Yes, I am aware the site is loading slower than molasses. I am working on it. Other than general slowness, are there any other problems?
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by John Cole| 85 Comments
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by John Cole| 85 Comments
This post is in: Previous Site Maintenance
Yes, I am aware the site is loading slower than molasses. I am working on it. Other than general slowness, are there any other problems?
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Susan S
Dear John: My Balloonjuice loaded faster just now than anything else today. Thank you.
kindness
Clear Tunch out from the hamsters running the server’s motors…he’s creeping them out with his stares.
cathyx
Yes, you’re not posting enough.
JR
Newt’s ads are kind of a problem.
GregB
Too much balloon, not enough juice.
Violet
Some of the ads feature naked women, making this site somewhat NSFW. I don’t know if you can do anything about that, but it’s been a topic of discussion for the last day or so.
I’m not having this problem, but for some people if they refresh the site the new posts don’t appear. They have to click the rotating tag line in the banner to get the site to refresh properly and the new posts to appear.
West of the Cascades
It’s loading nicely today, thanks. On the “Blogroll,” it seems like a link to Charlie Pierce’s snark would be nice, and an edit to “Steve Benen” to link to his new Maddowblog as well as adding Ed Kilgore (and/or “Washington Monthly”) to the list.
Sasha
No problems, but let me use this moment to pimp my friend’s new poliblog, The Political Omnivore.
Please drop on by and spread the word.
Tony J
No follow-up pictures of The Host with The Cat, or The Host and The Dogs. You’ve popped the cork, let the bubbles spray.
And the wraparound text. It doesn’t always happen, but when it does it will not go away. Yeah, I use the world’s most ubiquitous and crappy browser, but come on, the clue is in the name.
burnspbesq
The problem may be browser-specific. I currently have my work laptop (a MacBook Air running OS 10.7 and Firefox 8.0.1) and my iPad drawing from the same Internet connection via the same AirPort. The iPad is loading fine. The laptop is dead in the water.
Elizabelle
Some of us have insomnia.
schrodinger's cat
@Tony J: Seconded!
We can even have a caption contest.
dmsilev
All of the Republicans running for President are either crazy or sociopathic. Please fix.
Three-nineteen
To me, the naked woman seems a lot more safe for work than the one that was pretending to fellate that cucumber. It seemed like you can’t actually tell she’s naked unless you really stare at her. I can’t see it now because a NASCAR driver is telling me who should do my taxes. Heavens, is that Earnhardt Jr.? He doesn’t look anything like his dad – must be the lack of mustache.
mdblanche
@dmsilev:
There you go.
pragmatism
blame the solar flares, john. i have gotten a lot of mileage out of that in the past week or so.
R-Jud
This cold weather is making my knee ache.
geg6
@Tony J:
Seconded! On both counts.
@burnspbesq:
Seems to be happening both on my laptop at home where I use Explorer and at work where I use Firefox. The only device where I don’t seem to be having this problem is on my iPhone.
t jasper parnell
The economy sucks and the neoliberals control the debate. Plus all the good beer costs too much and, as if the latter wasn’t bad enough, my feet hurt.
Lefty Lefty
My back hurts.
Cris (without an H)
Problem?
The Pale Scot
“Other than general slowness, are there any other problems?’
I’m almost out of the good scotch, Please help.
wrb
I miss the naked women.
They aren’t showing up now.
Carnacki
“…are there any other problems?”
Joe Manchin.
schrodinger's cat
More Tunch plz.
gogol's wife
@wrb:
Yes, my naked lady disappeared too.
Phoenix_rising
Too many excerpts from David Fucking Brooks on front page. Please hide behind the jump and provide a trigger warning: May cause blinding rage.
Mnemosyne
In case anyone wondered, snark is definitely not a recent invention:
Letter from freed slave to former master draws attention
Though apparently “escaped slave” would have been a more accurate headline since the letter includes lines like, “Although you shot at me twice before I left you, I did not want to hear of your being hurt, and am glad you are still living.”
Jourdan Anderson has been dead for over 100 years, and yet I love him.
wrb
@gogol’s wife:
It is sad.
Does no one love beauty?
NobodySpecial
People whine too much about riot shields in Modern Warfare 3.
Maybe that wasn’t what you were looking for….
cathyx
I just got notice that my garbage pickup is going up in price. My car insurance renewal is more even though I’ve had no accidents and my car is 6 months older than the last time I paid it. My favorite wine is now a dollar more per bottle. I’m so sick of this daily rising of prices of everything.
gogol's wife
@wrb:
I really didn’t mind her, it was rather tasteful.
BarbF
I could use a new job, or maybe just get a pound of $20’s.
Other than that, no specific problems.
t jasper parnell
@Mnemosyne: That really is one of the finest letters ever. See, as by the way, this parody, one hopes, of neoConfederate defending the slave owner
Elizabelle
Anne Laurie bait:
Story about a guy in Dunkirk, NY, on Lake Erie, whose passion is rescuing groundhogs.
Sweet guy. Name of Bob Will.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-groundhog-man-20120130,0,5075130.story
feebog
Yes, most of time when I go to cocmments after reading the main post the margins stretch out to fucking Nebraska. Please fix.
BGinCHI
Baby pooped on me.
Warren Terra
It’s not specific to this site, but for most of the last week some script in flash ads has given my Chrome the heebie-jeebies, so loading most sites that have ads means my browser freezing for ten seconds and then giving me an error message. It’s really, really vexing.
BGinCHI
@Elizabelle: You ever been to Dunkirk?
I think it’s a cry for help.
comrade scott's agenda of rage
@feebog:
And I thought that was just me.
Lesseee, other problems: our corporate media, a convservative party that’s batshit insane, a firebagging left that’s batshit insane, the fact I have two fantastic foster kittehs I can’t find a home for.
Oh, you meant the *site*.
Nevermind. Except for the foster kittehs, inquiries welcome.
MikeJ
Problems? Bootstrap 2.0 is supposed to be released today and hasn’t been yet.
Libby's person
My brain is loading slower than molasses. I’m still waiting for that paper I’m supposed to be working on to download…
Sarah Proud and Tall
I didn’t get to see any of the naked wimmins.
Can you bring them back please?
Villago Delenda Est
Site needs more Lily.
Also, too, more cowbell.
Chuck Butcher
@Violet:
On a 17″ monitor the woman showing about the same skin you’d see on a beach is about 1″ long and I’d go along with the thought that hot rods and scantily dressed babes is kinda silly but my eyes prefer her to Newt’s visage on a political beg…
Punchy
Can we get another picture of your lady-killin’ mug please? Maybe an action photo, like you drinking wine or washing the doggies?
Villago Delenda Est
@BGinCHI:
This is another one of those hazards of getting laid that no one ever bothers to tell you about.
Amir Khalid
It seems I’ve heard this one before, about Mr Springsteen, his fans and Ticketmaster…
schrodinger's cat
@comrade scott’s agenda of rage: You should ask AL to post photos, I am sure someone will scoop them up. Good luck!
lamh35
I’ve been late to all your posting about your angst and stuff and never did have a chance to comment on ur picture post. Chin u dude you are alright.
The site is working fine for me I guess.
redshirt
@lamh35: “Chin U” – I have a post doc from that school working here now. Chow Fat!
Violet
@Chuck Butcher:
It’s not really a matter of preference. In some workplaces an ad with the scantily dressed women could get you in trouble. An ad for Newt, no matter how offensive he is, wouldn’t cause the same problems.
FlipYrWhig
@Punchy: Or leaning coyly over a classic car?
Villago Delenda Est
@Violet:
Some workplaces clearly need to, um, lighten up, Francis.
BGinCHI
@Villago Delenda Est: The stinky bigotry of low penetrations.
Violet
@Villago Delenda Est:
They do indeed. But as a lowly employee, you can’t really change that kind of workplace policy. You can, however, be fired for “violating workplace policy on viewing objectionable material.” HR doesn’t side with the lowly employee if the boss is upset by it.
Villago Delenda Est
@Violet:
And people bitch about the government telling them what they can and cannot do.
Most workplaces are authoritarian hellholes that Stalin would approve of.
WaterGirl
@cathyx: With regard to your garbage bill going up, lots of people have success with this strategy. This is kind of an open secret.
You call around until you get a competing quote at the rate you have been getting (or lower). Then you call your garbage company that is raising your rates, and you tell them that you will be canceling because of the rate change. Tell them about your competitive quote, and I believe they will return you to your current rate.
cathyx
@WaterGirl: We don’t have competition. One company only. My choices are to go on a monthly pickup, or take it to the transfer station myself.
Chuck Butcher
@Violet:
I suppose that the thrust of my point was two fold, one the lack of clothes in that pose is scarcely anything, more to the point is exactly how close to the monitor you’d have to be to make out what it actually is.
I’ll be the first to admit that at my workplaces if you even have a computer running you’re not doing what you should be. After the third time someone was stopped and on their cell phone I’d tell tham to fix that situation or turn it off – the unstated “or” was that they could find someone else’s time/money to waste. If the house isn’t on fire, the kid in the hospital, or the dog puking blood there are two breaks and lunch and a whole shit load of time off work to jibber-jabber on the phone and tools and construction aren’t involved.
Benjamin Franklin
Just saw Paul Begalla chastizing Romney for ‘abusing’ his dog.
I swear, piling on could create some sympathy for the non-Klingon.
I remember an anecdote about FDR and the Republicans who went ballistic when, after a State trip to Japan, wherein the President traveled on a Naval vessel, 6 hours into the return he realized his Scottish Terrier was left behind. He turned the escort around to retrieve the dog.
“He’s wasting money” they fumed. The result was an outpouring of sympathy for FDR, because he loves his dog.
trollhattan
Evidently, McMegan has a new Atlantic kennelmate, one Jordan Weissmann. Herr Weissmann thinks the federal government is too generous to their workers, and needs to pay less to attract better talent. At least that’s what I think he’s saying and of course, McMegan piles on.
Take it away, Erik Loomis.
http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2012/01/is-the-federal-government-too-generous-to-working-class-people
Pangloss
Oy, problems, he asks!
Benjamin Franklin
I guess the whole story is 25 years ago Romney tied the family dog to the roof of the car for a trip.
That’s’ admittedly, pretty bad. But do we really want to tackle these issues when so many others exist?
I’m a little more than ambivalent.
trollhattan
@Benjamin Franklin:
It’s just that Mittens would tie the whole damn country to the station wagon roof if it appeared logical to do so, and I don’t mean in a Spock sort of logic. A tiny window into the soul–if you will–of an evidently soulless man. Nation, meet lump of coal.
Villago Delenda Est
@Benjamin Franklin:
Yeah, but FDR loved his dog.
Mitt tortures his.
The more dog lovers find out about this, the better.
Downpuppy
@trollhattan: Bradley did a full “Releae the Hounds” on Federal workers, with Clive Crook, too.
None of the Atlantic Assclowns bothered to do any research at all. As many commenters pointed out,
1)It’s not that the Feds have got meore generous – private sector wages have been stomped
2) Wages are a small part of the Federal budget
3) Weissman, McArdle & Crook are overpaid hacks overdue for the glue factory
Gust Avrakotos
Ohhh goody, another drone strike.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/31/yemen-qaeda-idUSL5E8CV42U20120131
That outta get a rise out local Drone Psycho Cole and the rest of his firebagger lemmings.
dance around in your bones
The site is working fine for me. Once in a while there is a slow loading problem but I swear I don’t keep mashing the refresh button, I just have another sip of wine and meditate on our need for speed.
I’d love to see a current picture of Lily and Rosie. I miss the little buglets.
Benjamin Franklin
@trollhattan: @Villago Delenda Est:
Caught me a little offguard, seeing Begalla’s dramatic gesticulations.
I guess it does make sense.
trollhattan
@Downpuppy:
It’s like Sully broke up all the furniture there and McMegan and Friends hang around and complain lubrules are preventing them from sitting.
redheadedfemme
@Warren Terra: Get AdBlock for Chrome (there’s also a version for Firefox). Works wonders.
Also, John: Is there any way to write up a little script that allows commenters to subscribe to individual threads? I would love to be able to read replies in my email instead of coming back to the site over and over again. Not that I don’t like visiting y’all, but…
wrb
@redheadedfemme:
A notification of when someone has replied to a comment of yours would be nice.
Allen
Well, it seems to be loading fast to me but my internet has till now been down up till just now.
Mnemosyne
@Villago Delenda Est:
Somebody (here?) made a joke along those lines where the punchline was, “That’s why you should never drink and park.”
Steeplejack
The following is a minor nit in the grand scheme of things, but I have noticed it happening the last few days. Maybe file it under “weird things that might be related to something else.”
When you click on “Link” next to a comment, that becomes the anchor point at which the page is situated when you refresh it, i.e., it’s at the top of your browser screen. I use it as a convenient way to hoist up the next batch of stuff to read and keep track of where I am.
What I have noticed over the last few days is that under certain circumstances when I go back to a page (a tab in Firefox 9.0.1 under Windows XP, actually) the anchor point is at an arbitrary point about three PgUp’s above where I last left it. I haven’t been able to pinpoint exactly what the circumstances are, but I think it is related to doing a “Reload all tabs” in Firefox. At least that is where I have noticed it so far.
Again, not a flaming problem, but just something I have noticed as being different from before and thought I would mention.
Elizabelle
@Mnemosyne:
Liked Jourdan Anderson’s letter a lot. And the website it came from.
Thanks.
Origuy
This thread brings to mind a YouTube classic:
The Helsinki Complaints Choir
A response from Washington DC
Downpuppy
@trollhattan: I dood a whole blogpost on the Flying Monkey Attack on federal workers
walter friesen
I’ve read Balloon Juice for years, but I’ve recently switched to an Android tablet as my travel computer. The Balloon Juice site really sucks with Android. Why is that? Do you have an Android app that works better?
dch
I’m having the same problems as warren terra – some flash ad or something is causing errors pretty regularly. Also, the site didn’t update yesterday (though I saw tons of new posts this AM).
john patrick
“… are there any other problems?” I have this weird, nipple – like accretion of skin that forms at the back of my armpit. It’s a bit sensitive to the touch. Seems like a kind of Darwinian appendage designed to allow my enemies to more easily apprehend me as I go past. Thanks for asking. Almost nobody asks me about this stuff.
FlyingToaster
To our host: I’m married to a fat man with a beard. You’re just fine. Trust me. And my ninja daughter.
@Violet: My four-year-old WarriorGirl kept wanting to know “what is she doing?” I finally figured out which site was serving the ad and just blocked images from there (don’t mind the ads, but I DO NOT WANT to explain oral sex to a kid in preschool).
@BGinCHI: WarriorGirl brought home the current Norovirus; vomited on me (twice), gave it to me and HerrDoktor and on to her godlessparents and their son. Consider it your part of encouraging the robustness of the species (a la Guns Germs and Steel).
–FlyingToaster +2
Paul in KY
@Mnemosyne: Would have loved to meet Mr. Anderson. You could see he had a great sense of humour.
Paul in KY
@Elizabelle: Great story. That guy is a saint.