Coding Horror Has Gone Down

So I thought the name of the site was called CodingHorror not I-Am-A-CodingHorror. Assuming you haven't been living under a rock the codinghorror.com site is totally down with this message.

Seeing as attwood blamed CrystalTech I was curious what their response was so I had this online conversation with them:

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Mr Chimp: So I heard coding horror went down and you lost all the backups. Are you guys like chimps over there or something :D

John B.: Hello, You have reached Technical Support. My name is John B. Please stand by, I will be ready to assist you in a moment. While you wait, please take a moment to visit http://newtekbusinessservices.com to take advantage of our money saving services. Thank you for your patience, I will be with you shortly.

John B.: Mr. Chimp, how can I assist you today?

Mr Chimp: So did you lose all the backups to codinghorror.com?

Mr Chimp: because that is the rumor

John B.: Mr. Chimp, I have never heard of this rumor. Do you have a customer ID number for this account; I'll be happy to research this if you do.

Mr Chimp: sure

Mr Chimp: codinghorror.com

John B.: Mr. Chimp, that is a domain name, not a customer ID. I will have to verify your customer ID and account password in order to provide information.

Mr Chimp: Oh its not my my domain, I just happen to visit this domain recently and noticed that right on the website they are blaming you for screwing everything up.

Mr Chimp: That must be pretty bad considering the site gets about 10k visitors a day

Mr Chimp: it might even make it on slashdot, and then your company will get a reputation for being a disaster

Mr Chimp: are you looking for new work, there is a call center near here always looking for good people?

John B.: Mr. Chimp, we're often hiring; send a resume to hr@crystaltech.com.

Suprise Suprise, their tech support really does have no clue what they are talking about. Nice tip attwood but you may think about using a backup service.