… because I just ruined a nice set of blue Brooks Brothers boxer shorts when our Olympic blogging site went dark for 30 minutes. Story of my life — when the website absolutely positively cannot go down — it will go down. Without fail. Forbes.com alumni will recall the September 1999 disaster when we lost the site for three days during the publication of the annual list of the 400 richest Americans. That was 72 hours of badness.
This one was particularly hairy because the site is our default in our iLounges — internet cafes for athletes and their guests in the Olympic Village. Press is all over it. This site CANNOT fail.
My man Esteban Panzeri was able to get it fixed, but I still need a new pair of these:
Back now, all is well. But now I have the paranoia.
I think you’ll need a new pair of those and a mobile defibrillator.
I guess I should ask Esteban, but why did it go down in the first place?
You’re living the common life of risk management IT everywhere. Management says “It cannot go down,” but then when they see the bill to make sure it doesn’t, they balk — until disaster happens (i.e. they are embarassed in public) — then no amount of money is too much to spend.
Boxers are on me…
Given Matt’s apt assessment of risk management of IT, I suggest you upgrade to Depends wrapped in Kevlar.