“If you are … still having problems, please call your cable provider for help.”
Good luck with that.
Among other things, it’s interesting to see how much the web has changed in the last 8 years.
If I’m not mistaken, cnn actually dropped to a “low bandwidth,” less cluttered version to handle all the traffic during the crisis. Archive.org records before 9/11 show a slightly heavier site.
UPDATE 05/2012: If this isn’t working for you anymore, you might want to try this new method.
UPDATE: Some visitors are reporting that this works for Hulu as well.
The relationship between Comedy Central and Canada’s Comedy Network is the worst example of what can happen when rights owners assert copyright on the internet, based on national borders. If you are not aware – like Hulu, TV.com and others – Comedy Central videos will not play in Canada, but it’s worse. ComedyCentral.com – the entire domain – is unavailable to Canadian IPs! When you try visit it, you are redirected to comedynetwork.ca.
I found a workaround to this buried in a comment thread on reddit. Firefox users only:
For Canadian viewers, if you are using firefox, install the following addon:
http://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/967 then:1) In Firefox, Go to tools->modify headers
2) From the drop down box on the left select add
3) Then enter: “X-Forwarded-For” in the first input box without the quotation marks
4) Enter: “12.13.14.15” in the second input box without the quotation marks
5) Leave the last input box empty, and save the filter, and enable it
http://imgur.com/Feb4.png
6) Click the ‘Configuration’ tab on the right then proceed to check the ‘always on’ button.Close the Modify Headers box and it should work.
Works like a charm!
As mentioned a few posts ago, Apple’s iTunes sales reporting tools are a joke.
In walks AppFigures.com. This site provides exactly the type of data I would expect Apple to provide. It automagically grabs your iTunes sales reports every day, then uses the data to generate Google analytics style charts and graphs. Before using this site I only had a vague idea of how many apps I’d sold.
If you’re an iPhone developer I highly recommend you drop everything and start using this app.
(Thanks to Josh for the comment recommendation)
I just recieved the following email from last.fm:
subject: Your free trial to Last.fm Radio is over. Did you enjoy it?
Hi 200iso,
Your free trial to Last.fm Radio is about to end. If you’re enjoying it, why not
subscribe for only $3.00/month and continue listening to non-stop personalised
radio.Best Regards,
The Last.fm Team
What a backhanded way to introduce a paid service. Apparently the last 5 YEARS I’ve been using last.fm have been nothing more than a free trial.
Very weird marketting choice.