Pair.com System Notices for Just One Server
I mentioned Pair.com's system upgrades the other day, which have now been accomplished and went off -- from what I can tell -- without a hitch for all the sites I host. Bully for them, and for me!
Before the upgrade happened, I emailed Pair.com support and got a prompt reply that yes, indeed, there is a way to get notifications of system status beyond their web page of notifications -- there's an RSS Feed.
I subscribed to the feed but found that it contains more information than I really need. I'm hosted on only one machine, so I only need information on that.
So this morning, in just a few minutes, I set up a Yahoo! Pipe to allow me to filter this feed to just my own server. I think it's pretty wonderful, and it was easy to set up the pipe, which in its edit mode looks like this:
If you are a Pair.com user, visit Pair.com System Notices Filter, enter your server name, and Y!Pipes will provide you with a feed you can subscribe to using your feedreader of choice. There's also an option to get notified of changes to this feed via email or mobile phone. I subscribed to the feed, and also signed up for notifications to my mobile phone.
September 20th, 2007 at 5:25 pm
you are a geek. a very, very cute geek.
September 21st, 2007 at 10:46 am
trick
September 21st, 2007 at 6:18 pm
apropos of nothing... hearing Xtina always reminds me of you... and I just heard her singing "Mother" on "Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign To Save Darfur" and it made me WEEP. I have never experienced that with her before. Of course it took a John Lennon-penned song to do that, but hey, i thought i'd confess. It's amazing how the music he wrote during Nixon's presidency fit so perfectly with these troubled times. Everyone buy a copy! :D You too can weep!
September 21st, 2007 at 7:51 pm
@erin
Downloaded the song via skreemr and while I didn't weep, it is awesome.
Though these days the music that's compelling me is usually Stew, Tree Wave, New Order, and Kanye West.
Hope you're well E!
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