Thursday, May 26, 2005
Dead In The Water [Updated]
If you’ve been trying to reach Absinthe & Cookies, Ninjababe’s Ramble, (the sadly neglected) All Agitprop All the Time (aka Frozen in Montreal), or Mickey’s Musings, you may have noticed they are down.
Ith sent me the scoop, which I thought I ought to pass along:
Apparently the HD died on one of the hosting company servers. We’re dead in the water. However, they’ve fixed the problem, and are now restoring sites. Depending where we are in the queue, it could be about 3 hours before we’re back.
Whenever I see the expression “dead in the water,” I can’t help thinking about a guy I used to work with. He would sabotage his own phone or computer and say “I’m dead in the water. Can’t take calls.” Which sounds funny enough in writing, but there was a certain musical yet almost comedic tone with which he said “dead in the water” that we would imitate and crack up over. His nickname became “Dead in the Water,” or DITW (pronounced “dit dubyu” for short). He also would leave the building during his hour of lunch, going to the gym for an hour and a half, and then eat lunch during his research hour. And yet we never were able to fire him. Such a weasel.
Update:
They’re back!