( same old shit. same old song and dance, I'm just venting for my own gratification so don't read it if you don't want to. )

EDIT: If you're reading this, our maintenance is OVER! The problem was not found on our equipment, which means we'll have to work with our ISP to fix this small problem -- which also means another maintenance window in the future -- but at least we have eliminated our side.

Thank you everyone, and a special shout out to rekoil for giving me a great suggestion AND also the opportunity to feel like I've just called in to a local radio station.

Have a great day, night or afternoon wherever you may be.

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Hi everyone, sorry for the late notice but I'm going to have to do some testing on 1 of our 4 internet circuits TONIGHT; Friday night or Saturday morning depending on which time zone you're in.

Most of us shouldn't notice any impact, though there may be some slowness or lag when I switch traffic on to our other ISP circuits and then another hit when I stop the tests. If a page won't load or times out, try hitting refresh 1 or 2 times and it should load then. If it doesn't work at all... trust me, I'll be typing really really really fast to try to undo whatever I just did. Hopefully you'll have some Halloween candy (if you're in the USA and celebrate that kind of thing) nearby to take away the bitterness of a small site outage. :(

Here's the handy-dandy Website That I Always Use to get a feel for when the maintenance will start in your area. Our site traffic historically dips on Friday afternoons until Saturday morning which is why we tend to pick this time for maintenance work.

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status.livejournal.org will, of course be updated before and after the maintenance window. Or else marta will get mad at me. :D

bt

This is so much better if you've actually read Lovecraft. It's good fun, regardless!

yup. I"m just ripping off alessar for the people who don't follow friends-of-friends.


Imogen Heap does MJ's Thriller:

Current Mood: cynical

why gmail's "undo send" feature is the best and I'm glad I added it to my account as soon as it came out-

sleep deprivation, polarbearparty 's email address being right next to my roommate's on the address book dropdown, and an email linking to a pretty explicit website

Because, uh, I'm having a hard time convincing my roommate that I'm not ogling the hot dudes like she is, and COCKRUB WARRIORS just wouldn't help with that at all

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