Amazon.com had issues last week, but today it's Amazon UK's turn.How long it was down for is unclear, but several people, including myself, got an unhelpful "service unavailable" message when trying to access the site earlier this evening.It just goes to show - 100% uptime is a myth :) … [Read more...] about A Bad Week For Amazon
IPv6 Experiments and Frustrations
Image via WikipediaAs I mentioned recently, this server is now available over both ipv4 and ipv6.The next logical step was to get ipv6 of some kind working at home.Unfortunately my isp isn't offering ipv6 (yet!), so I had two options:Setup complicated networking stuff to get some of our ipv6 allocation to appear at homeGet an ipv6 tunnel from SixxsOption 1 might have been … [Read more...] about IPv6 Experiments and Frustrations
Lisbon Treaty Vote = Lots of Junk Mail
Image via WikipediaFor some reason I don't get as much junk mail as other people. I presume it's because I don't live in a housing estate.Over the past few weeks, however, my letter box has been assaulted by just about every political party and pressure group in the country trying to swing my vote in the upcoming referendum.I wish they wouldn't. Most of the literature from both … [Read more...] about Lisbon Treaty Vote = Lots of Junk Mail
IPv6 – Again
Image via WikipediaOver the past couple of years this site has been IPv6 enabled from time to time, but it ended up losing its IPv6 some time ago.It's now back and working again!Thanks to Niall, who did some rejigging of DNS and network stuff yesterday to get it all working properly again!The more content that is available over IPv6 the better.Anyone who has a dedicated or colo … [Read more...] about IPv6 – Again
Amazon.com Suffering Serious Outage
Amazon's main site, Amazon.com, has been down for the last hour or more. Currently some sections of the website are available sporadically.The really scary thing is that based on their reported revenues every minute of downtime equates to about $31000 of lost revenue!Now that is really mission critical!In the meantime you might amuse yourself looking at some of the craziness in … [Read more...] about Amazon.com Suffering Serious Outage