The blog was down in a strange way today. It would not load. Perhaps one of the web processes had a problem. Server reboot. Fixed.
However, both Free Republic and Drudge were down today too.
And now that the blog is loading again, the podcasts (LENTCAzTs) won’t play.
UPDATE:
Okay… that got sorted out.
I understand that the Catholic Herald in the UK had problems yesterday as did Drudge and a few other sources.
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on Meanwhile, the Novus Ordo is the only expression of the Roman Rite… not.: “Geez – we’re gonna need a lot of exorcists to clean up this mess.”
on Meanwhile, the Novus Ordo is the only expression of the Roman Rite… not.: “Thank God, she’s wearing a mask! Can’t be too careful!”
on ASK FATHER: The faithful put blood, sweat, and tears into the building, revival of churches, parishes. Given how bishops them them, is there recourse in Canon Law?: “I don’t think you’re going to get anywhere in civil court—unless you conditioned the donation.”
on Meanwhile, the Novus Ordo is the only expression of the Roman Rite… not.: “I made it 13 seconds.”
on Meanwhile, the Novus Ordo is the only expression of the Roman Rite… not.: “They’re discussing Catholic Masses, but they show an Evangelic Protestant revival in the video. I don’t get it.”
on ASK FATHER: Should displaced Catholics attend the Novus Ordo? Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “TWF, You must be the luckiest man alive. They may encourage the people to receive kneeling and on the tongue,…”
on ASK FATHER: The faithful put blood, sweat, and tears into the building, revival of churches, parishes. Given how bishops them them, is there recourse in Canon Law?: “Generally Civil Courts abstain from Ecclesiastical controversies but they will decide the matter based on neutral legal principles. So a…”
on ASK FATHER: The faithful put blood, sweat, and tears into the building, revival of churches, parishes. Given how bishops them them, is there recourse in Canon Law?: “Bella Dodd was a 21 year member of the Communist Party. After leaving the Party and going back to the…”
on Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 9th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O. 19th Sunday): “That was a thought provoking essay, Fr. Z. I know I have asked this before, but this remains an ongoing…”
on ASK FATHER: The faithful put blood, sweat, and tears into the building, revival of churches, parishes. Given how bishops them them, is there recourse in Canon Law?: “It is also worthy to note that many fruits of martrydom (red or white or any other color) may not…”
on Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 9th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O. 19th Sunday): “We have a new priest after 11 years of solid preaching from our beloved Father B, who has moved on…”
on ASK FATHER: The faithful put blood, sweat, and tears into the building, revival of churches, parishes. Given how bishops them them, is there recourse in Canon Law?: “From a lawyer: The chance at winning on canon law grounds in a civil court are zilch. The only road…”
on If a law isn’t accepted, it is essentially no law at all. Traditionis? Time will tell. Novus Ordo? Time has told.: “This Faith Community of Saint Sabina, is it Catholic? “The Faith Community of St. Sabina is a Word-based, Bible teaching…”
on Hilarious statement from the Archdiocese of Chicago about the suppression of the Institute of Christ the King: “For all those suggesting that the Institute just move out of Chicago to a more Traditional friendly area – you…”
on If a law isn’t accepted, it is essentially no law at all. Traditionis? Time will tell. Novus Ordo? Time has told.: “@Kathleen10 — “Francis has made us exponentially more Catholic than we were. We didn’t make a point of all this”…”
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I am glad you noticed Fr. Z as I wanted to listen to the latest Lentcast and could not. I wondered if someone had tried to hijack your site…welcome back. ^^
I’m glad it was easily fixed! I saw that earlier and was afraid something catastrophic had happened. That’s interesting that Drudge was down as well–I have never seen that happen.
First, lightning strikes Saint Peter’s Basilica on the day Pope Benedict resigns; then the earth is “attacked” by an asteroid and a meteor; then NASA loses its command and control circuit to the Space Station; and now this. It’s going to be an interesting Lent. TEOTWAWKI?
I’ve been having problems all week with the blog not working properly.
Thanks for explaining. I thought it was because I am in the wilds of Kent…
I checked in several times today and while it loaded more slowly than usual at least twice, I had no major problems getting on.
Google Mail also slow these last few days, with poor connectivity. Your blog header and a few side bars were loading, but no content, Father. Good to see you back up.
It has been loading pretty slowly for me for about a week, at least.
Do you really want to imply you have something in common with Free Republic and Drudge ? I doubt it ;)
Wouldn’t surprise me if it was the work of some sorry hackers with too much time on their hands.
If your best argument is to silence the opposition, it doesn’t say much for your position, does it?… Oops, did I just take down all progressivism?
It’s been slow for me too, and usually it comes up “Safari cannot open blah blah blah”. It’s been doing this since the pope announced his resignation. Maybe it’s a conspiracy by all the liberal newsies against you trying to block visitors from your blog.
I also had problems earlier today–similar to Therese.
I learned yesterday that although Chinese hacks are the #1 scourge of the Internet these days, Chicago is now #2. It appears that some Chinese hackers have considered that it is relatively easy to block ranges of IP addresses to reduce the attacks, they have taken to hijacking servers in Chicago which then become agents of further attacks. Since few would wish to simply block Chicago, the challenge is greater.