Durban 2010 Clipper’s Neighborhood

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.

~daisy

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,

daisy

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.

~daisy

Blog Action Day

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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

Wasn't planning on blogging on this trip but Twitters 140 character limit isn't really sufficient to cover all that I've gone through this morning and I'm not even on the plane yet!

It started with the taxi arriving & my pet hate, taxi drivers who just honk their horn rather than parking the car, getting off their arse & knocking on the door. If he'd done the latter perhaps there may have been a small chance he may have offered to help with one of my bags rather than just standing by the boot watching me struggle.

The journey was peaceful & uneventful (thank goodness) but there was morefun still to come when I got to the airport. I'd booked my ticket with Expedia and I thought I was flying with BMI - well it was a BMI flight number, so not an unnatural assumption I think you'd agree. Tried the self check in, but it failed to find my booking so I went to the desk. The check agent said we din't fly to Malta, it must be s code share ... And then asked me who with. Erm love surely the fact I'm stood here tells you I thought I was flying with BMI. She eventually guesses it must be Air Malta & they fly from terminal 1 (I'm in terminal 3!). So I head off in the direction I think T1 is in but stop to ask just to make sure. The guy on security had asked which airline before directing me but realized after I'd left I'd been given duff info by BMI lady and actually took the trouble to come after me to tell me that I should actually be going to T2 & where I could get the bus from which I thought was nice if him.

I eventually get to T2 & the Air Malta checkin & see that they have a hand baggage limit of 5kg!!! Damn BMI didn't have that & I'd stashed the heavy stuff in my carry on! Cue mad re-arrangement of items between bags & being left with no choice but to put my video camera & chargers in my hold luggage. At the check they tell me the flight is overbooked!! Fortunately I'm early enough that I'm just being the choice to off load if I want - I don't! I breath a sigh of relief as my hold luggage is well under the 20kg limit & cross my fingers for the carry on. Except he doesn't weigh it. I paniced fir nothing!!

Oh well I've made it through to departures & am now enjoying a Starbucks - the only saving grace of T 2 ;)

Next weekend I'm headed to Malta to take part in the Rolex Middle Sea Race. It's the first off shore racing I've done since the end of the Clipper RTW race and I can't wait.

The race starts from the Grand Harbour, Malta and heads up through the Straights of Messina, then around Sicily and back to Malta. It's just over 600 miles, so should take us about 5 or 6 days (weather dependent of course!).

Rolex Middle Sea Course Map

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

In my last Team Vox post, I let you know that we're aware that the Amazon conduit is broken and that we're working to fix it. Many of you want to know when it's going to be fixed and I'm so sorry I haven't gotten back to you about that sooner.

Unfortunately, I don't have an exact date to give you, but rest assured, the Amazon conduit will be fixed in the coming weeks.

In the meantime, I'm about to finish my latest book and I could use a few suggestions as to what to read next, so... if you don't mind, let me know in the comments what's on your nightstand and/or what book you think I absolutely must read next.

Thanks! :)

daisy

Some of you may have noticed that right now you cannot add books from Amazon to your Vox library. Giving people a glimpse into what's on your night stand is important to many of you, so I just wanted to reassure you that we are doing our best to get this bug fixed. I'll keep you posted.

So sorry for the inconvenience.

Hope you have a great weekend!
daisy

It's clear to me that Voxers are some of the most environmentally conscious and creative people out there, which is why I wanted to tell you about Six Apart's “Green by Design” contest. All you have to do to enter is create a Green Badge with an earth-friendly design and/or message.

Green by Design Contest

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In April, I told you about a few Green Badges we created for your blogs, and said that when the badges reached 100,000 impressions across the blogosphere, Six Apart would donate $1000 to The Climate Project. Well, as of June 1st, we surpassed that goal by nearly two million impressions. Needless to say, a check is in the mail!

When we realized how many of you were adopting the Green Badges, we thought it would be cool if we came up with a contest that allowed you to put your creativity to good use and make your own Green Badges.

Like the previous badges, the winning badge will link to the One Million Acts of Green brought to you by Cisco website. One Million Acts of Green is a collaborative environmental campaign encouraging everyone to go green. One act at a time. The goal? One million acts of green because, as we all know, we’re more powerful together than we can ever be apart.

Each weekly winner will also receive a one-year subscription to MailStopper, a junk mail stopper service provided by Tonic. Plus, we will donate $150 to a charity in the winner’s name. (For a list of charitable organizations the winner can choose to donate to, please see the contest rules.)

Two runner-ups each week will receive an honorable mention, as well as a one-year subscription to MailStopper.

Plus, when the badges receive a million impressions (and we know they will!), Six Apart will donate another $1000 to The Climate Project.

Here’s what you need to know in order to submit your design:

• The Submission must include a positive environmental message.
• The Submission must be in the JPEG file format.
• The Submission must be 160 x 90 pixels in size at a resolution of 72 dpi.
• The maximum file size of the Submission is 500 kilobytes.
• The Submission must be accompanied by an email address.
  
• The Submission and each element thereof must be the original work of Participant.

Please email your entry to badgecontest@sixapart.com and don't forget to include your Vox user name and your email address.

There's still time to get your entry in for this week's judging! We're accepting entries until end of day on Friday. If you aren't able to submit by this Friday, don't worry: There's another week left in the contest. The deadline for submissions is June 25, 2009 at 11:59:59 p.m. Pacific Time. Winners will be announced on Everything TypePad; however, if a Voxer wins, we'll also announce it here, of course.

View all contest rules here.

GOOD LUCK!

~daisy