There's a panicky voice inside me that wonders, whenever the power is knocked out for more than a minute or so, if this is it: the failure of the grid, the fall of civilization, the end of all things. And then the lights come back on, and it's all fine again.
The weekend's six-hour Amazon S3 outage caught a lot of people by surprise, including more than a few blogs and web apps who rely on it. Sure, it was just a momentary glitch. But whenever something big and supposedly rock-solid has a hiccup, it chips away just a little of your confidence...
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Ooh, that must hurt. A lot of content sits up on those Amazon servers. And that must have caused one heck of a lot of chaos on quite a few websites.
Um, while you're talking about cartoons. Here's probably another cartoon that fits the situation--somewhat.
http://www.psychotactics.com/blog/chaos-time-why-our-planning-goes-nuts/
It's all about chaos :)
Posted by: Sean D'Souza | July 23, 2008 11:31 PM
Here's another webcomic for Geeks: http://www.geekycomic.net/
Posted by: Mauro | July 23, 2008 11:58 PM
Rob,
That's brilliant! I have been reading quite a lot in the cloud computing meme recently. The company I work for is SaaS Semantic Web (Talis.com), so it's pretty relevant too. I can't now shake the image of a velociraptor with an iPhone wondering when his appointment at the dentist wasâpicking his teeth with the bone of his 10:00!
I worry about your anxiety during power outages, though... ever thought of having some chamomile just before switching on the computer?
All the best,
Posted by: Zach Beauvais
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July 24, 2008 1:49 AM
Thanks for the comments. And thanks for the suggestion, Zach, but thanks to my years in politics, my body has developed a severe anxiety dependency. My doctor has warned me that chamomile, meditation or light jazz could cause a life-threatening level of relaxation and calm.
Posted by: Rob Cottingham | July 24, 2008 3:48 PM
;)
Love it! I'll remember that the next time my wife asks if I really need that fourth coffee...
-Z
Posted by: Zach Beauvais
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July 28, 2008 12:11 AM