Ace of Spades HQ on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AceOfSpadesHQ/
Ace of Spades on Twitter seems to have been purged. The Gab group for AoS Morons (self-applied term) seems to indicate that things are normal: https://gab.com/groups/407
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See this: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:1TVZn8Ei1agJ:https://ace.mu.nu/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
Apparently they were having some technical problems yesterday and this morning, and knew there might be some down time on the horizon, but I can't find the alternate site he seems to be referring to.
April 04, 2021
Testing The Emergency Open Blogger System — Ace Open Blog
-- Pixy
This is only a test. If this post were real, you would have been notified.
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Emergency Backup Blog — Ace
Sorry to interrupt your Easter like this folks.
There was a power outage at our hosting company. They switched over to generator power, but then one of the generators had a problem and now they have to check their electrical systems before they can bring things back online.
I had this site already built for testing so I'm pointing over to it until we can get the main site back online.
Update: I have more details from our (regular) hosting provider.
They had a power outage in their Utah datacenter where we live. They switched to generator backup.
Then one of the generators caught fire.
The fire was put out immediately, but power has been cut to the entire building until a safety inspection has been completed. They also note that some servers might have water damage and could need a rebuild.
We might be here a couple of days, so pour yourself a drink and get comfortable.
Side note: Buzzion was playing with a blog feature that lets you automatically insert the reader's name into a post or comment. He didn't actually stop by and insult everyone individually.
-- Pixy
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Thanks very much!
You're very welcome! Also, from today (but unfortunately I have no idea where "my site" is):
https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:1TVZn8Ei1agJ:https://ace.mu.nu/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
April 05, 2021
Mid-Morning Art Thread [CBD] — Ace Open Blog
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Cursed field. The place of execution in ancient Rome. Crucified slave Fyodor Bronnikov
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The Morning Report 4/5/21 - J.J. Sefton — Ace Open Blog
Good morning, kids. Monday and fingers crossed this is working. A fire in Utah knocking us out sounds almost as wacky as a toilet backing up in Atlanta flooding six states on Election Night. Almost. Unfortunately there will be no editorial this morning. It took me about two hours to completely reformat everything for this site (feh). That said, everything is pretty much self-explanatory so talk amongst yourselves. Hopefully this will be fixed by tonight or tomorrow. You can always go over to my site as well in case this thing is a total FUBAR. I will repost there shortly.
Fingers crossed
ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
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The reference to "my site" is probably JJ Sefton's site where he mirrors his morning posts.
http://cutjibnewsletter.com/
Thanks!
It makes me sad that my first thought, on seeing a web site like Ace's go down, is of sabotage. Thanks again!
Just checked, and it's down for me too. The acecomments.mu.nu domain is also down. No clue what's going on. I last looked at it probably 3-4 days ago and everything seemed normal then.
I just got through to it (slowly), but formatting is not the usual. Whatever alternate hosting they're using may be having trouble handling the load. Shows 492 comments on the "Mid-Morning Art Thread" posted at 9:30AM, so there are people getting through, but so far I haven't actually been able to get the comment thread open. I wonder if he's managed to limit or prioritize access to the regulars via their usual IP addresses. I've only commented there a handful of times, and I'm sure it's been over a year since the last time I commented, so I definitely wouldn't be included in any priority insiders' club.
I hope they aren't instituting something like that. My guess is that they're just continuing to reconfigure/reconstruct the site. Thanks for the report, too.
I wasn't suggesting that they might be instituting something like that on a permanent basis, just as a temporary measure to help deal with their current tech emergency.
Why would you ask that here?
Because there are likely to be a lot of people who are familiar with Ace of Spades HQ.
What a dumb place to ask.
And yet, as you can see, I immediately got a satisfactory answer.
There are a few Ace fans (such as myself) who also post here.