I got more work done on the van these past couple of days than usual. And it was rather pleasant waking up and not having to think about tending to the site, or again in the evening. But my vacation was your CC outage, and we can’t have that, eh? So we decided to fire up the site and get back to work…
Ok; actually the server had another hiccup. And David Saunders took time out from his summer Sunday to try and fix it. But there was a root level of one aspect of the server system that he didn’t have access to. Our previous tech consultant who set up the server forgot about passing on the access to that one level, so Dave was shut out.
But our former tech consultant was available today after work, and she resolved the issue quickly. And she gave Dave the keys to that area of the server. So that little glitch turned into a little vacation. Your loss is my gain. 🙂
Thanks guys!
Missing my daily CC was brutal!?
And it’s one addiction I don’t want to give up!!
Exactly
CC & Cawfee became my am addition a lonnnnnng time ago.
As well as addiction.
Great to have CC back —
I figured that you were probably recording live, on the road, and the power source (cigarette lighter of a ’55 Olds 98) gave out.
Or, maybe the USB port on the ’49 Star Chief you were filming, had an outage.
Perhaps you were recording the gutsy little exhaust of a Bug-Eye Sprite, and its MP3 connection skipped a beat.
Whew! Thought you’d stolen a van and taken off for a new life on the West Coast or something.
That’s a relief, I was craving my daily dose of Curbside Classic and had to resort to eating M&Ms instead… Big thanks to David Saunders, to the previous tech consultant, and, as always, to you Paul.
Thanks very much to David and Paul, I too craved my regular doses of CC, especially these days.
CC in total must amount to many gigabytes and many, many thousands of hours of writing and editing effort, not least Paul’s. One thing came to mind while it was down, surely this massive automotive encyclopedia and its commentariat are backed up somehow?
I actually pondered this as well. I would like to think that we are building a semi-permanent compendium of automotive knowledge, opinions, and insights here at CC.
Like most auto blogs, much of the automotive history posted here is just a rehash of information available elsewhere (although I like to think we do a pretty good job of contextualizing it). I say this not just a modest contributor, but as an avid reader.
Critically, we also generate a ton of original content: Everything from the “Cars of a Lifetime” series to the eponymous Curbside Classic posts. I know my COAL series is as close as I will ever come to writing an autobiography. There is a ton of insight in the reader comments as well. It would be a shame to ever lose all this if the site were to ever disappear for good.
Google keeps cached copies of much of this site in their search index, but if the original site disappears, Google quickly stops serving results from the missing site, whether it has the pages cached or not.
Archive.org keeps a pretty complete copy of this site (https://web.archive.org/web/*/www.curbsideclassic.com). They used to scan this site fairly regularly, but they only seem to have spidered this site twice in all if 2018 (both in February).
Thank you for all you do!!
Thank you!!!! I was lost withou my daily CC fix!
I was afraid that something had been compromised, and that’s why CC was not working. Glad everything’s OK!
Thought you were finishing up the camper.
Awesome you’re back, I figured a technical glitch of some sort had happened Big thanx to the repair crew.
Thanks to Dave and the other tech support, and to Paul for sticking with and fixing what Rolls-Royce would call a “failure to proceed”.
So much of what Paul does for CC is unseen, but without him we’d all be missing that bit of something, so thanks also for all you do to keep the swan that is normal CC floating by day to day.
The outage showed me how hopelessly addicted I am to Curbside Classic. The painful withdrawal process started yesterday, and it was driving me nuts.
Thanks, Paul and David along with this tech consultant, for getting the site back online shortly! I look forward to the daily fix once again!
Welcome back; CC was certainly missed! A Big Thanks to all the unseen feet paddling away in the background keeping this swan moving.
Glad to have all the little electrons, bits and bytes back at work. Like others my level of addiction was laid bare.
I had CC withdrawal too! Somebody commented on my parkedinbnenyc Instagram too asking where the site was so I posted a couple of updates in my Story to let people know.
Thank you Paul, David, and the consultant!
I tried every combination of device and browser I had hoping the issue was on my end. Great to have the site back, thanks Paul and David!
Do not adjust your set. Please stand by…
I was concerned about a ransomware attack or server meltdown, but it turned out the only key for the old car had fallen into the couch. I am very glad to see CC is back at full strength.
Glad the site is back up.
Technology is truly a double-edged sword. Love it and hate it at the same time!
“Dude, where’s my car?”
Paul,
Pleased (and relieved) to have you and the other article composers back to the land of the living.
I had nobody to argue automotively with while ya’ll were gone!
Man that was rough! I actually found myself truly upset about the site being down. I tried googling “what happened to curbsideclassic.com” hoping to get some assurance that it was only temporary! I was worried that Paul had finally had enough of being tied to running and maintaining the site. I’ve said it before in other comments, but I’m not sure Paul and the other contributors have ever seen it, so I’ll say it again while this thread is still fresh.
Dear Paul and Curbsideclassic contributes,
I want to convey my gratitude to you guys for your hard work and dedication to this website. I know I’m just one follower, that nobody knows or would miss if I stopped reading and commenting on the posts but you all mean so much more to me. Since finding this site about 4 years ago there hasn’t been a day that has gone by that I don’t visit this site (unless it’s down of course). In those 4 years my life has taken a dramatic turn and has been extremely challenging. I can honestly say that my daily time on this site is like a little mini vacation, a break from the stress and problems that have come to be my reality. I don’t know what it takes to keep a site like up and running daily, but I know it takes hard work and dedication. I sincerely appreciate you Paul for that work and dedication. And I am so grateful to all the contributors for taking the time to keep feeding us such great content on a daily basis. I wish I could be a contributor one day so that I could “pay back some of the enjoyment that I consume from this site”. Unfortunately, I’m not a very good writer and I’m sure that even this comment is filled with grammatical errors. So this is about all I can offer to you gentlemen, my sincere appreciation to you all and the knowledge that what you do here is actually touching peoples lives and bringing real joy to us. Please keep up the good work, some of us are really counting on you to brighten up our days!
Thank you. Your comment is actually very well written and reasoned, I have no concern that any post that you may decide to write one day would be any different. Give it a shot sometime, it doesn’t have to be anything lengthy or in-depth. Just something you enjoy talking or writing about, those are the easiest to write. Don’t start by trying to tackle anything you aren’t already familiar with…
Withdrawal, indeed! – I found myself on the old site reading this gem…
https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2011/06/curbside-classic-special-1959-edsel-%E2%80%9Ceco-boost%E2%80%9D/
…to get my fix on Sunday morning with my coffee.
I figured it was a server issue and that Dave and Paul would have it back up soon enough though. As always, Thanks Guys! (Also, thanks to the unknown tech gal for all her help, too!)
And I was convinced it was I! (at least that’s what the tech people always tell me).
And here I thought I had done something to upset you (my computer would come back with statements like, “Curbside Classics has refused your request”). For a few moments I did have thoughts that Paul would be all worried, but came to the assumption that it was a server problem that would get fixed-Paul is too responsible to just walk away. I did not find a substitute fix, glad you enjoyed the break (I used to have a private practice in psychology, and I know what it is like to never really be away from the office), and I am glad you are back.
That’s great news, Paul ! I was starting to think something got wrong with my internet connection or something, if you take my meaning…
I felt like the rat in the lab experiment that keeps hitting the bar hoping for another pill to drop or whatever by keeping a window open on my browser and hitting retry every few minutes. And I was aware of some of the behind the scenes stuff, can’t imagine what it would have been like without any knowledge.
Very glad to see it back as well without any apparent damage. This site is a huge part of my daily routine.
Yes, I was traveling over the weekend and in a place with spotty and troublesome wifi connections. I kept wondering if somehow the problem was on my end. And like you I kept trying until the downage was confirmed by an email.
Isn’t it always the stupid stuff? A long-ago tech didn’t think to pass on login credentials into some obscure little corner of the server. I liked the analogy up above – “Hey doesn’t someone have the key to that car we have not moved in the last 4 or 5 years?”
Glad to see the site back on the air. Wasn’t sure what to read without my daily CC fix. I was worried something like this had happened to the server…. yikes! Have a greeeat CC day!
That Charger needs an alignment. I’m glad CC’s fix was much easier.
That’ll buff right out…..
Thanks for the update. Was starting to wonder.
All was not lost. Went to the German show at the Gilmore Saturday, then the all British show on Sunday.
My VeeDub is hidden under a big tree in this pic.
I’m in the group pic this year too.
I was resorting to screen shots to hold me over from the worst of the withdrawal symptoms, no images but better than nothing.
Was hoping Paul didn’t decide enough of all the headaches and close up shop for good!
Thank you for the update, and glad it’s back up!
You had me scared that I would have to go back to Fred’s TDI forums and think about diesels again!
Curbside Classics, a fresh cup of coffee and my breakfast have become a routine, and I was acutely made aware of how much it would be missed yesterday. Thanks to both techs for fixing the server issue and kudos to Paul for giving my daily fix back to me!
I wondered what was going on. But then the site worked, so I stopped wondering.
Thank you, David Saunders and previous unnamed technical consultant!
NO FUN AND NO CC MAKE T87 A DULL BOY NO FUN AND NO CC MAKE T87 A DULL BOY
NO FUN AND NO CC MAKE T87 A DULL BOY NO FUN AND NO CC MAKE T87 A DULL BOY
Oh. It’s back on.
Worried there for a second.
“Are we there yet?”