cornec put some to good use…these sheep are on display in the Museum For Communications in Frankfurt Main, Germany. (Hat-tip POPFi). To see more pics, visit CualQuiera.

 Family + Facebook = Aaawkward!

Yet another of life’s little lessons in “be careful what you put online!”

Graph Jam

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