FYI, a large part of Amazon's Web Services (specifically EC2 services) are dead, and slowly being restored. Sites affected include Netflix, Reddit, and a bunch of others. Yay for "The Cloud".
Maybe I'm totally clueless about something obvious but how did you obtain this information? Rave: Netflix is back up!
It's all over the tech press. A lightning strike in Dublin took out a major chunk of power infrastructure and fixing it is time and infrastructure intensive. <a class="postlink" href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2390664,00.asp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2390664,00.asp</a>
This is a site I follow regularly. It's run by very successful VC's in California, and a ton of uber-technical people doing startups hang out there. The group has a close eye on the pulse of the major goings on in the tech world. And a lot of them were affected by the outage. <a class="postlink" href="http://news.ycombinator.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://news.ycombinator.com/</a> <a class="postlink" href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2862566" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2862566</a>
Rave: Home made key lime pie! Me and the best friend decided to make one. I juiced the limes and she did the rest. It took her literally about 5 minutes and is my new favorite non-chocolate dessert.
RAVE: Awesome trip to Niagra falls this weekend. The Canadian side definitely kicks the shit out of the American side. Cleaner, better view, friendlier people, etc. RAVE: Won $500 at the casinos, paid for the trip with a little left over. RANT: Would've been $1500+ if I knew when to stop.
Rant: I spent a good chunk of time and money getting a degree in Chemistry and learning all the ins and outs of international environmental regulations. I'm good at my job. So why the fuck did I spend all morning mapping networks and installing software in our office? Because our "IT department" consists of 1 lazy woman who just went on mat leave, and 1 inept woman who is already on mat leave. Rather than replace these people, they've just decided to "see if we can manage ourselves until Inept comes back". Fuck this noise. I'm not paid for this shit, and when my billable percentage hits the floor, I am bringing it right back to them. This is ridiculous. Rant: It's pissing rain outside. Like, seriously. Someone build an ark, I'm going out to find a dove and an olive branch. Rave: 17 days until vacation. Oh baby.
Rant: Verizon. Why can't you just admit when you have a service outage? Why must you make me go through an hour with tech support on the phone doing this or that before admitting it? Beyond that, have an option when people first call to just see if service is out in their area. Don't make me spend 15-40 mins punching numbers and saying shit into the phone. That can't be so hard. Rave: Participated in a research study yesterday. I was in the control group so all they did was take 4 vials of blood and sent me on my way. 1 hour of time and I got paid $75 plus $30 for gas. Not too shabby.
Rant: Moving sucks. Fourth move in five years, you'd think I'd have the hang of it by now. Rantier Rant: Got some stuff moved to the new place, bed etc., and stayed there Sunday night. Came back with my roommate to finish moving yesterday and somebody broke in and cleaned us out of most of what was left. Two TV's, my laptop, mountain bike, iPod dock, two iPods (which were broken, so the joke's kind of on them, but not really, since they got all the other shit), two toolboxes, and even this cool bottle opener my best friend got me in Amsterdam. They even fucking took some of our food. Just graduated college, still working as an intern. I can't fucking afford to replace all that shit. Plus the bike held a lot of sentimental value, as dumb as that sounds. It was my first real mountain bike, did my first race on it, my first (and to date, only) 24 hour race. Fucking fuck. The worst part is the feeling of knowing somebody went sorting through all of your personal stuff. They even went through my inhalers. Very unnerving feeling. That and it took the cops over two hours to show up after we called, which delayed us moving the rest of our shit that wasn't taken (desks, some clothes, etc.) and we were there until 1 am this morning. Today at work has been just great. Rave: At least we didn't get shot?
Rant: I've been so busy for the last few nights that I haven't had any me time. Rave: So tonight I'm going to sit on my ass and drink beer, watch TrueBlood and play with my vagina.
RANT: Fifth Third Bank's offer to exchange my $500 Canadian to US at a rate of .92, fuck you people. Trying to explain to me that you get less money back because of the rate annoys me to since I had to explain to them that I was getting less Canadian for my USD, which makes them retarded RAVE: Called up another bank and they're putting the rate at .977
Rant: Jesus fucking christ, doesn't look like the riots are going to be calming down anytime soon. Manchester is kicking off big time with shops and department stores getting broken in to and set ablaze. It makes me sick that people wearing £100 trainers, £80 tracksuit and a £300 phone riot in the name of poverty? Or even more laughably, lack of respect shown to them by the police?.. Fuck that noise. You don't get given respect, you earn it. rave: What with all the looting going on, there's going to be some bargains on ebay and carboot sales in the next few weeks.
Rave: People watching at a car dealership is fun. Rant: Nice car seems to equal being a douche/cunt in this country. I cannot believe some of these fucking people. No chance in hell I could ever work at one of these places. My tolerance for ass kissing is very low. Rave: Getting stared at as I sit in flip flops, shorts and a t-shirt waiting for "my" (see company/lease car) wheels by these same complainers is extremely enjoyable to me. Rant: US Airways already cancelled my flight for tomorrow... wtf? They've given up on trying to fabricate cute excuses at the gate such as "the pilot overslept".
Rant: If you're selling on Craig's List, do us all a favor and list the dimensions of whatever you're selling. More often than not these assclowns have "Description: Black Coffee Table". "Description: Versatile End Table". Thanks. No shit. I can't tell if it would fit perfectly in my living room or if it belongs in a Playskool Playhouse. (Two square feet smaller than my own).
Rave: TODAY WAS AWESOME! I was worried that I would have to get an override to take more credit hours this fall to graduate. Nope! I got to drop my super hard bio class. So, less hours, easier classes....I was so happy I almost hugged the lady when she started laying it out for me to see. Beer and gummy worms to celebrate. And I actually splurged on beer I like this time...Yuengling!
Rave? Rant? I just made a drink up. I need to get rid of my surplus gin. There is apparently a drink called a pink lady, but I was lacking grenadine. So...almond milk, gin, and a drop of mint extract. At this point it just tastes kinda minty. Oh well. I get to drink it in one of my new, free, really nice martini glasses than my sister gave me. I feel like a James Bond vixen.
Rant: I just discovered lettuce wraps now. Rave: I just discovered lettuce wraps! I feel like an idiot for not thinking of it before, but finally no more bread.
Rant: I need to stop getting jobs where one of the primary reasons I get hired is because of my Y chromosome. "I really think that because you are a man you will be able to stop that sort of thing." Talk about a red flag. They might as well go ahead and say "this is a position where you will incessantly be treated like shit".