diff --git a/db/statusnet_pg.sql b/db/statusnet_pg.sql
index 2db98550c9..fe0758de89 100644
--- a/db/statusnet_pg.sql
+++ b/db/statusnet_pg.sql
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ create table notice (
     is_local integer default 0 /* comment 'notice was generated by a user' */,
     source varchar(32) /* comment 'source of comment, like "web", "im", or "clientname"' */,
     conversation integer /*id of root notice in this conversation' */ references notice (id),
-    location varchar(255) /* comment 'physical location' */,
     lat decimal(10,7) /* comment 'latitude'*/ ,
     lon decimal(10,7) /* comment 'longitude'*/ ,
     location_id integer /* comment 'location id if possible'*/ ,
diff --git a/lib/installer.php b/lib/installer.php
index ff2bed1403..2eff2d85ac 100644
--- a/lib/installer.php
+++ b/lib/installer.php
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ abstract class Installer
             $this->updateStatus(sprintf("Adding %s data to database...", $name));
             $res = $this->runDbScript($scr.'.sql', $conn, 'pgsql');
             if ($res === false) {
-                $this->updateStatus(sprintf("Can't run %d script.", $name), true);
+                $this->updateStatus(sprintf("Can't run %s script.", $name), true);
                 return false;
             }
         }
diff --git a/plugins/OStatus/classes/Ostatus_profile.php b/plugins/OStatus/classes/Ostatus_profile.php
index 1fae468f66..a95612a7ff 100644
--- a/plugins/OStatus/classes/Ostatus_profile.php
+++ b/plugins/OStatus/classes/Ostatus_profile.php
@@ -501,8 +501,11 @@ class Ostatus_profile extends Memcached_DataObject
             } else if ($actor->id) {
                 // We have an ActivityStreams actor with an explicit ID that doesn't match the feed owner.
                 // This isn't what we expect from mainline OStatus person feeds!
-                // Group feeds go down another path, with different validation.
-                throw new Exception("Got an actor '{$actor->title}' ({$actor->id}) on single-user feed for {$this->uri}");
+                // Group feeds go down another path, with different validation...
+                // Most likely this is a plain ol' blog feed of some kind which
+                // doesn't match our expectations. We'll take the entry, but ignore
+                // the <author> info.
+                common_log(LOG_WARNING, "Got an actor '{$actor->title}' ({$actor->id}) on single-user feed for {$this->uri}");
             } else {
                 // Plain <author> without ActivityStreams actor info.
                 // We'll just ignore this info for now and save the update under the feed's identity.
diff --git a/plugins/OStatus/lib/discoveryhints.php b/plugins/OStatus/lib/discoveryhints.php
index 34c9be2777..fa2ead7320 100644
--- a/plugins/OStatus/lib/discoveryhints.php
+++ b/plugins/OStatus/lib/discoveryhints.php
@@ -114,9 +114,10 @@ class DiscoveryHints {
 
     static function _hcard($body, $url)
     {
-        // DOMDocument::loadHTML may throw warnings on unrecognized elements.
+        // DOMDocument::loadHTML may throw warnings on unrecognized elements,
+        // and notices on unrecognized namespaces.
 
-        $old = error_reporting(error_reporting() & ~E_WARNING);
+        $old = error_reporting(error_reporting() & ~(E_WARNING | E_NOTICE));
 
         $doc = new DOMDocument();
         $doc->loadHTML($body);
diff --git a/plugins/OStatus/lib/feeddiscovery.php b/plugins/OStatus/lib/feeddiscovery.php
index a55399d7c8..8a166a0be5 100644
--- a/plugins/OStatus/lib/feeddiscovery.php
+++ b/plugins/OStatus/lib/feeddiscovery.php
@@ -196,8 +196,9 @@ class FeedDiscovery
      */
     function discoverFromHTML($url, $body)
     {
-        // DOMDocument::loadHTML may throw warnings on unrecognized elements.
-        $old = error_reporting(error_reporting() & ~E_WARNING);
+        // DOMDocument::loadHTML may throw warnings on unrecognized elements,
+        // and notices on unrecognized namespaces.
+        $old = error_reporting(error_reporting() & ~(E_WARNING | E_NOTICE));
         $dom = new DOMDocument();
         $ok = $dom->loadHTML($body);
         error_reporting($old);
diff --git a/plugins/SubMirror/actions/basemirror.php b/plugins/SubMirror/actions/basemirror.php
index 5be0699f09..be6942efa7 100644
--- a/plugins/SubMirror/actions/basemirror.php
+++ b/plugins/SubMirror/actions/basemirror.php
@@ -92,7 +92,13 @@ abstract class BaseMirrorAction extends Action
      */
     protected function profileForFeed($url)
     {
-        $oprofile = Ostatus_profile::ensureProfileURL($url);
+        try {
+            // Maybe we got a web page?
+            $oprofile = Ostatus_profile::ensureProfileURL($url);
+        } catch (Exception $e) {
+            // Direct feed URL?
+            $oprofile = Ostatus_profile::ensureFeedURL($url);
+        }
         if ($oprofile->isGroup()) {
             $this->clientError(_m("Can't mirror a StatusNet group at this time."));
         }