mon.itor.us, a service which also provides free Web performance measurement services, appears to be having a wee problem.

The most recent GrabPERF data on this site is available here. The issue may be corrected by the time you look at the data.

I don’t wish suffering like this on anyone. GrabPERF had it’s own 3-4 day outage a few months ago. It’s just sad to see when monitoring services go down.

Tags: app, ARIN, data, GrabPERF, GrabPERF.org, HTTP, IE, IM, it, measurement, Om, One, outage, performance, performance measurement, PHP, pr, web, Web Performance, Web performance measurement

I am a sucker for dogs.

It’s pretty much a global statement. Ok, excluding genetic freaks that appear on the arms of Paris Hilton and ladies who lunch.

However, the rule is: the goofier the dog, the better.

Samantha and I use the laugh factor when selecting our dogs. If we see the dog, and it makes us laugh, we take it. That’s how we ended up with Wiggles, the Damnation Hound (Half Basset, Half Dalmatian).

Well, I have met my Dream Dog. Meet Larry.

You can see a LOT more of Larry here.

Tags: app, HTTP, IE, IM, it, Om, pr

Part of the problem with making a lot of East to West trips across the US is that the flights back are a nightmare for timing. You either lose most of a day or have to take a red-eye.

Well, taking the red-eye has only one advantage: you get to camp in the airline lounge and get some work done that you have been too tired/jetlagged to deal with.

I am in the United Red Carpet Lounge. It is 18:33 PDT, and my flight boards at 22:00 PDT. I have been here since 15:00 PDT. I have caught up with a client project, completed my (dreaded) weekly timesheet, booked accommodation for my Columbus, OH trip, and tidied up an analysis script that I use to process client measurement data.

Seems odd that this is the most productive time of the week.

This trip is a 48-hour turnaround from Boston to LA to finish up the project for a large client. The first half was handled by some colleagues, and was detailed here.

Then,when I get home, I have to go to NYC (Long Island City actually) for the day on Monday. And, as I mentioned above, Columbus which is set for the middle of the month.

Compared to some jet-setters out there, this is nothing. But I travelled so much between August 15 and November 15 that I went from 2,000 miles on United to well into Premier (24,000+ miles). This trip makes the fourth cross-country trip in 2.5 months. Not bad for a homebody.

I have three more hours. Think I will sit back and watch Trois Couleurs: Blanc.

Tags: analysis, blog, book, Boston, business, client, cro, data, EAD, HTTP, IE, IM, IP, it, LAN, measurement, Om, One, pr

All mail to pierzchala.com addresses should be working now. I moved to a new registrar.

If they work out, I will be migrating away from Namesecure.

Tags: IE, Om, Registrar

If you have been trying to send me stuff at my personal email address, it seems that Namesecure.com has decided to take it’s sweet time setting up my new email services.

Right now, if you try and send mail, the MX record reports that there is an NXDOMAIN.

I am not happy.

Technorati Tags: Namesecure, Namesecure.com, MX, mail

Tags: app, HTTP, IE, IM, it, Om, personal, Technorati

Apparently our friends at NASA are sitting on a report that clearly details the true state of air safety in the United States.

NASA Sits on Air Safety Survey

I want this report, NOW!

Technorati Tags: NASA, air safety, FOIA

Tags: app, HTTP, IE, it, Om, Technorati, United States

My colleague Roger went on his first business road trip last week.

It was from hell. He spent some time detailing the whole hellish experience here.

On November 14-15, I am travelling with Roger to Columbus, OH. I have promised to make it a much more…enjoyable experience.

Technorati Tags: travel, business, bad trips, Los Angeles

Tags: blog, business, HTTP, IE, IM, IP, it, Om, pr, Technorati

Samantha’s second Samsung A560 died last week, so I got mad and called Sprint to try and get out of the contract. No way — a kidney and my eldest child is the only way to get out of this deal with the devil.

So, until March 2008, the phone will be powered down and stuck in a drawer. We will grudgingly pay the bill, knowing that we can then tell them to take a long walk off a short pier and not re-subscribe.

On Sunday, we added Samantha to my T-Mobile plan and she now has several fine phones to choose from out of my existing collection. I really don’t see us going back to a CDMA service…ever.

Tags: content, GSM, HTTP, IE, ISP, it, LAN, Om, One, pr, T-Mobile, Technorati, TMobile

I have a problem: I like to collect GSM phones. Right now, I have seven.

From left to right.

• MOTORAZR V3
• MOTORIZR Z3
• MOTOSLVR L7i (current phone in use)
• Motorola V188 (running V220 software)
• Sony Ericsson K700i
• Nokia of some description
• Samsung T619

Ugh.

Tags: ARIN, css, current, GSM, HTTP, IE, IM, IP, it, Om, One, pr, Razr, run

This morning, the Canadian Dollar was briefly worth more than the US Dollar on international money markets.

Skating on the River Styx, anyone?

Tags: content, HTTP, IE, ISP, it, Om, One, Technorati