Comments Are Actually Working (Blog Notes), and, The Eyes Have It

 

From here, it looks like everything about the blog is working again, but I'm aware that many readers are having problems with comments (based on many emails). Multiple people have emailed me to say they tried to post a comment but weren't able to. In all of these cases so far, though, their comment(s) actually did come through, sometimes in duplicate or triplicate. But apparently it appeared to them as if the system wasn't working.

It seems like Typepad is slowly and steadily solving all the issues, and I have no doubt they'll sort this out too before long. But until then, try just leaving a comment without worrying whether it looked like it went through or not. Then check the published comments to see if it appears. Seems to me like it will, based on the contact I've had so far with people experiencing this issue.

Again, sorry you're having trouble, if you are.

I really did work for 12 hours yesterday. Plus, I had a doctor's appointment today and it took twice as long as usual, not including the usual hour and a half in the car, and my eyes are still dilated. So I'm pretty fried. So I'm going to give up on work tonight and take it easy for a while and then get to bed early, despite having a lot left to do.

On the good side, my vision tested at 20/20 in both eyes with no glasses, which is good news. Funny, I'm very aware of all sorts of problems with my vision—astigmatism in one eye, loss of dark contrast in one, slightly dimmer sight in the other eye and, despite high resolution, a slight "soft filter" veil. But for all that, I am seeing better than expected. (That must be why I take such good pictures. If my eyesight was 20/15 I'd probably take even better ones.) It was good to see my miracle worker Dr. Hindmann, who did my partial cornea transplant in 2019. According to that post (at the link), my right eye was 20/40 then and required glasses, but was expected to improve. Now it's 20/20 and I don't require glasses for distance. I do wear glasses at the computer, and I look nice and dorky in them.

I'm going to try to post some pictures now, to see if they work. [UPDATE: I was not able to upload pictures.  :-(  Still a few bugs in the system.] I really will talk about the Fuji X-T5 tomorrow! It's pretty exciting actually—it certainly looks like they got a whole lot right. Fuji is fundamentally a very good company, with people of strong vision (I mean the other kind) at the helm.

Mike

Comments

[Joe]

FWIW, Fuji also got medium format and large format film cameras and lenses right as well - they have a long history of doing things rig(t.

[Kye Wood]

Bug hunting.

NASA has three tiered Bug Hunters.

The first tier gets a hundred dollars per bug found.

When the code passes through the first tier, it goes to the second tier Bug Hunters. They get $1,000 per bug found.

The third and final tier is where the absolute best of the best Bug Hunters work. They get $50K per bug. Nobody from tier three has ever gone hungry.

My point is - most companies don't have anyone beyond tier one. Which is why most software is "undergoing an ongoing improvement cycle where current issues are being addressed in accordance with their associated priority" (ie: we're drowning, not waving).

[schralp]

RSS feed still not working with my reader (Feedly). Sorry to throw that on your plate….

[Markus]

Mike, in case you didn't notice: Typepad's feed for your blog ( https://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/atom.xml as autodiscovered by google ) still doesn't get updated, the last entry there is 6 days old.

[John Krill]

I saw a commercial on YouTube where a group of Fujifilm employees are reading letters complaining about the XT4. The final one, read by a woman, was totally beeped out. Funny. It was a commercial for the XT5.

PS: Last month I purchased the Sigma 30mm f1.4 lens. On sale For $265. It is a very nice lens. I have been waiting for years for Nikon then Fujifilm to produce a 30mm lens but Fujifilm was a month late,

Now Fujifilm releases a 30mm f2.8 macro lens. Seems impressive. It should be for $599.

[Manuel Toledo-Quinones]

You may know this, but since your problems with the website, Feedly and Apple News stopped picking up your posts...

[Nick]

Hi Mike, not sure if I'm the only one, but in my Feedly RSS reader your new posts aren't picked up. Last post it is aware of is from Oct 28. Good luck with everything, best, Nick

[Frank]

The Norton issue is back after the website regeneration.