Lambda the Ultimate

I did go through an episode on EZBoard where the ISP refused to allow them access to the server, meaning that 4 months worth of messages were lost with no means of recovery (I think they learned their lesson over that one).

Speaking of losing stuff, I see that Tim Robinson's '99 Bottles' website is no longer accessible. I think ionet got usurped and the new owners haven't got the links working. Be a sad day if we lose that resource. :-(

PS The 99 bottles are in google's cache, but as each language appears to be on a separate page it's not simple to collect them all. I keep a copy of my own site on a local disk and update the ISP using gftp, which will detect and upload new pages (as will most other GUI ftp clients).

I've always got the impression that DW is brilliant but moody. The mood swings tend to make him rash in what he says, but his works (such as the weblogs stuff) seem to be steady and methodical. Only suggestion I have is to gauge him more by what he does rather than what he says. He can be highly unpredictable in his messages but is usually reliable where it matters.

In fact Dave discussed the backup issue, awhile back, and if I undersantd correctly his solution is that by using Radio you can have your local weblog (and publish it in several different ways), so you can backup your own data in whatever way you think appropriate.

I am not sure I understand how this works with comunnity sites, like this one. Naturaly, Dave thinks that if you want more than what is available from the free services, you should by the server software, and run it on your own machines.

Since it is possible to access the XML of the data on these severs, it should also be possible to build a backup robot.

I feel Dave is provinding a gret service, and seems very dedicated to his users. I am sure he is not just going to abandon users on a whim.

You really think so?!