Daily news about motorcycleshttp://news.motorbiker.org/blogs.nsf/en-usTue, 21 May 2013 18:00:00 +0200 Tue, 1 Jan 2013 12:00:00 +0200

Happy New Year 2013 to all of you, that your year may be full of pleasant surprises, fantastic motorcycle rides, happiness and cheer.

We're ready for another year, and over the last few days I've "redesigned" the site. Redesigned is a big word, it's more that I stripped all superfluous graphics and information to make it load faster, and to enable comments again.

The only problem I continue to have is with Microsoft Internet Explorer. They are such a pain in the proverbial ass that I've put a warning when you read an article on its own, with instructions on how to make the page readable under Micro$oft. Sorry, but I've given up on them.

Let me know if the "design" works for you. I'll leave the site as is until next Monday, ie, I'm still on holiday until then.

I hope you all had a great end of year party....

]]>http://news.motorbiker.org/blogs.nsf/dx/happy-new-year-2013---and-welcome-to-the-new-site.htmSystemMike Wernerhttp://news.motorbiker.org/blogs.nsf/dx/happy-new-year-2013---and-welcome-to-the-new-site.htm?opendocument&commentshttp://news.motorbiker.org/blogs.nsf/dx/happy-new-year-2013---and-welcome-to-the-new-site.htm http://news.motorbiker.org/blogs.nsf/dxcomments/happy-new-year-2013---and-welcome-to-the-new-site.htm http://news.motorbiker.org/blogs.nsf/dx/happy-new-year-2013---and-welcome-to-the-new-site.htm?opendocument&comments Sat, 3 Nov 2012 07:30:00 +0200

This site will be down for maintenance by our hosting company on November 4th between 2 AM USA CT Time (-5 GMT) until about 6 AM. Operation should resume shortly thereafter.... I hope.

]]>http://192.168.1.4/Testblogs.nsfdx/site-down-for-maintenance-4-november-2012.htmSystemMike Wernerhttp://192.168.1.4/Testblogs.nsfdx/site-down-for-maintenance-4-november-2012.htm?opendocument&commentshttp://192.168.1.4/Testblogs.nsfdx/site-down-for-maintenance-4-november-2012.htm http://192.168.1.4/Testblogs.nsfdxcomments/site-down-for-maintenance-4-november-2012.htm http://192.168.1.4/Testblogs.nsfdx/site-down-for-maintenance-4-november-2012.htm?opendocument&comments Thu, 16 Aug 2012 08:00:00 +0200

Since you can read this, it means only one thing... we're back! The hosting company, DNS and database changes went smoothly, very smoothly. We're upgraded, and ready for the next fight....

Not much as happened since we went of the air... just Valentino Rossi went back to Yamaha, Hell or Leather first dumped their paywall and then announced that they were acquired (Wes Siler is probably enjoying the bathing beauties on Malibu Beach by now). So you didn't miss much..

Many thanks to my new hosts, Promenic for a fantastic job in the migration. It went super smooth and most of the work was done by them. I currently on a shared server, but shortly I'll be moving to my own once it's configured, but the disruption should be minimum.

Now the only thing left to do is find out by the DISQUS commenting system is not playing well with Internet Explorer. All others work fine, but IE screws up the page. That might take some time... so if you want to comment, go for Twitter, Facebook or Google Plus.

Thanks for sticking with me and waiting patiently. Now, go and tell your friends, spouse and grandparents that we're back. I desperately need to ad revenue.

]]>http://news.motorbiker.org/blogs.nsf/dx/we-are-back-and-upgraded-for-the-next-fight.htmSystemMike Wernerhttp://news.motorbiker.org/blogs.nsf/dx/we-are-back-and-upgraded-for-the-next-fight.htm?opendocument&commentshttp://news.motorbiker.org/blogs.nsf/dx/we-are-back-and-upgraded-for-the-next-fight.htm http://news.motorbiker.org/blogs.nsf/dxcomments/we-are-back-and-upgraded-for-the-next-fight.htm http://news.motorbiker.org/blogs.nsf/dx/we-are-back-and-upgraded-for-the-next-fight.htm?opendocument&comments Tue, 7 Aug 2012 12:30:00 +0200

I've been having some disastrous weeks with the hosting company I was using for this site. Due to total lack of "service" by the company, with many hours of downtime, I finally pulled the plug and signed up with a more professional outfit.

Normally, you can migrate to another hosting company with one or two days of downtime, but in this case it's going to take a bit longer. This means that this site will not be operating until the move has been done, and all the DNS have been updated. There are a lot of databases to move, and they take up a lot of space.

It will be of no use to update this site with news and articles, since I just don't know if the old so-called hosting company will be up, so I'm not going to bother until I'm back on-line with the new company.

You can follow the progress and status on:

Twitter: MikeWerner
Facebook: Bikes in the Fast Lane Page
Google +: Mike Werner

]]>http://192.168.1.4/Testblogs.nsfdx/hosting-company-move---2-weeks-downtime-expected.htmSystemMike Wernerhttp://192.168.1.4/Testblogs.nsfdx/hosting-company-move---2-weeks-downtime-expected.htm?opendocument&commentshttp://192.168.1.4/Testblogs.nsfdx/hosting-company-move---2-weeks-downtime-expected.htm http://192.168.1.4/Testblogs.nsfdxcomments/hosting-company-move---2-weeks-downtime-expected.htm http://192.168.1.4/Testblogs.nsfdx/hosting-company-move---2-weeks-downtime-expected.htm?opendocument&comments Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:45:00 +0200

Sorry for the two days downtime. The company that hosts my sites went down for almost 2 days. I'm currently talking to other hosting companies to plan a move somewhere more professional and communicative.

Tomorrow I'm not in either, so no stories or articles either. When it rains, it pours....

It's a major headache, since the platform I use is great and productive, but there are not that many service providers, and those that are there, are expensive.

Hang in there, and come back soon...

]]>http://192.168.1.4/Testblogs.nsfdx/excuse-the-long-downtime.htmSystemMike Wernerhttp://192.168.1.4/Testblogs.nsfdx/excuse-the-long-downtime.htm?opendocument&commentshttp://192.168.1.4/Testblogs.nsfdx/excuse-the-long-downtime.htm http://192.168.1.4/Testblogs.nsfdxcomments/excuse-the-long-downtime.htm http://192.168.1.4/Testblogs.nsfdx/excuse-the-long-downtime.htm?opendocument&comments Thu, 14 Jun 2012 09:00:00 +0200

#disqus #D2012 - We've switched to the Disqus commenting system, one of the most popular on the web, since the 2nd of November of last year. The advantage of using Disqus, apart from great functionality, is that if you use Disqus on one site, you'll be able to use it on any other site without having the log in, etc.

Today, Disqus are launching their new and updated commenting system, Disqus 2012. It will make interacting with sites, publishers and readers so much more easy.

Click on the headline to continue reading this story.......

]]>http://192.168.1.4/Testblogs.nsfdx/some-more-info-on-our-new-comments-app---disqus-2012.htmSystemMike Wernerhttp://192.168.1.4/Testblogs.nsfdx/some-more-info-on-our-new-comments-app---disqus-2012.htm?opendocument&commentshttp://192.168.1.4/Testblogs.nsfdx/some-more-info-on-our-new-comments-app---disqus-2012.htm http://192.168.1.4/Testblogs.nsfdxcomments/some-more-info-on-our-new-comments-app---disqus-2012.htm http://192.168.1.4/Testblogs.nsfdx/some-more-info-on-our-new-comments-app---disqus-2012.htm?opendocument&comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:45:00 +0200

We have had to switch to yet another commenting system, since Google has withdrawn its Google Friend Connect system. All previous comments are lost (thanks Google for not enabling us to export old comments).

The new commenting system, DISQUS, is powerful, and you can use it anonymous, or using your Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo, OpenId log on.

However, thanks to the millions of spammers out there, all comments are moderated, so will not show up immediately. Sorry...

Let me know what you think about the new system... please..

]]>http://192.168.1.4/Testblogs.nsfdx/this-site-has-a-new-commenting-system.htmSystemMike Wernerhttp://192.168.1.4/Testblogs.nsfdx/this-site-has-a-new-commenting-system.htm?opendocument&commentshttp://192.168.1.4/Testblogs.nsfdx/this-site-has-a-new-commenting-system.htm http://192.168.1.4/Testblogs.nsfdxcomments/this-site-has-a-new-commenting-system.htm http://192.168.1.4/Testblogs.nsfdx/this-site-has-a-new-commenting-system.htm?opendocument&comments Wed, 5 Oct 2011 08:00:00 +0200

I've skedaddled off to Paris on a Nikon invite for Thursday, followed by an assignment on Friday.

Back Monday afternoon, but I've programmed some articles for your amusement, so enjoy.

]]>http://news.motorbiker.org/blogs.nsf/dx/out-of-here-for-the-rest-of-the-week--102011.htmSystemMike Wernerhttp://news.motorbiker.org/blogs.nsf/dx/out-of-here-for-the-rest-of-the-week--102011.htm?opendocument&commentshttp://news.motorbiker.org/blogs.nsf/dx/out-of-here-for-the-rest-of-the-week--102011.htm http://news.motorbiker.org/blogs.nsf/dxcomments/out-of-here-for-the-rest-of-the-week--102011.htm http://news.motorbiker.org/blogs.nsf/dx/out-of-here-for-the-rest-of-the-week--102011.htm?opendocument&comments Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:00:00 +0200

Although this site (Bikes in the Fast Lane) works just dandy on the Safari browser of an Apple iPad, the iPad has a free app that is perfect for this site.

Called FlipBoard, you can read this site in a very graphical interface using a special feed I have created for FlipBoard.

]]>http://192.168.1.4/Testblogs.nsfdx/reading-this-site-on-an-apple-ipad.htmSystemMike Wernerhttp://192.168.1.4/Testblogs.nsfdx/reading-this-site-on-an-apple-ipad.htm?opendocument&commentshttp://192.168.1.4/Testblogs.nsfdx/reading-this-site-on-an-apple-ipad.htm http://192.168.1.4/Testblogs.nsfdxcomments/reading-this-site-on-an-apple-ipad.htm http://192.168.1.4/Testblogs.nsfdx/reading-this-site-on-an-apple-ipad.htm?opendocument&comments Sat, 5 Feb 2011 07:45:00 +0200

Learned something yesterday. It would seem that computers, routers, modems and networks require electricity, which was of very short supply yesterday evening.

A big storm hit us just when I arrived home after a quick trip. I had just started finishing an article I had started on the train, when all the lights went out. Thankfully I have loads of UPSs, but they are of no use for the network. So I guess you had to survive without an article yesterday evening.

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