23 minutes without LJ

[thoreau]

[15:52] Robert (low_fat_muffin): omg lj is down
[15:52] Robert (low_fat_muffin): PANIC!
[15:52] Tommy (notdefined): I just noticed.
[15:52] Tommy (notdefined): Thank goodness I got multiple backups of everything I had on there this morning.
[15:52] Tommy (notdefined): I burned it on a DVD
[15:53] Robert (low_fat_muffin): PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC
[15:54] Tommy (notdefined): I wish that I could get the funding to buy them back out from under the Russians.
[15:55] Tommy (notdefined): Stacey's book store is closing.
[15:56] Tommy (notdefined): LJ's hardware is still active, but not their website.
[15:57] Tommy (notdefined): dhcp189-19:lj-xml2 langley$ ping livejournal.com
PING livejournal.com (208.93.0.12: 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 208.93.0.128: icmp_seq=0 ttl=237 time=50.674 ms
64 bytes from 208.93.0.128: icmp_seq=1 ttl=237 time=45.249 ms
64 bytes from 208.93.0.128: icmp_seq=2 ttl=237 time=46.173 ms

[16:03] Robert (low_fat_muffin):
[16:03] Robert (low_fat_muffin): so what does that mean?
[16:03] Tommy (notdefined): You haven't been following?
[16:03] Robert (low_fat_muffin): I have
[16:04] Tommy (notdefined): They may have shut down.
[16:04] Robert (low_fat_muffin): "may have"
[16:04] Tommy (notdefined): Well, being that they laid of quite a bit of their staff, they also could be experiencing a failure that they are not equipped staff wise to handle quickly, or they could have just decided to call it quits.
[16:05] Robert (low_fat_muffin): PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC
[16:05] Tommy (notdefined): (laid off)
[16:05] Tommy (notdefined): LiveJournal.com is currently unavailable due to emergency maintenance. Don't worry, this has nothing to do with our recent company layoffs! It's a technical problem, not a lack-of-personnel problem.

Thank you for your patience.
[16:05] Robert (low_fat_muffin): LiveJournal.com is currently unavailable due to emergency maintenance. Don't worry, this has nothing to do with our recent company layoffs! It's a technical problem, not a lack-of-personnel problem.
[16:05] Robert (low_fat_muffin): LOLZ
[16:05] Tommy (notdefined):
[16:05] Robert (low_fat_muffin): refresh refresh refresh refreshrefresh refresh refresh refreshrefresh refresh refresh refreshrefresh refresh refresh refreshrefresh refresh refresh refreshrefresh refresh refresh refreshrefresh refresh refresh refreshrefresh refresh refresh refreshrefresh refresh refresh refreshrefresh refresh refresh refreshrefresh refresh refresh refreshrefresh refresh refresh refreshrefresh refresh refresh refreshrefresh refresh refresh refreshrefresh refresh refresh refreshrefresh refresh refresh refreshrefresh refresh refresh refreshrefresh refresh refresh refreshrefresh refresh refresh refreshrefresh refresh refresh refreshrefresh refresh refresh refreshrefresh refresh refresh refresh
[16:06] Tommy (notdefined): (BREATHE!!)
[16:06] Robert (low_fat_muffin): refresh refresh refresh refreshrefresh refresh refresh refreshrefresh refresh refresh refreshrefresh refresh refresh refreshrefresh refresh refresh refreshrefresh refresh refresh refreshrefresh refresh refresh refresh
[16:06] Robert (low_fat_muffin): WHERE IS LJ~!
[16:06] Robert (low_fat_muffin): (heart beat increasing)
[16:06] Tommy (notdefined): San Francisco
[16:06] Robert (low_fat_muffin): panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic panic
[16:06] Robert (low_fat_muffin): (breaks out in cold sweat)
[16:07] Robert (low_fat_muffin): is it back up?
[16:07] Robert (low_fat_muffin): how about now?
[16:07] Robert (low_fat_muffin): now?
[16:07] Robert (low_fat_muffin): NOW!?
[16:07] Robert (low_fat_muffin): (laughing)
[16:07] Robert (low_fat_muffin): now!?
[16:07] Tommy (notdefined): Nah. If something happens I would expect a white knight to come in and take over the site.
[16:07] Tommy (notdefined): No Jimmy, we aren't there yet. heheheehe
[16:08] Robert (low_fat_muffin): (begin phase 1 of withdrawal symptoms)
[16:08] Robert (low_fat_muffin): no - LJ will be back (denial)
[16:08] Tommy (notdefined): (do not head for the goody bin!)
[16:08] Tommy (notdefined): cookies are not your friend.
[16:09] Tommy (notdefined): I'm going to be importing all of my livejournal posts and images to here: http://tmlangley.wordpress.com/ and then migrate them to http://www.ursa-q.net
[16:10] Tommy (notdefined): I just have my server (ursa-q) subbed out right now.
[16:10] Robert (low_fat_muffin): I have robertmcdiarmid.wordpress.com set up
[16:10] Robert (low_fat_muffin): but there is no "friends" function
[16:10] Robert (low_fat_muffin): How will I validate myself without comments?
[16:10] Tommy (notdefined): Wordpress is installed, but not completely finished.
[16:10] Robert (low_fat_muffin): How will I measure my self esteem
[16:10] Tommy (notdefined): They have comments
[16:10] Robert (low_fat_muffin): but without comment whoring posts I'm nobody!?
[16:10] Tommy (notdefined): I'm also going to check out Movable Type.
[16:10] Robert (low_fat_muffin): (starts to cry)
[16:11] Tommy (notdefined): If I can figure out how to get LiveJournal installed on one of my machines, then I'll do that but it has been a bear to install. (and not in a good way)
[16:11] Robert (low_fat_muffin): I have shirtless pics up in my latest post without reaching 50 comments
[16:11] Robert (low_fat_muffin): I'm losing valuable time
[16:11] Tommy (notdefined): You're a mess love.
[16:12] Robert (low_fat_muffin): will they still say woof after such a long downtime?
[16:12] Robert (low_fat_muffin): LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
[16:12] Robert (low_fat_muffin): will they even remember?
[16:12] Tommy (notdefined): Okay, the site is back
[16:12] Robert (low_fat_muffin): OMG THE SITE IS BACK!
[16:12] Robert (low_fat_muffin): (deep calming breaths)
[16:13] Tommy (notdefined): It seems they have been getting swamped with excess traffic.
[16:13] Tommy (notdefined): http://status.livejournal.com
[16:13] Robert (low_fat_muffin): would you mind if I copy pasted our conversation as a post - to memorialize how you helped me through this trying time?
[16:13] Tommy (notdefined): hahahaha sure.
[16:13] Robert (low_fat_muffin): (lights candle - and reads his LJ with Yanni music playing in the background)

Comments

[wescobear.livejournal.com]

Deep breaths... In, out... Now relax and step away from the keyboard.

how can you say that?

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

LOL - but that would mean time away from my LJ? My LJ needs me!

[balanceinchaos.livejournal.com]

I backed up all of 2008's entries yesterday, will do 2007 tonight, and so on each day until I've got backups of my whole journal. Not because I fear they are going to shut down, but it is never smart to have only one copy of one's work.

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

I made an LJ book of everything through December 31st of 2008. :)

http://www.ljbook.com


I was having fun on IM with Tommy seeing where he'd go as I "freaked out" - and as should be - he didn't really takke the bait.

[wrascalbc.livejournal.com]

Just relax and have a Coffee Crisp.

[billeyler.livejournal.com]

Pretty amusing short story! Not a best seller, but it'll be popular in certain cults.

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

LJ really was down - for a FULL TWENTY THREE MINUTES!

THE DRAMA! THE LACK OF COMMENTS!

[cuboz.livejournal.com]

That was HYSTERICAL!

But on a serious note - I DID learn one thing from it - the fact that it's possible to back everything up! But the question is - HOW? :-)

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

Visit LJbook.com

[arkanjil.livejournal.com]

or google ljarchive

[cuboz.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

And I'd like to add, what a gorgeous woofer you are - but you're holding a child, so you might be a REAL Daddy! :-)

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

he's both kinds of Daddy actually (big smile, wink) - he and his husband Richard had a child together. :)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/arkanjil/sets/72157606631003734/

[notdefined.livejournal.com]

[info]notdefined wrote:
Jan. 7th, 2009 07:30 pm (local)
If the whole of the internet was down then I might get a little flustered, or if my server caught fire and burned. But LJ crapping out? Not worth the energy. I think as a community though, we should have some sort of plan so that we can regroup elsewhere should the sun set on LJ in the future. I still have many of these fine folks to meet in the flesh and right now, LJ is about the only way I am able to communicate with them. Sorry I did not take the bait about your freaking out, I guess I know you too well so to be able to tell the difference between putting one on and actually going psycho. Remember where we live, the real thing is all around us constantly! :)

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

and you've experienced me at full on psycho (January 2006 to December 31, 2007)....

[greatbearmd.livejournal.com]

It was all your refreshing that kept the site down! Gosh!

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

not my panic? :)

[london1967.livejournal.com]

Very entertaining, but now I feel slightly anxious: time for a nice cuppa, I think!

(I was trying to load some pictures on LJ last night when it went down... I cursed and went to bed!)

[starzinked.livejournal.com]

did it really go down?

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

OH YES.

[scream4noreason.livejournal.com]

YANNI!!!!!!!!!?????????

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

LOL the perfect salve for any faux drama, faux music!