On 20 October 2001 more than 300 refugees, mostly fleeing Iraq, drowned trying to reach Australia and the slim hope of a better life for themselves and their families.
“…These lives were sacred. We won’t forget them.”
About the SIEVX (Suspected Illegal Entry Vessel X ) Memorial Project
View photos of the Memorial.
There’s something about group co-ordination and music that is deeply stirring. But I think what makes this really special is the variety of ages, sizes, colours… “all walks of life” make this a dance of life. Great stuff.
(If the video doesn’t appear, click here to view on YouTube.)
I now have to give a big thumbs up to Gravatar for following up on this even when I decided that creating a new account name meant that the problem was half-fixed and I couldn’t be bothered any further. The different name meant I could get the avatar on my blog page, but not on the main SquidTop page or on any comments.
So, in my grumpy mood, I didn’t even bother to email them back to tell them it had half worked. Instead they read my blog and worked out from that what had happened. And then they managed to switch the name of my new account back to “daoine”.
All sorted. Thank you Gravatar! That’s great customer service 
I gave up.
Gravatar didn’t read the email I sent them, but they did respond. They told me to do exactly what I’d told them I’d already done.
So I told them that. They emailed back (actually this time within a few minutes) and said try logging into WordPress.com.
So I tried to log into WordPress. No go. First, logging in, I get “No such user.” Then I try to set up a new account and get “That user already exists. Log in.” Try logging in, and I get “No such user.” Try “Forgot password” and enter username, and I get “No such user”. Enter email address and I get “No such email address in the system.”
Back to the logic that surely No Such User means I can create that user account. Nope. That user already exists. “Did you forget your password?”
By now there’s enough of my hair on the floor to donate to Susan’s hair donation lens.
So I gave up and entered a different username to sign up with. And voila! Activate the link, open up Gravatar and I’m already signed in under that name. Upload an avatar, open SquidTop, refresh a couple of pages… and here I am. Under the wrong username, but at this stage who gives a continental two-bit hoohah.
Deep breath. I’m going to try this Gravatar thingy again. How can something be so complicated? My two weeks are long up, so hopefully that has erased any stupid mistake I made last time I tried it. Wish me luck!