Blog News Channel Down
It appears that sometime yesterday the webhost Vizaweb had a catastrophic meltdown. Only one site hosted with them has so far posted about their success in migrating to a new host in the aftermath. Not much is known about the downtime, and whether Vizaweb will be back or not. All of you might now be saying "so what?" except for the fact that they hosted Nathan Weinberg's Blog News Channel.
All of his associated blogs are down, including InsideGoogle, InsideMicrosoft, and my AppleWatch blog. He has no backups. Right now he is in bad sorts as the blog is the only source of income for him and his wife, and if anyone can help he needs it right now.
"I need (a) money, if anyone is interested in donating (b) a job, if I can't save the site, to start earning money and (c) free legal advice, if I can subpoena my data and sue these idiots." -Nathan Weinberg
So if you have money to spare, a job for him to work his ass off at, know a way to restore a site in any capacity through the google cache, or can offer free legal advice please contact Nathan ASAP at montevino [AT] hotmail [DOT] com
Wrote on November 9, 2006 @ 7:11 pm
Jason, there’s a post on Digg about this. Please Digg it, and anyone else who can should as well. This may raise the visibility of the situation, and help us find a resolution.
http://www.digg.com/tech_news/What_do_I_do_when_my_hosting_vanishes_Please_Digg_Help_Vizaweb_Story
Also, thanks so much to everyone offering assistance. I am in as bad a bind as it gets on the internet, and I really needed the help.
Wrote on November 9, 2006 @ 8:54 pm
THat is really horrible any idea how long the estimated downtime is to be?
http://www.proxycastle.com
Wrote on November 10, 2006 @ 6:00 am
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