Craig Sawyers Posted April 24, 2021 Report Posted April 24, 2021 I'll look forward to hearing what was the problem, and the clearly heroic efforts to get everything back and running without any loss of historical data. Awesome. 2 Quote
HiWire Posted April 24, 2021 Report Posted April 24, 2021 I'm glad it's back. Life without you guys just wasn't the same. 1 Quote
n_maher Posted April 24, 2021 Report Posted April 24, 2021 For those that don't know - https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/generator-fire-brings-down-webnx-data-center-in-utah/ Short version - power outage at the data center, backup generator kicks in and catches fire, fire suppression systemin triggered, lots of damage ensues. HC's server was amongst the most damaged and thankfully, in the end, was able to be repaired allowing for the site to be restored. Thanks to Todd for sticking with us for all these years. 4 2 2 Quote
judo Posted April 24, 2021 Report Posted April 24, 2021 I do not interfere much but missed it very much the downtime was so long I was afraid it was not only the fire. 1 Quote
jose Posted April 24, 2021 Report Posted April 24, 2021 Hello!!!!!!!!!Enviado desde mi SM-G960F mediante Tapatalk 3 Quote
swt61 Posted April 24, 2021 Report Posted April 24, 2021 I missed all of you mucho, and Brent a little bit, but he's down here ATM anyway. 3 2 1 Quote
Craig Sawyers Posted April 24, 2021 Report Posted April 24, 2021 When the site went off-line, I heard about the UTAH datacentre fire and wondered if it was related. Same thing happened with EEVBlog, who suffered the same fate - they were evidently lucky and their bit of the server structure was not too badly pooched and came back in two or three days. But what a nightmare. Thanks for sticking with it Todd - you are an undoubted hero! 2 Quote
Torpedo Posted April 24, 2021 Report Posted April 24, 2021 5 hours ago, n_maher said: For those that don't know - https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/generator-fire-brings-down-webnx-data-center-in-utah/ Short version - power outage at the data center, backup generator kicks in and catches fire, fire suppression systemin triggered, lots of damage ensues. HC's server was amongst the most damaged and thankfully, in the end, was able to be repaired allowing for the site to be restored. Thanks to Todd for sticking with us for all these years. Thanks so very much, Todd ❤️ 1 Quote
ironbut Posted April 24, 2021 Report Posted April 24, 2021 Whew! What a relief! Can't tell you how many times I saw something and would have loved to see some comments from you guys. Looking forward to a boatload of "Bobcat tossing" memes from Knucks,... 3 1 Quote
skullguise Posted April 24, 2021 Report Posted April 24, 2021 Experienced a bit of normal today....met son Andrew and his girlfriend Amy at an outdoor-seating Bertucci's for lunch, and then visited the new (4,000+ sq ft) home of some family - niece on my wife's side, her husband and their slightly new baby. Was so wonderful to see everyone, and the new house is fucking amazing! 6 Quote
morphsci Posted April 26, 2021 Author Report Posted April 26, 2021 (edited) Helped a friend make it home safely: Remember kids, don’t try this at home, my first graduate student at EIU studied the atrazine and glyphosate dynamics in snapping turtles. Edited April 26, 2021 by morphsci 14 3 Quote
Augsburger Posted April 30, 2021 Report Posted April 30, 2021 Either Amazon has started to take it's same day delivery pledge seriously or On 4/25/2021 at 6:34 PM, swt61 said: fire season has begun. 2 5 Quote
Icarium Posted April 30, 2021 Report Posted April 30, 2021 morphsci really IS an ecological geneticist! 😜 Quote
morphsci Posted April 30, 2021 Author Report Posted April 30, 2021 58 minutes ago, Icarium said: morphsci really IS an ecological geneticist! 😜 I guess the question is, did you think I would lie about that? 1 Quote
Icarium Posted April 30, 2021 Report Posted April 30, 2021 I thought your occupation was the same as mine: gear black hole 😜 1 Quote
blessingx Posted April 30, 2021 Report Posted April 30, 2021 Took a break from work to empty and scrub clean the kitty litter box. Put it on the patio to dry and when I returned some birds had used it for target practice. 🤦♂️ 2 Quote
swt61 Posted May 1, 2021 Report Posted May 1, 2021 (edited) They were sending a message to your cat. Edited May 1, 2021 by swt61 1 Quote
Craig Sawyers Posted May 1, 2021 Report Posted May 1, 2021 Over in blighty, there has been a ridiculously successful re-introduction of the red kite. This 6 foot wingspan raptor was pretty much extinct here, but is now a familiar sight in our neck of the woods. There are now apparently nearly 5000 breeding pairs. We see them pretty much every day. They are social birds and will hunt and roost in groups. Because of food pressure (they eat mainly carrion, and odd large insect) they are now almost feral, and will apparently occasionally take a small mammal. Beware cats! I'm sure the red kite has been responsible for some small cat disappearances. They are a real masters of the air 7 Quote
Fitz Posted May 1, 2021 Report Posted May 1, 2021 Got my new front brake pads put in. Much better; now if I brake hard, that motherfucker will stop in a hurry. 9 Quote
n_maher Posted May 1, 2021 Report Posted May 1, 2021 Got home from vacation very late last night/early this morning. Decided to enjoy the one nice day for the next several. 14 Quote
Knuckledragger Posted May 13, 2021 Report Posted May 13, 2021 Tax prep all day. Down to the wire, but basically done at this point. Currently taking a break and writing a review of KSIA's first studio album. You know, the one that came out in late 2013. I've made it a goal to review all of their major releases on Discogs throughout the year. 1 Quote
n_maher Posted May 15, 2021 Report Posted May 15, 2021 ^^ Hardly down to the wire, I'll be doing mine this weekend after being out of town for work all week. 1 Quote
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