Wouldn’t you know it…
The host of this blog has been down—or rather, somewhat troubled, because apparently the servers have been working for some people and not for others (I’m in that latter group)—for many many hours.
This always throws me, despite the fact that I know it’s one of the typical and periodic experiences that goes with blogging. But we moderate-sized bloggers feel very dependent on our hosts and the servers thereof. That dependency is necessary (don’t have the wherewithal to do it ourselves), but not fun.
It’s not that I depend on the kindness of strangers, exactly. But I certainly depend on (and pay for) their competence.
Speaking of which:
So, a little while ago, I had just given up on a quick fix and gone to my two older backup blogs, put up a post or two, and activated comments there—when lo and behold, this one came back up! Oh frabjous day!
So that the experience shouldn’t be a total loss, let me just remind you all to bookmark my two backup blogs for the future, just in case:
neo-neocon at blogspot
backupneo at blogspot
Welcome back everyone!
For a while there I thought “they” had finally come knocking at your door…
I took a sneak peek at your old blogspot link,
http://neo-neocon.blogspot.com/
and one of the first submissions (actually, one of the last chronologically, but near the top geometrically) was
http://neo-neocon.blogspot.com/2007/03/mccain-honeymoon-is-so-over.html
Saturday, March 03, 2007
McCain: the honeymoon is so over
Interesting, is it not, how McCain was a media darling in 2000, slowly morphed into the second coming of Dick Cheney -slash- Darth Vader just in time to be a good loser to The Anointed One in 2008, and by 2013 is a media darling once again.
I’m shocked! shocked!
/sarc
Are you? . . .
Yeah, between being politically unsure when free speech will end and the cozy relationship with government and private in the information industry, I always wonder when things go down if this is it. Don’t think I jest. When, in Germany, the U.S.S.R., Cuba, etc. did things go from bad to worse to lethal? We are at such a crux, potentially.
Still, on the technical side, even if you had the wherewithal to diy your servers and such… you would find failure isn’t an option, it is a surety. I actually would suggest that they do it better than most, probably any, without multiple backups in hardware, electricity, and all else, plus a team to repair the lines, all on call. It’s… rather impressive when I sit and think about it.
Oh, that doesn’t help when you power up and push the buttons to a blank screen, even for me. But… just something to consider. Meh, you probably have, if not with any technical teeth to it. 🙂
Oh, those backups require access, which I don’t have. Then, they are probably for friends of the associates?
I’ve looked at how the government seeks to shut down pirate servers. Such methods are merely in their prototype stages for when they will apply it to political opponents.