Monthly Archives: June 2009

Make that Senator Franken

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The Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously upheld a lower court ruling in the hotly contested Senate race between Democrat and comedian Al Franken and his Republican opponent Norm Coleman. Their ruling rejected claims by the challenger that inconsistent election practices and flawed decisions by lower courts had cost him the election. “Al Franken received the highest number of votes legally cast… Read more »

Tiiiiimmmbeeeeerr

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A 13 story building in Shanghai tipped over this weekend. Yes, you read that right, it tipped over. Thirteen stories. It was still under construction and fortunately no one was hurt. IT TIPPED OVER. Check out the link for some amazing pics.

Baby Pool update

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The polls are closed for the second Loy Baby Pool, and we’ve got a total of 70 contestants. After the jump, a look at everyone’s predictions for when the baby will be born — and the range of birth dates & times in which each contestant would win.

Time to switch hosts?

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Getting fed up with server problems. Thinking seriously about switching to BlueHost, which is recommended for WordPress blogs. WestHost has always treated me well — but a simple, brand-new WordPress blog with a small database footprint and a couple hundred hits per day should NOT be crashing a $20/month hosting account. Argh.

Server issues

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FYI – I’ve been having server issues due to apache overload, apparently caused by certain search-engine bots indexing changes too fast. (Decepticon saboteurs, perhaps?) I’m working on it. In the mean time, if you notice that the blog is down, that’s probably why. Please e-mail me at irishtrojan [at] gmail.com if you experience site problems. And of course, if any… Read more »