Web Host Funny Business

I woke up today and noticed that Chengdu Living didn’t come up. Then I checked DiscoDeath.net – also down. This really elicited a very immediate “OHHHH SHIT” reaction.

Turns out, the 403 “Access Forbidden” errors that were preventing me from viewing the pages were related to a PHP upgrade that my web host completed today. According to them, a “small handful of sites experienced outages”. Fuck you, those were my sites!

Anyway – everything is fixed and working again, after a full day of hoping these guys can restore the sites that I trust them to host. Sigh.

January 27, 2010|

Blurring the Line Between Games and Reality

When I was 11 years old and playing Final Fantasy II, my friends and I used to talk about when the graphics would improve in games so much that they’d appear undistinguishable from reality.

It’s happening. Check out this clip of Gran Turismo 5 on PS3 set side-by-side next to the real thing:

January 21, 2010|
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