Go forth and fill your libraries with media.
Seriously, thanks to everyone for being so amazing and patient. You are the reason I love Vox.
I was just told that the Amazon Conduit will be fixed by tomorrow. I will post here as soon as I get word that it's back up and running.
I know this has been frustrating and I am sorry there wasn't more I could do to make it less so. I really appreciate your patience though.
Cheers,
Bad news. As many of you have probably noticed, the Amazon Conduit was not fixed in the last week's release. Unfortunately, there was an undetected bug that is preventing the conduit from working.
We are working on this bug fix and hope to have the Conduit back up and running this week.
I will keep you posted.
Thank you for being so patient.
Blog Action Day is every October 15th, when blogger are asked to post something about a single issue to show our strength and conviction as an online community. It's a great way to feel connected to the greater good, and the participation of so many bloggers to support the world's leading non-profit organizations is something you can do to help, right now. By blogging today, you're supporting some of the world's leading non-profits and sharing your voice for change.
This year's topic is climate change, and we'd love to read your thoughts on the topic. If you participate, leave us a link to your post in the comments, so we know to check out your post!
Go to www.blogactionday.org to learn more, get a badge for your blog showing your participation, and see some ideas for your post on climate change.
Can't wait to read your posts!
~ daisy
The Amazon Conduit will be working again on October 15, 2009. Thank you to everyone for your patience.
Have a great weekend,
daisy, Team Vox
In my last Team Vox post, I let you know that we're aware that the Amazon conduit is broken and that we're working to fix it. Many of you want to know when it's going to be fixed and I'm so sorry I haven't gotten back to you about that sooner.
Unfortunately, I don't have an exact date to give you, but rest assured, the Amazon conduit will be fixed in the coming weeks.
In the meantime, I'm about to finish my latest book and I could use a few suggestions as to what to read next, so... if you don't mind, let me know in the comments what's on your nightstand and/or what book you think I absolutely must read next.
Thanks! :)
Some of you may have noticed that right now you cannot add books from Amazon to your Vox library. Giving people a glimpse into what's on your night stand is important to many of you, so I just wanted to reassure you that we are doing our best to get this bug fixed. I'll keep you posted.
So sorry for the inconvenience.
Hope you have a great weekend!
daisy
CAN I STILL THINK OF YOU AS A FRIEND IF YOU VOTED FOR OBAMA?
You wouldn't know this from the 6
O'clock news, but angry citizens including droves of Democratic
voters are turning out at Townhall meetings all over the United
States and demanding a stop to the ObamaCare government-run health
insurance initiative.
Obama's deputy chief of staff Jim
Messina in reaction to the country rejecting government run health
care:“If you get hit, we will punch back twice as hard,” They
are citizens from all walks of life – seniors to college students.
What happen to all those bumper
stickers motto's we saw on your Prius's “Dissent is the highest
form of patriotism.”
The ObamaCare bill is over a
thousand pages long - Congress hasn't even bothered to read it
before trying to ramrod it through.
Democrats on the Franking Commission banned Republicans from using the words “government run health care” in the communications to their constituents.
Nancy Pelosi said Nazi Swastikas are showing up at townhall meetings -this is an outright lie to minimize genuinely concerned citizens as a bunch of kooks.
Representative Brian Baird compared general citizens that protest Obama Care at townhall meetings across the USA to Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh. He also likened townhall attendees to the Nazi Brown Shirts. For those of you doomed to recreated and repeat history, the Brown Shirts were assassins Hitler used to systematically eliminated anyone who opposed his thirst for power. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the only ones blocking the entrance lust for power that Obama and the Democrats have to control private citizen's lives by way of their cars, their banks and now the private matter of their health care and end of life decisions.
Meanwhile, Obama asked citizens to
turn in your parent, friends, family and neighbors if they originate
or forward emails of descent against ObamaCare. The email is
flag@whitehouse.gov if you want to turn me in. (for those of you
that have studied psychology, this is called “projecting” - the subconscious placement of fault on an innocent party from your own
fault. Ratting out your peers has been a part of every socialist,
communist and fascist party's rise to power. So much for freedom of speech you liberals were complaining was being violated so much during the Bush years. Imagine if President Bush had said all these kinds of things. Wouldn't the nation be burning to the ground by now?
If this doesn't scar the living crap out of you, then maybe this will:
As the Stimulus plan is continuing
to fail with continued job loss at the price tag of over 4 trillion and the taxing of about $40,000 on
your yet unborn grandchild, Obama and Congress says it will add trillions more
in taxes EVEN to the middle class payer. That Cash For Clunkers car program is working great... only cost another 2 billion from the first billion they projected. You don't think they'll be saying the same thing with ObamaCare?
Canadians under government run socialized medicine flock to the U.S. for care because the long waiting periods of treatment and for the rationing of health care. Many patients just end up dead as "acceptable losses" as a bureaucrats in their government determined other patients would benefit more long term with the limited resources they have. Government run health care (aka socialized medicine) discourages doctors from even practicing nor pharmaceutical companies from developing new medicines.
Can you name ANYTHING the government runs well INCLUDING Medicaid or the Veteran's Hospital? Why do you want to hand over you life and personal medical records to them then?
Through several years of my life
working in the movie industry, I made only about $12,000 a year, yet
I maintained a GREAT PPO that I bought privately. I've gone through 5
plans and am now 46 and still pay about $250/month for 2 adults. I
have never asked nor expected an employer to pay for this kind of
thing. What's all the hysteria about health care then?
FACTS:
No one is without health “care.”
Anyone can walk into an emergency room and get treated as I've seen
many illegals do here in California.
28.1% of people ages 18-24 just don't buy insurance because frankly they feel invincible at that age.
Nearly 40% of the uninsured population reside in households that earn $50,000 or more.
30% are illegal aliens.
14 million are already eligible for government paid health care and have not taken it.
Did you do the math? The majority of
18% you keep hearing about are those that CHOOSE NOT TOO buy health INSURANCE. (Next time you see your neighbor with the boat in the
driveway, the two cars and 4 bedroom house, and the daily $4.50 caramel latte in their hands, ask them why they are not
buying health insurance). Granted, there are those that cannot get
medical insurance because of pre-existing conditions. But does this
mean that we taxpayers should pay for the pre-existing conditions of
lack of food, clothing, gas, air conditioning, heat, or a lack of an
automobile by force of government ie. violence? Or do we continue to help out as all good Americans have always done through charity?
Do you think that other government types of history provided these things? Did they do it well? The answer is first yes and the second no. Communism always starts with socialism and you who continue to support this Democratic Party madness will be guilty of creating another mass killing machine of history.
It's clear to me that Voxers are some of the most environmentally conscious and creative people out there, which is why I wanted to tell you about Six Apart's “Green by Design” contest. All you have to do to enter is create a Green Badge with an earth-friendly design and/or message.
In April, I told you about a few Green Badges we created for your blogs, and said that when the badges reached 100,000 impressions across the blogosphere, Six Apart would donate $1000 to The Climate Project. Well, as of June 1st, we surpassed that goal by nearly two million impressions. Needless to say, a check is in the mail!
When we realized how many of you were adopting the Green Badges, we thought it would be cool if we came up with a contest that allowed you to put your creativity to good use and make your own Green Badges.
Like the previous badges, the winning badge will link to the One Million Acts of Green brought to you by Cisco website. One Million Acts of Green is a collaborative environmental campaign encouraging everyone to go green. One act at a time. The goal? One million acts of green because, as we all know, we’re more powerful together than we can ever be apart.
Each weekly winner will also receive a one-year subscription to MailStopper, a junk mail stopper service provided by Tonic. Plus, we will donate $150 to a charity in the winner’s name. (For a list of charitable organizations the winner can choose to donate to, please see the contest rules.)
Two runner-ups each week will receive an honorable mention, as well as a one-year subscription to MailStopper.
Plus, when the badges receive a million impressions (and we know they will!), Six Apart will donate another $1000 to The Climate Project.
Here’s what you need to know in order to submit your design:
- The Submission must include a positive environmental message.
- The Submission must be in the JPEG file format.
- The Submission must be 160 x 90 pixels in size at a resolution of 72 dpi.
- The maximum file size of the Submission is 500 kilobytes.
- The Submission must be accompanied by an email address.
- The Submission and each element thereof must be the original work of Participant.
Please email your entry to badgecontest@sixapart.com and don't forget to include your Vox user name and your email address.
There's still time to get your entry in for this week's judging! We're accepting entries until end of day on Friday. If you aren't able to submit by this Friday, don't worry: There's another week left in the contest. The deadline for submissions is June 25, 2009 at 11:59:59 p.m. Pacific Time. Winners will be announced on Everything TypePad; however, if a Voxer wins, we'll also announce it here, of course.
View all contest rules here.
GOOD LUCK!
Looking for a way to show the world how much you love our planet? A Green Theme from One Million Acts of Green brought to you by Cisco is the perfect way to let your readers know just how eco-friendly you are.
One Million Acts of Green is a collaborative environmental campaign encouraging everyone to go green one act at a time. The goal? One million acts of green. Because, as we all know, we’re more powerful together than we can ever be apart. Want to get involved? After you add a new Green Theme to your blog, visit the One Million Acts of Green website and record your Acts of Green. Whether you turn the lights off when they're not in use, carpool to school/work, or just get your friends to start recording their Acts of Green, every single act makes a difference.
What are you waiting for? Visit the Design Area to green your Vox blog today!
