Well, my site has been down for over 54 hours now by this point. I am extremely ticked off. I have received no contact from my "service" "provider" VizaWeb. No email, nothing. As SOON as the mysql daemon comes back on line, I am running a mysqldump and then, I think, high-tailing it out of town. They will have to give me a VERY good reason (and some compelling incentives) for me to stick around, as well as a guarantee that nothing on this order will ever happen again.
There are so many better things that I have wanted to write about these past few days and I'm extremely frustrated that VW's ineptness has prevented me from posting. Grrrr.
Sunday, September 11, 2005
Friday, September 09, 2005
Death To The Old Gray Geek!
All becomes clear now.
Let's try some Google sleuthing. Google Search Phrase: VizaWeb sucks. First hit? A recent entry by none other than Leo Laporte formerly of TechTV fame.
It seems as though Leo's site uses VizaWeb and he has been recommending them for others desiring of hosting solutions. The client base of VizaWeb has apparently quintupled in short order.
This is not to excuse VizaWeb, for their conduct is truly inexcusable. If they are not able to support 5x as many customers as they once had, then perhaps they shouldn't freakin' allow that many people to sign up at once. It kills the experience for everyone, or at least those who aren't as famous as Leo Laporte and thus apparently able to get VW to answer their every hosting beck and call.
Arrrrrgh!
Let's try some Google sleuthing. Google Search Phrase: VizaWeb sucks. First hit? A recent entry by none other than Leo Laporte formerly of TechTV fame.
It seems as though Leo's site uses VizaWeb and he has been recommending them for others desiring of hosting solutions. The client base of VizaWeb has apparently quintupled in short order.
This is not to excuse VizaWeb, for their conduct is truly inexcusable. If they are not able to support 5x as many customers as they once had, then perhaps they shouldn't freakin' allow that many people to sign up at once. It kills the experience for everyone, or at least those who aren't as famous as Leo Laporte and thus apparently able to get VW to answer their every hosting beck and call.
Arrrrrgh!
It's Official - My Hosting Provider Stinks
Freakin' VizaWeb. As you can tell (if you remembered this URL as the Literal Barrage backup), Literal Barrage is currently down. Those keyboard-pounding simians over at VizaWeb can't seem to be bothered to check the status of the mysql daemon and so, for the time being, I'm left siteless.
Gahhhh.
I plan on grabbing a mysql dump of all my content ASAP and then seeing about moving the site to Dreamhost or some other reliable web host. These outtages are unacceptable regardless of who I am or how much I'm paying for hosting. I'm furious and I don't care if VizaWeb finds out about it.
[/fuming]
Gahhhh.
I plan on grabbing a mysql dump of all my content ASAP and then seeing about moving the site to Dreamhost or some other reliable web host. These outtages are unacceptable regardless of who I am or how much I'm paying for hosting. I'm furious and I don't care if VizaWeb finds out about it.
[/fuming]
Wednesday, February 09, 2005
Back On Again
Okay, this is getting tiresome. Well, LB.org is back online again, for the time being.
Great. Just Great.
If you're reading this, then you've obviously noticed that LiteralBarrage.org is down for the time being. I have submitted several tickets to my hosting company but haven't seen any response yet.
On top of that, I learned this morning that my hosting company is involved with the Coptic Christian slayings in Jersey City last month, inasmuch as the website that appears to have coordinated the attacks is/was hosted by VizaWeb (my hosting company). Apparently the site in question is currently disabled, but I'm wondering if some enterprising crackers on the side of the Copts isn't attempting a DDoS on VizaWeb. In either case, I find this revelation to be highly disturbing, enough so that I may reconsider using VW (depending on how they resolve this issue).
*sigh*
On top of that, I learned this morning that my hosting company is involved with the Coptic Christian slayings in Jersey City last month, inasmuch as the website that appears to have coordinated the attacks is/was hosted by VizaWeb (my hosting company). Apparently the site in question is currently disabled, but I'm wondering if some enterprising crackers on the side of the Copts isn't attempting a DDoS on VizaWeb. In either case, I find this revelation to be highly disturbing, enough so that I may reconsider using VW (depending on how they resolve this issue).
*sigh*
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