On Jul 28, 2008, at 1:30 AM, Jan McLaughlin wrote: > Are you able to access your blogger blog via email message --> post?
Haven't tried that. Something strange. I have access to Blogger app to make posts, etc. I even setup a new blog from here in China: http://08solareclipse.blogspot.com [ it's accessible from here in China. But, why is http:// eclipsechaser.blogspot.com NOT accessible?? Comet-track.com, Jumplive.com are also not accessible. Interesting thing, the last 3 URLs that are NOT accessible are the URLs I have been sending to my Chinese contact..who told me on the day I left that the govt will NOT be allowing foreigners in xxxx (near Mongolian border) because of Mongolian-Chinese politics & Olympics security. Could our emails have been monitored, & that's why they're banned?? International intrigue..?? ] I even setup a Feedburner feed, submitted it to iTunes, got confirmation from Apple, should be approved tomorrow. I have now arrived in Hami, am sitting in my Hotel room, & 2 people in local travel agency are working on getting me a driver/car hire to take me around to check on observation site. I have a German friend (who has permission from xxx Observatory), & we are in touch. It should be straighforward to join his group. Except, his group is nestled among a TON of people (all over the world). I prefer an isolated setting (just me & my driver camping out the night before), so I can get nice background for photos. Like I did in Egypt '06: http://www.caltechscience.com/eclipse/secl06/secl06.html > > Is your cell phone working there? I brought Samsung ACE (Sprint), which has quad band capability with SIM card. Voice is fine. Data doesn't work (!!)...ARGH! (really wanted to do mobile blogging). I assume because the phone is CDMA data (??), & China uses GPRS data. I stupidly left my Treo 650 (GSM, unlocked Cingular/ATT) at home, it probably would have worked. > > Wonder if you could go from computer --> cellphone --> shozu.com -- > > blog? I plugged my Sprint SIM card back, downloaded Shozu, got it running. Tried an upload..always got "transmission failed". So, I'm relegated to same-day updates from Internet at hotel. Which is OK. It lessens burden while travelling. Thanks for the cognizant technical comments. I DO have Text messaging with my German friend, so communication technology IS working to our advantage > > Jan > > On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 6:21 PM, byen00 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I've been in China since 7/24, & have been blogging over: >> >> http://www.calechscience.com/08solareclipse/index.html >> >> I found that my websites Jumplive.com, Comet-track.com don't work in >> China. I just tried to get to Blip.tv, & I get the same error >> message >> "timed out". I assume Blip.tv is up, & it is being blocked. >> >> My Blogger blogs htp://eclipsechaser.blogspot.com don't work either, >> it is getting blocked. >> >> I really want to use Blip.tv to host my iPod/iTunes video, for an >> iTunes video-podcast. What are my options? >> >> 1) use my own server >> but I don't get the cool features of Blip.tv >> >> 2) any others? >> >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Jan McLaughlin > Production Sound Mixer > air = 862-571-5334 > aim = janofsound > skype = janmclaughlin > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
