Hi Vox friends! Just stopping by this holiday season to wish you all a Merry Christmas! Guess what! I graduated yesterday! And I got tiramisu and diamonds. And it snowed (weak, melted from the sun today).
Just wanted to say hello and send some smiles your way... take care <3
Finally got my camera back from my dad, whom I let him borrow my camera to for his Asia trip. Ever since then 99.9% of my pictures have been of food! So are you ready to get hungry? Food overload ahead!
Went to my favorite sushi joint. Surprisingly not crowded that night. Only the second time ever did we not have to wait for our favorite sushi chef. He made us all kinds of goodies!
My sister and I treated my dad to Capital Seafood for his birthday. We ordered a fixed dinner set plus Peking duck. The waiter was sort of shocked with all the food we ordered but we assured him we wanted it all. Yum! Such good food!
I can always count on my sister to go on food adventures with me. Yum was craving so good BBQ and what better place than all you can eat.
First, we're happy to announce that the team has identified and fixed the issue with the YouTube conduit; you can now find and add videos from YouTube to your library and posts. As always, thanks for your patience!
The other news we have today is about a new addition to the Six Apart family: TypePad Micro, a new free level of TypePad that is streamlined for microblogging. We see a new form of blogging emerging that lives between the quick status updates of Twitter and Facebook and the long-form posts of "classic" blogging; TypePad Micro is designed to meet that need. You can read more about TypePad Micro in Chris Alden's post on the Everything TypePad blog.
A lot of the new capabilities we've added to TypePad this year were actually inspired by some of the best things about Vox: favoriting, member profiles, a dashboard to follow other bloggers, and easy ways to post content from other social media sites. But the things that make Vox different from TypePad are still there: Vox has always been -- and still is -- the best place for "friends and family" blogging, where you're in control over who sees what. TypePad, on the other hand, is built for the blogger who wants, no, craves, attention.
Do you have a passion or interest you want to share with people beyond your Vox neighborhood? If so, we'd love it if you tried out TypePad Micro. Maybe you've always wanted to start that obsessive blog that's just about waffle restaurants. Or want a place to share videos of your favorite band (Jonas Brothers, anyone? Anyone? ...). TypePad Micro's great for those topic-specific blogs. Take it for a spin and let us know what you think.
On the Vox front, our designers are working on some cool new themes (coming soon!). We'd also love to hear your thoughts about where we should take Vox in the coming year. What are the key things you'd like to see for Vox? If you've had a chance to use TypePad this year, what are the features there that we should bring over to Vox? And, if you're thinking big thoughts, how could we connect the Vox and TypePad communities in order to bring together bloggers and their shared passions? Your feedback is really important to us, so please leave a comment here, or shoot me a message.
And again, thanks for your patience as we found and fixed the YouTube bug!
~ daisy
As many of you have noticed, the YouTube Conduit is not working. I am so sorry about this; I know how frustrating it is.
The team is looking into how to get this fixed and I will update you as soon as I hear something. In the meantime, not all is lost... There is a work-around for posting videos.
When you're in the Compose Screen, just click on "embed." Ignore the fact that it says "Widget" before everything because you can definitely use this to embed videos as well. You'll just need to input the embed code from the video, enter a title (if you want) and hit OK.
It might not show up perfectly in your compose screen, but when you hit "Save," your video should appear just the way you wanted it to.
Hopefully this will allow you to keep posting videos while we figure out what's happening on our end.
As always, thanks for your patience.
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
Mmmm yum a long awaited food post! I got hungry just thinking about all the good food I been eating this past month. I really need to go to the gym more often, I am trying to wake up early and go before work. Wishful thinking right? Ha I hope I can do it!
Tried this kind of posh but still pretty casual place in Fashion Island, Cafe R&D. Just kept it simple and didn't really eat a meal. Got the Mediterranean seared tuna salad. It's sushi-grade tuna, avocado, cucumber and goat cheese.
Went to 50/50 Slater Burgers. It's where you can build your own burger. I got whole wheat squaw bread, 50/50 burger (half beef half bacon), lettuce, onions, grilled pineapple, fried egg, gruyere cheese and teriyaki sauce. Needless to say I only ate half of it and packed up the rest.
The other week right before Monica left for China I got to finally meet her! We had a mutual friend and ate at Coconut Bay. Yummy Thai food!
One weekend spent time with the family and we ate at The Hat at Victoria Gardens. We're so fatty. Everyone in my family got the pastrami dip while I got the pastrami burger. Then onion rings and friends with gravy. Dipping your fried food in warm delicious gravy is the best thing ever!
Last week it was my friend's birthday and went to CA Beach Sushi. This is only the second time I went here and sat in a table. There was 11 of us, maybe more so there was no way we were fitting at the sushi bar. I am not much for rolls and being here was such a tease! Going to go get sushi again and sit at the bar. Nothing ever compares!
And last but not least ended up in Cerritos last weekend and ate at Sweetee Thai Cafe. Always heard of it and thought hey why not try it. First time trying Tom Yum Noodles too, they were a nice change to my routine Thai cuisine order.
