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Tuesday, October 16, 2007
2:08:00 PM EDT
Hi folks -- sorry for the delay in posting this. As many of you have reported, entries that were posted yesterday (Monday, 10/15), have vanished. I asked the Journals database folks about it, and here's what happened:
* There were problems with the database host last night.
* The database was "failed over" to the replicate database
* However, apparently the replicate database has had trouble replicating for a few days, so some posts didn't make it back to production
* They "failed over" back to the original database host, and the DB ops are trying to find a way to restore the missing entries.
I will ask that the team keep everybody updated on status.
However (and this is part two of the twofer Tuesday), I won't be able to give you those updates, since I'm no longer going to be Journals Editor. As you may have heard, AOL laid off a bunch of people today, and I'm one of them. So after about two-and-a-half years and just under 1,000 entries in this blog, I will be leaving you.
Not to fret, though -- I'll be fine, and I've asked that someone (or some group of folks, most likely) pick up the mantle of Journals Editor and continue supporting and publicly communicating about the AOL Journals product. Until they sort that out, though, posting to Magic Smoke and responses to JournalsEditor@aol.com may fall off.
It's been great working with you over the years -- sorry I couldn't get a lot of what you folks were asking for.
Best of luck to everyone.
Thanks -- Joe
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Twofer Tuesday: Missing Entries And Missing Editor
* There were problems with the database host last night.
* The database was "failed over" to the replicate database
* However, apparently the replicate database has had trouble replicating for a few days, so some posts didn't make it back to production
* They "failed over" back to the original database host, and the DB ops are trying to find a way to restore the missing entries.
I will ask that the team keep everybody updated on status.
However (and this is part two of the twofer Tuesday), I won't be able to give you those updates, since I'm no longer going to be Journals Editor. As you may have heard, AOL laid off a bunch of people today, and I'm one of them. So after about two-and-a-half years and just under 1,000 entries in this blog, I will be leaving you.
Not to fret, though -- I'll be fine, and I've asked that someone (or some group of folks, most likely) pick up the mantle of Journals Editor and continue supporting and publicly communicating about the AOL Journals product. Until they sort that out, though, posting to Magic Smoke and responses to JournalsEditor@aol.com may fall off.
It's been great working with you over the years -- sorry I couldn't get a lot of what you folks were asking for.
Best of luck to everyone.
Thanks -- Joe
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Oh, for Pete's sake, I just wrote you an email, and you're not there anymore? I feel really stupid, and lost. You seemed to know it all, and you were always there for us.
Feeling really sad, too.
Debrah -
I may not pop in here often, but I never thought I'd pop in and you weren't there.
:( you'll be missed Joe very much. Rache -
Dammit. It's always the cute ones. ;-) I'll miss you Joe!
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Joe you were great. I hope to find you again some day.
Celeste
http://journals.aol.com/csandhollow/Mydayandthoughts
11/19/07 6:27 AM
Mary