Bill Whittle, in an oft-recently-linked essay, lays out that it’s a Pink Tribe vs. Gray Tribe thing these days: My Tribe consists of people who know that sometimes bad things happen, and that these are an opportunity to show ourselves…
So, obviously, since you’re reading this, service has been restored to the site. I have received no word from my hosting provider as to the ongoing issues. Time to run a mysqldump and head for the high ground, methinks.
One score and eight years ago, my best bud Brad was brought forth upon this continent, conceived in… Ermm, this has taken a turn for the weird. Nevermind. Happy birthday, Brad!
After a 60 hours + downtime, Literal Barrage is back on line. I’ve received no explanation from VizaWeb, nor do I think that I am likely to. In light of recent events, please leave your recommendations for reliable hosting with…
Well, my site has been down for over 54 hours now by this point. I am extremely ticked off. I have received no contact from my “service” “provider” VizaWeb. No email, nothing. As SOON as the mysql daemon comes back…
All becomes clear now. Let’s try some Google sleuthing. Google Search Phrase: VizaWeb sucks. First hit? A recent entry by none other than Leo Laporte formerly of TechTV fame. It seems as though Leo’s site uses VizaWeb and he has…
Freakin’ VizaWeb. As you can tell (if you remembered this URL as the Literal Barrage backup), Literal Barrage is currently down. Those keyboard-pounding simians over at VizaWeb can’t seem to be bothered to check the status of the mysql daemon…
We held the fantasy draft for the second league I’m a member of this evening. This draft ended up being quite a bit shorter than my last one – we hummed through the picks at a rapid rate. Below are…
The Penny Arcade fellows are auctioning off an original piece of PA artwork (the cover design to this year’s PAX booklet, for those that care to know) and are intending on donating 100% of the proceeds to the American Red…
My credit union called my house the other day and left a worried-sounding message on my answering machine stating that they were tracking some suspicious activity on my credit card. I finally got ahold of them today only to find…
