America OnLine (AOL) killed their blogging service – actually, all their Hometown sites – last September and I only just noticed.
AOL didn’t kill it cleanly. They could have offered 301 Moved Permanently redirects to users’ new hosting (good – maybe no interruption to users), returning a 404 Not Found with an explanation (OK – [...]

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journals.aol.com closure botched
MJ Ray - Monday 05.01.09, 07:40am
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Looking Back: 2008 Part 3
MJ Ray - Monday 29.12.08, 07:43am
This is the final part of my review of popular articles on my news websites during 2008. It follows part 1 and part 2, but it can be enjoyed on its own, like an nice ripe cheese. Unlike one friend, I do not like cheese for breakfast.
September
Are Your Free Software T-Shirts Ethical? [...]
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Looking Back: 2008 Part 2
MJ Ray - Saturday 27.12.08, 07:49am
This is a continuation from part 1 but can be enjoyed on its own too, like a good red wine. It’s a bit early for me for red wine, though.
May
BBC TV: Click: Free=beer and facebook-flaming – my letter was never broadcast, as far as I know
Fuel Price Bleating and Biking – one of the [...]
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Looking Back: 2008 Part 1
MJ Ray - Thursday 25.12.08, 07:15am
Over the next few days, I’m looking at the most popular articles from this site and my previous news website during 2008. I’ll be doing it in three parts.
Popularity is measured by page views from local access logs, but some articles were actually more popular in the months after they were first posted, so [...]
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Supporting World AIDS Day
MJ Ray - Monday 01.12.08, 07:33am
“HIV/AIDS has been a global epidemic for more than 27 years. Most of today’s youth have never known a world without it. … The time is now. Together, we can prevent the spread of this pandemic – through awareness, care, prevention, education and research.”
Today is World AIDS Day and I’m happy to support it as [...]
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