Comments on: Technical Housekeeping…

By: Marketman

Marketman — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 02:48:22 +0000

deebee, yes I am having major problems. The site was down for over 4 hours last night and early morning. My host/servers are out of whack. I am nearly exaperated and am looking at alternative hosts…it is such a bummer! Sorry for the inconvenience…hopefully I will be back up in full form in a few days…

By: dee bee

dee bee — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 02:19:48 +0000

Hi Marketman,
Are you still having problems with your contact/email facility? I tried sending an email to you last night and this morning but got an error. It said something about not having filled in required fields even though I did. Hope things get sorted out.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 06:29:12 +0000

eD et al, yes, I am having contact/email difficulties during the last few days as I have upgraded to the newer version of WordPress…things are still being worked on, thanks for the heads up.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 22:04:51 +0000

ragamuffin girl, thanks for that comment. While I worked for several companies with offices in Hong Kong, I never lived there per se. I did live at the Island Shagrila for roughly 4 months once while on a project though! I have to admit I am generally clueless about Chinese ingredients and it is something I would eventually like to learn more about. Szechuan peppercorns is about the extent of my knowledge… Jean, Sylvia and noemi et al, thanks for visiting marketmanila so regularly!

By: eD

eD — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 19:26:06 +0000

MM, ‘am curious … do people’s email get sent to your ISP’s email account? If so, then you may want to avail of a web-based email account (e.g., yahoo or gmail) in its place. This way, you would rarely run the risk of losing emails sent to you … plus yahoo’s or google’s email servers are definitely more robust and more reliable, in my opinion. Oh, ‘am bringing this up in light of the budbud kabog hoopla earlier and the reference to the supposedly gotten lost correspondence between you and MVH.

Of course, it may all depend on your workflow (vis-a-vis managing your web site and people’s comments). You probably prefer to do everything in one place.

Anyway, I just thought I’d recommend it.

Oh yeah, I look forward in reading how you make out with your “budbud kabog” experiments. I’m sure you’d get it right eventually :)

By: noemi

noemi — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:09:23 +0000

I agree with Jean.

By: kaye

kaye — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 08:10:40 +0000

oh that’s there reason why i can’t seem to access your site early this morning.. hehehe! it’s your blog and lori’s that i visit everyday.. can’t seem to have a complete day wthout reading it and if i find there aren’t new posts i feel bad.. hahaha!! your site and lori’s are like my coffee fix in the wee mornings when i usually log in.. hehehe! more recipes!

By: Sylvia

Sylvia — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 04:14:34 +0000

Yeah, I get withdrawal symptoms when I can’t access Marketman’s site! :)

By: Jean

Jean — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 02:56:15 +0000

I’ve never really had any problems with your site. First thing in my mornings is your site that I view. If you plan to change any formats please let me know. I don’t want to be left out.

By: ragamuffin girl

ragamuffin girl — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 01:28:21 +0000

Your rants and raves are always well-written and concise. The rants do not sound like they come from an angry, unreasonable cave-man (which rants often can be). I find your writing style diplomatic yet direct. Yours is one food blog I have to read everyday, along with Lori’s dessertcomesfirst. Going around HK’s markets and groceries (where I am based), always reminds me of you and your insatiable curiosiy about edible goods, their prices and their uses. Were you ever based here before? The quantity of Chinese ingredients from herbs to berries to dried seafood is overwhelming. I’m a half-Chinese foodie and home cook myself but sadly I can’t name half of them. Time to educate myself, I guess. The quantity of other goods from Asia to South Africa would make any self-respecting foodie/chef/marketer weep with joy. I love the food scene in HK but I also miss PInoy food, kakanins, streetfood and party fare. Your site is a delicious link to home. Thank you for being such a prolific, honest blogger.