Gawker: defamer, technical difficulties

We apologize for the unscheduled break in...

Seth — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:32:01 EDT

We apologize for the unscheduled break in your daily Defamer procrastination-enabling services, but apparently the Gawker Media server had been accidentally let go in the flurry of downsizings to recently befall our company. An intern has been dispatched to beg the large device to return to HQ, with a $0.07-an-hour raise thrown in to sweeten the pot. Hopefully, by the time you read this all the necessary paperwork will have been signed, and we'll get back to churning out the news you need to know with the frequency to which you've become accustomed. HAAY-yah, editors! *Whipcrack!*

As you may have noticed, we have been having...

Mark Graham — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:25:00 EDT

As you may have noticed, we have been having some technical difficulties today. Photos have been disappearing indiscriminately from the home page and our video functionality has also been on the fritz. Granted, I'm not an IT person, but I am personally recommending that our hard-working tech team begins to transition away from hamster powered servers to some sort of environmentally friendly, solar-powered webpage-delivering devices (side note: I don't know if those things even exist). Because if Greenzo taught me anything, it's that it's possible to "save the earth while maintainng profitability!" Thanks for bearing with us, we hope to have everything shipshape in no time...

Please Stand By

Mark Graham — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:00:00 EDT

As you may have noticed, we have been having some technical difficulties again this morning. Remember those prarie dogs we told you about? Well, in an embarrassing turn of events, we weren't able to get their Visas processed, so we were forced to once again to dip our toes into the difficult world of hamster recruiting. And now that hamsters have been empowered by Hollywood casting directors, it makes our job just that much more difficult. Our thanks to you for bearing with us as we try to get things shipshape...

In case you hadn't noticed, we've been experiencing...

Mark Graham — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:00:00 EDT

In case you hadn't noticed, we've been experiencing some, um, challenges with the site for the last few days. The hamsters that power our servers have apparently been turned into coats by the Olsen Twins, and we are working our hardest to expedite the Visas of a pack of prairie dogs who have agreed to work for us on the cheap. Until then, though, you may see some spottiness on the site — and not just in the quality of the writing. Some comments have been disappearing, some posts have been reverting to previously saved versions and, well, we feel like we've been under a technical assault so twisty and turny that Manoj himself might want to turn it into a script. So, all we can say at this point is to hang in there, just like those kittens in the dentist's office. We'll be doing the same.

In case you hadn't noticed, Defamer spent...

Mark Graham — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:31:04 EDT

In case you hadn't noticed, Defamer spent some time under the knife of Dr. 90210 this weekend. While we are confident that you'll learn to love our freshly rejuvenated look, we realized that we may have removed some of our surgical bandages a bit too early. Specifically, we know that we're looking a bit shabby when viewed in the Internet Explorer 6 browser and on machines running Windows XP. Thanks for all of your comments and emails, we are working on all of these issues and are confident that a few timely injections of Botox will get us right as rain in no time. Fingers crossed that all will be well by the A.M., thanks for your patience. Now, on with the show...

We know that the last thing anyone wants...

Mark — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:27:55 EST

We know that the last thing anyone wants to hear about is our technical problems (and yet here we go anyway!), but one of those internet outages that our service provider occasionally likes to surprise us with to keep us on our toes has forced us out in the world to find a connection. We should be up shortly, though things may be running at half-speed for a little while. As always, thank you for bearing with us during these incredibly difficult times.

By the time you read this, the problem will...

Mark — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:27:44 EDT

By the time you read this, the problem will probably already have magically worked itself out, but we seem to be experiencing one our weekly Friday server meltdowns. Please bear with us until our Soviet-era equipment is switched out for slightly better machines obtained at a recent Kabul computer fair.

Defamer Technical Difficulties

Mark — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 17:59:08 EDT

While we know that it does no one any real good to post notices about the technical difficulties that occasionally prevent us from serving your Grazerhead-related needs in a timely fashion, it nonetheless makes us feel better to let you know that a problem with the evil voodoo-box that holds our blog posts hostage until a proper offering of fresh poultry is made has hobbled us for the last three hours or so. But the required chickens have now been slaughtered, so things should again function properly, and our regular posting schedule will resume shortly.

As always, thank you for sticking by us in these trying times.