And suddenly, we’re up. Honestly, we could have probably been up earlier if I hadn’t mucked around with some things. If the site goes down again over the weekend, don’t despair. Why not see WALL-E?
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July 17th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
Dear John, I feel there is no reason, no reason at all, why a ballsy cinematic tastemaker such as yourself should not feel free to write the word “crashy,” without an apostrophe, and challenge the whole world to deal with it.
We would support you.
Emily
July 17th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
I’m personally fond of “crashtastic,” and also possibly “crashtacular.” Really anything which helps drag the world down to my third grade reading level is an excellent option.
July 17th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
MySQL tip #1: make sure you’re using InnoDB tables instead of the default MyISAM. MyISAM is marginally faster but a lot less stable.
MySQL tip #2: Don’t use MySQL. (I switched to Postgresql.)
July 18th, 2008 at 6:17 am
Agreed! Everyone should go see WAAAALL-EEEEEE and EEEEVAAAAH!
July 18th, 2008 at 8:37 am
WALL-E? Isn’t anybody seeing The Dark Knight?
July 19th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
Yeah John what are your thoughts on The Dark Knight? By my count both WALL-E and TDK are masterpieces