When you can’t find it on Google.

Author: J. J.

  • Upgrading to 2.8 today

    The “Upgrade Automatically” button isn’t getting any further than “Downloading update from http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.8.zip,” so I’m performing my first WordPress update today, the long way. Hopefully won’t be down long, say 11:30am-12:30pm CST. Also plan on helping out my friend, Natty, this afternoon. He currently has his site on WordPress.com which has half the functionality as…

  • Researching and finding music online

    <UPDATE> As of December 2009, imeem has been acquired by MySpace. The playlist and old interface doesn’t exist at the moment. “MySpace is working to migrate your imeem playlist to MySpace Music. We’ll email you about that once we have more details.” Check out new alternatives on my new blog post! </UPDATE> Ever get frustrated when…

  • Zepfanman.com faces 5 days of downtime

    Just thought I’d give a quick report about this site’s downtime since Wednesday morning. I’ve used 1and1.com as my webhost since early 2004 and this has probably been my longest outage (just came back online early Monday, today). I can remember a couple of other outages, but rarely is it more than a couple hours.…

  • PBS Video even more compelling

    PBS.org greatly improved its online video content last month. Sure, Google Video, YouTube, and Hulu can keep you occupied, but you can always count on PBS Video to provide quality, relevant programming. I rarely watch primetime television, so my recent discovery (thanks to a good friend) of FRONTLINE, Nature, NOVA and several other shows on…

  • Protected: Zepfanman.com blog revived

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  • 12 summer movies I want to see

    While I will likely only see three or four of these (in theaters), there are a lot of promising movies coming out this summer. Check your calendar and let me know if you want to see any of these with me! Here are my top eleven listed in order of preference. Harry Potter and the…