Posted by Jed Lewison on Mon Sep 1, 2008 at 6:13 AM Pacific

Server back up & new open thread

Starting at around 7:45PM last night, TJR's new web hosting provider went down, completely blocking access to the site. The server finally came back to life around 2:00AM, but by then I'd decided to switch to a new provider because it was the second serious outage in 3 days. So now TJR is hosted with GoDaddy.com, which is far more reliable and has much better customer service. (Update: Apparently GD is owned by a rightwing nut. I didn't know that last night while trying to fix the broken server, but I'll look at switch providers when the election is over. The good news is that the GD owner contributed heavily to Ted Stevens, because if there's any GOP senator I'd like to see get campaign cash, it's one under indictment!) Some things aren't quite functioning the way they should, but I'm ironing out the kinks.

I apologize for the inconvenience, but this should be the last significant service interruption before the election. Drop me an e-mail or leave a comment if you're continuing to have any problems.

Also, since I was up all night fixing the #&#&#!!!@ server, I'm going to sleep right about now -- probably I'll back up around noonish.

So go ahead and use this as an open thread -- I'll be looking forward to finding out what I slept through!

Update: Before everything went to hell with the server, I was about to post on the inanity of David Broder who just keeps on outgoing himself with the stupid. And the even stupider. Fortunately, Michael Kinsley offers at least some balance.

Update 2: A quick check of the headlines seems to indicate that Gustav is weakening, thankfully. If it ends up being just a "run of the mill" hurricane and there's no major damage, I wonder if McCain won't come across as having been a bit of a drama queen with all his ramblings about doing the American thing yesterday. Its seeming like he may be guilty of yet another overreaction -- but I guess on the bright side for him, he figured out a way to keep Bush and Cheney out of the headlines of his convention.
Server back up & new open thread

Starting at around 7:45PM last night, TJR's new web hosting provider went down, completely blocking access to the site. The server finally came back to life around 2:00AM, but by then I'd decided to switch to a new provider because it was the second serious outage in 3 days. So now TJR is hosted with GoDaddy.com, which is far more reliable and has much better customer service. (Update: Apparently GD is owned by a rightwing nut. I didn't know that last night while trying to fix the broken server, but I'll look at switch providers when the election is over. The good news is that the GD owner contributed heavily to Ted Stevens, because if there's any GOP senator I'd like to see get campaign cash, it's one under indictment!) Some things aren't quite functioning the way they should, but I'm ironing out the kinks.

I apologize for the inconvenience, but this should be the last significant service interruption before the election. Drop me an e-mail or leave a comment if you're continuing to have any problems.

Also, since I was up all night fixing the #&#&#!!!@ server, I'm going to sleep right about now -- probably I'll back up around noonish.

So go ahead and use this as an open thread -- I'll be looking forward to finding out what I slept through!

Update: Before everything went to hell with the server, I was about to post on the inanity of David Broder who just keeps on outgoing himself with the stupid. And the even stupider. Fortunately, Michael Kinsley offers at least some balance.

Update 2: A quick check of the headlines seems to indicate that Gustav is weakening, thankfully. If it ends up being just a "run of the mill" hurricane and there's no major damage, I wonder if McCain won't come across as having been a bit of a drama queen with all his ramblings about doing the American thing yesterday. Its seeming like he may be guilty of yet another overreaction -- but I guess on the bright side for him, he figured out a way to keep Bush and Cheney out of the headlines of his convention.

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