Yesterday from about noon to 4pm the server which hosts this website (and many others) was down. This unfortunately lead to an interruption for which I apologize.1 During this time I was unable to send/receive emails and the website was unavailable.
The hosting company I use is very good. When there’s been downtime it normally occurs during non-peak hours and is very short in duration. This was an anomaly.
Anyhow, everything is back on line and open for business.
A little over a month ago my laptop died. I took it to a shop in Contra Costa County named, “Paramount Technologies” who were able to fix up my laptop in record time. 1 Apparently, the problem was the video chip which had loosened from the motherboard over time (probably through overuse).
Friday evening my laptop died all over again. At least it was peaceful. I put my laptop to sleep and it didn’t wake up again.
Its still under a repair warranty from Paramount Technologies, so I’ll take it back to them. It has the same symptoms, so I hope its the same problem. Even if it weren’t under warranty, my formula for determining whether I should invest in repairing or buying a new computer still dictates that I should probably repair.
No matter. Be of good cheer: these troubles will have absolutely no effect on this website. :)
Panic ensued at 9pm on August 27, 2008. My website was down after it had been operational all day. For some reason, my e-mail accounts were not working either. I hadn’t touched any settings whatsoever. All the files on the server were fine – the server just wasn’t sending information. An hour later the website problem resolved all by itself.
My e-mail is still down, but at least the website is back up.
Update: E-mails back too! Yay!
