Asking why AOL screws up nearly everything they touch is like asking why the sun shines on a clear day, but I’m a sucker for tradition, and for two years running I’ve done so, so why not a third? It’s reasonable to expect this is the last Top 5 I’ll ever do on AOL since […]
Updated 2-26-09 with a separate review of AOL 9.5 and again on 2-28-09. AOL has a new desktop client in Beta called AOL Classic. What’s exciting about it is…tabbed browsing! Do I hear you ask, “What else?” That’s it. What else do you need? Don’t tell me you “need” stuff like browser skins and add-ons…hey, […]
Republished 12-30-08. Last updated 12-03-09. If you are getting error messages when you try to remove AOL from Vista, please see this post, or see this post for error messages on Windows 7. If AOL won’t shut down before you remove it, or if keeps running after you remove it, see this FAQ. Note: This […]
This is interesting: Joe Manna happened to catch a comment on the PeopleConnection blog from the Ficlets creator, Kevin Lawver, a long-time AOLer who left the company in May. Kevin wrote about Ficlets: I knew this was coming, I just didn’t know the day. I tried, with the help of some great people, to get […]
Just got a comment on my blog from “Frank” saying: I just found out – not sure if this is true – that AOL has sold off (is selling off) all its international operations. This has already happened to the Uk and Australia. If you use webmail or have set up a free webmail post […]
4-2-09: Many more AOL message boards closed on March 31st and April 1st, 2009- read about it here. This is what I get for not checking my backlinks more often: a post that is one month and six days old. Unbeknownst to me, this blog was mentioned on an AOL message board on Nov. 1st […]
Updated 12-7-08 with more information for Ficlets users and 1-13-09 with new information on importing Circavie timelines to Dipity. OK, I’ll admit it: I feel bad for my readers. Some of them are already feeling down over the loss of their small but beloved community and their old photo, video and storage sites. Breaking more […]
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