The Real Blog Lock Down

The Sky News broadcast I mentioned in my original blog lock down post is scheduled to air in little over an hour from now, after being delayed for a day. I've already started receiving traffic (for several hours now) from "The Kindness of Strangers", a blog post I wrote for Sky News.

I'm not taking any chances with the Digg.com crowd, the members of which like to jump on mainstream media stories minutes after they happen. The last time I got digg-slammed, after Steve of "Ramblings from the Marginalized" submitted my "Downloading Pirated Anything Is NOT Illegal" rant, my former web host was unreachable for 12+ hours by most people.

This time, I have a better web host (much better) and I'm using the lock down mode of WP Super Cache. It may not help much with an initial burst of 500 connections all at once, but it should help things a bit after that initial burst.

Even though I'm not taking any chances, I don't think it's going to happen. Nevertheless, I've been wrong before.

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Mike on 2008-01-24 at 2:34 am (Reply)

I shall make sure I'm sitting in front of the TV when it airs in an hour or so. The story itself is on the front page of the Sky News website.

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2. RT Cunningham | Untwisted Vortex | Philippines on 2008-01-24 at 2:42 am (Reply)
  
  I hope someone records it and makes an avi out of it so I can watch it!
  2. Mike on 2008-01-24 at 3:20 am (Reply)
    
    Well I'm recording the programme onto my digital recorder so hopefully I'll be able to make a copy. Fingers crossed.
    
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3. RT Cunningham | Untwisted Vortex | Philippines on 2008-01-24 at 2:44 am (Reply)
  
  "How bloggers of the web united to save a life"
  
  That's a little sensationalistic, wouldn't you say? I mean, I don't think she's at risk of dying.
Mike on 2008-01-24 at 4:00 am (Reply)

It wasn't shown on the TV version. I don't know if the online version is any different but no mention of the article on the TV
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2. RT Cunningham | Untwisted Vortex | Philippines on 2008-01-24 at 4:08 am (Reply)
  
  Ok, cool. I just lifted the lock down.
RT Cunningham | Untwisted Vortex | Philippines on 2008-01-24 at 4:30 am (Reply)

If nothing happens in the next 30 minutes, I'll be headed to bed.
car hire on 2008-01-25 at 10:39 am (Reply)

It does seem a little sensational if you ask me–bloggers uniting to save a life? But that's just me.
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