We’re here. Sometimes.

Traffic to our servers is usually heavy during Macworld, and this year has been no exception. Except for one thing. Axiotron is hosted on the same server as Mac360 and their site was pounded by very, very heavy traffic Tuesday and Wednesday, following the announcement of their new ModBooks.

We’ve experienced a few DIGG hits, a couple of SlashDot effects and never had a server problem—until now. The heavy load of Axiotron’s traffic brought the server, a fully loaded Apple Xserve beast, to a near screeching halt for much of the past two days. It’s better now, but there’s no telling how long it will last.

Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for your patience. Details to come.

Aloha…

ron

Funny I really haven’t noticed any problems…

I tried to login half a dozen times today and could not get through the login page. The rest of the time the site was up for awhile, but slow, then down and not accessible at all.

Bummers.

I had one time when I couldn’t load it…I had forgotten about it at the time. It is an unfortunate reality of the web…it doesn’t necessarily have 100% uptime…

BunsenHoneydew - 08 January 2009 06:25 PM

I had one time when I couldn’t load it…I had forgotten about it at the time. It is an unfortunate reality of the web…it doesn’t necessarily have 100% uptime…

I would be interested to know, Ron, if Server Logisitics “uptime” is decent compared to other hosts you’ve used? If I remember correctly, you also once ran Mac360 out of a server in your home. How does the “uptime” compare at home vs. a qualified host?

I can give a few possible answers to the question of “where in the world is Mac-360” 1st I know it’s owned edited and run by the guy who posted this forum. 2n.d. you can find the Mac-360 server somewhere in california 3. It’s also at http://www.mac360.com

I hope this has helped everyone!

Just noticed that Alex is running Mac360 on Twitter. Ron, too. That’s great news.

Now there’s no excuse for a lack of updates, right?

Natalia Nowak - 22 January 2009 10:36 PM

Just noticed that Alex is running Mac360 on Twitter. Ron, too. That’s great news.

Now there’s no excuse for a lack of updates, right?

Huge waste of time, that Twitter. It’s like listening to thousands of one person conversations, one sentence at a time. Someone has to ask, “Why?”

We’re still here. Alex has the flu, I’m recovering from eye surgery, and my first project was to set up a new ad server so pages will load a little quicker. All this is part of the Mac360 redesign, which is coming along. Slowly. I’ve asked Bambi to help out with some articles over the next few weeks until Alex is back. Thanks for your patience.

Natalia Nowak - 22 January 2009 10:36 PM

Just noticed that Alex is running Mac360 on Twitter.  That’s great news.

Now there’s no excuse for a lack of updates, right?

Wassup with Twitter? I know plenty of people use it but for what? Gossip? Spur of the moment thinking? It’s shameful and a waste of time.

Jack D. Miller - 25 February 2009 06:47 AM

Wassup with Twitter? I know plenty of people use it but for what? Gossip? Spur of the moment thinking? It’s shameful and a waste of time.

Lots of people use it, Jack. Think of it as a way to IM everyone at the same time and not having to sit at the keyboard and wait for a response. That’s handy. News travels fast, but faster on Twitter.

Am I the only one to notice that Mac360 is no longer running on a Mac?

Jeffrey Mincey - 11 March 2009 02:53 PM

Am I the only one to notice that Mac360 is no longer running on a Mac?

Ask Ron.