Small Stuff Again... Literally, In One Case

Class… and that’s all that need be said about this:

Don’t expect anything similar from the Obama camp, however. You’ll be disappointed.

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I filed a trouble ticket with Site Meter last evening… because of this:

And to say SM’s response was quick is an understatement. Observe this auto-generated response to my trouble ticket, which appeared in my in-box mere seconds after I submitted the trouble ticket:

from Technical Issue smsupport@sitemeter.com

reply-to smsupport@sitemeter.com

to buckpennington01@gmail.com

date Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 12:31 AM

subject [#ILW-766843]: s17pennington

Norman Pennington,

Your request has been received and a member of our support staff will review it and reply as soon as possible. Listed below are details of this request. Please make sure the Ticket ID remains in the subject at all times.



Ticket ID: ILW-766843

Codename: s17pennington

Category: Technical Issue

Priority: Normal

Status: Open





Please let us know if we can assist you any further,



Site Meter Support

Followed, in short order, by this:

From smsupport smsupport@sitemeter.com

reply-to smsupport@sitemeter.com

to buckpennington01@gmail.com

date Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 12:37 AM

subject [#ILW-766843]: s17pennington

Hello Norman,

Thank you for writing. We’re currently experiencing technical difficulty at this time and aware of the problem. We are working diligently to get this issue resolved as soon as possible. In the meantime, you can view your statistics by going to wwwdev.sitemeter.com. We anticipate a fix within several hours. Please know that none of your statistics have been lost. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. If you have any other questions, please let us know.



Thanks,



Andy

SiteMeter Support





Ticket Details

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Ticket ID: ILW-766843

Category: Technical Issue

Priority: Normal

Status: Closed

Now this, Gentle Reader, is customer service. Elapsed time? Six minutes. And the response? Excellent, complete with an explanation, accompanied by a work-around. I really like these guys.

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Peter Parks, Sea water with mixed zooplankton and needle eye (20X) Fifth Place, 2007

About the image you see directly above… I was perusing the archives for a bit last evening and came across a post I put up last July that directed you to the “Nikon International Small World Competition,” which is an annual micro-photography contest sponsored (strangely enough) by Nikon. And I got to wondering if they’d updated their site this year. The answer is “yes.” And, as usual, there are some amazing images on display in the galleries, which go all the way back to 1977. This site could be a serious time waster if you’re into photography, only your time wouldn’t really be wasted at all. You could consider the time spent here as inspiration. Or education. Or simply an excuse to revel in the beauty of a world most of us never see. Good stuff, this.

And… just for grins ‘n’ giggles, below is a screen-shot of the 1977 winners. That’s over 30 years ago, and the state of the art is pretty danged impressive… in my eyes, at least. I’m thinking you’ll agree.