Sorry for the technical difficulties, Zoners. I had installed a plugin on the site, and when I tried to uninstall it, I fubared the site so bad that Jen (the owner of my host, Draknet) was on chat with seven different admin programmers looking at the errors my site was throwing and saying, “Dude, that’s effed up.”
And apparently I’ve won the Most Hosed Draknet Site of 2008. Yay me!
So the nutmeat of the matter is, I owe Jen a cookie and some serious love for taking the site and basically rebuilding from scratch for two hours. Everybody say it with me …
THANK YOU JEN!
And as a thank you for weathering through the technical difficulties ….
No problem.
Install that plugin again and I will upload a bear and let it run amok on your site.
:)
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Wow! I haven’t been on all day but it sounds like you guys had quite the afternoon. Glad all is well now.
Is it just me or does anyone else find humor in that picture? It just seems very tongue in cheek to me. Not that I don’t enjoy looking at it! :-)
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Thank you so much, Jen!
When we started having issues and DB was telling me just how bad it was … yeah, that really could have been catastrophic. Thanks for covering our collective tuchus!
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Thank you so much Jen! When I tried to access No Fact Zone after work and I saw the error message I was seriously worried. I am sending virtual hugs your way.
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thank you jen!!!!!! i love this website and look at it once a day … can’t live without my daily dose of colbert :-)
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Oh, I’m so relieved!!!!!! I was so worried this afternoon when I couldn’t access the website — I really don’t know what I’d do without it!
I just realized that I sound kind of pathetic. Oh, well. As Stephen would say, “Deal with it!!!” (That’s aimed at me, not at all of you.)
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I too was quite worried when my computer registered an ERROR when I clicked on this site (. . .as I usually do every few hours)!
Aaand I love how the tag is “navel gazing.” HAH.
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. . . and P.S. Why is that strange line above my post? Suspicious.
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THANK YOU JEN!
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Thank you Jen! So are we officially “Zoners” now?
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@vigwig:
I think we are (that would describe me, anyway).
I forgot to say last time, Thanks, Jen!!!
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THANK YOU SO MUCH JEN!!!!!
I never got the error message, but I did try to log on and my computer kept saying the page was done loading, but it never came up and I was sad.
Hearts for the lovely pic too, DB! It captures the frustration well.
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I just noticed this, but all the comments that were posted today before the “technical difficulties” are gone. Maybe it’s just me?
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Thank you Jen!!! Major tip of the hat to you!
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AmandaIvy,
You’re not wrong. Sadly, the comments were wiped out. I have copies of the ones that came through my e-mail (which is most of them), but … yeah, they’re not on the site.
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THANK YOU JEN!
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Thanks, Jen; the Internets need more hosts like you!
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Wow, thanks Jen!!! I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who was way too anxious when all I got was a white page and not the NFZ. I was kind of embarrassed by how relieved I was when the site did actually come up.
This is also a good time to thank DB, Ms Interpreted and everyone else in the NFZ staff who work so hard on this site.
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Thanks Jen! I was worried the site got taken down for strange, legal reasons.
anyhow, while we’re all here, I was wondering if any of the heroes who’ve been to live tapings can answer this question: does he meet people waiting in line / take photographs with them? Does he give out autographs? or is it all wishful thinking?
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Yes and yes again – Thank you Jen, for restoring untold treasures. And thanks to the Zoner Crew (I’m gonna have fun running with THAT) for providing the steady stream of precious goodies to which we’re all so addicted!
@mrtigger001 – Stephen and the TCR crew rehearse and rewrite right up to the wire (and sometimes a little beyond, so be prepared to stand in the “lobby” for a bit of time), so there’s no opportunity before the show for autographs or pictures (unless you count the close-to-life-size stand-up cut-out that occasionally gets stationed outside the studio for those waiting on line to pose with).
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@somuch2kno:
Um, the staff are the Minions. :)
(There is a story behind it, I promise).
But yeah, it was pretty much decided that the readers are the Zoners. It seemed to be the consensus vote.
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Thank you so much Jen! I’ve only been checking in to this site for a couple of weeks and was already feeling withdrawal this afternoon when the site was down!
Thank you also to the amazing staff that keeps this site updated. Although Colbert Nation is a decent site, this one is far more comprehensive and should be the #1 site!
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Here’s another thank you to Jen! And to DB and MsI and all the other people who run this fabulous site. I was seriously worried this afternoon when it all went white. I kept checking and it didn’t get better. I wanted to call someone, but who?
This is the Number 1 Stephen Colbert fan site!
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DB – My theatre and roadie background has ingrained in me the title ‘crew’ for all those who work diligently scurrying around behind the scenes, supporting (and in some cases, making) the magic. But I’ve definitely seen you refer to yourselves as ‘Minions’, which is even more appropriate. Sorry for the unintentional misnomer. (And I love a good story!)
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Thanks Jen!!
Glad to see the site back online.
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@ DB,
[long-suffering sigh] I tire of being a minion. Haven’t I earned my promotion to “flunky” yet?
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Whew! I’m glad everything’s back to normal. Kudos to all web hosts, minions, flunkies, and Zoners who make it all possible. (Did I cover everyone?)
And as always, thank you for the eye candy. *sigh*
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