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Where’s My IMAP?

Great news. Gmail has introduced support for IMAP, and according to the “what’s new” page:

Don’t fret if you don’t see “IMAP Access” yet under the Settings menu. We’re rolling it out to everyone over the next few days. #

So while it seems like everyone else seems to already have it, I’m still stuck in the dark ages here. I’ve waited for more than a few days, yet still no IMAP. C’mon Google, you’re killing …

Google Down

What happened?!? At about 10:30 PM PST.

R.I.P. OiNK

OiNK, the known yet unknown tracker that everyone wanted an invite to, has been shut down and the site replaced with a gray message from the authorities. Apparently the servers, which were in Amsterdam, were seized and the owner, a 24-year-old man from England, was arrested.

What I don’t get are both the charges being brought against him and the purpose of this. As far as I know, though …

Stephen Colbert’s 404

From last night’s Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert’s introduction line:

Error 404, introduction to show not found! This is… the Colbert Report.

Not as many laughs from the audience as his intro lines usually get, but I got this one…

Automattic Acquires Gravatar

Yess. Yess. Yess. Automattic (a la Matt Mullenweg) has acquired Gravatar, a “global avatar service,” which has been what can only be described as a crapshoot — sometimes Gravatars went down, or at best, were really slow, and for a while there the whole Gravatar site even disappeared.

Good things are already happening. From the post:

  • We’re going to make all of the Premium features free, and refund anyone who bought them in the last …

Wikia, Where It’s At

It’s amazing what you can find on the Internet — and I just stumbled upon a goldmine of information that is hosted by Wikia, a hosted wiki service started by Jimmy Wales, most famous for, of course, Wikipedia, the wiki of all wikis. Just some gems I found.

  • Wookiepedia — everything (and more) you wanted to know about Star Wars. Everything.
  • The Matrix Wiki — I don’t know anyone who didn’t like The Matrix trilogy, …