Not in Syria

So, I was talking with Aviv today. Well, venting at Aviv.

Me and Aviv, Halloween 2005

My day didn't go as planned, and I was grumpy. After a bit of talking though, I determined things weren't all that bad. After all, I'm not in Syria! As you might or might not have heard, all of their internet traffic dropped out at 9:45 pm (their time) today. Just gone! As though the country collectively flew into the Bermuda triangle. Or as though Facebook started charging a fee and they all boycotted the internet in protest. Or as though someone intentionally messed up all of their routing tables. Which is probably what happened.

From the Washington Post at http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/05/07/web-monitor-syria-has-largely-disappeared-from-the-internet/

Actual quote from the article: “On closer inspection it seems Syria has largely disappeared from the Internet.”  (Dan Hubbard, CTO, Umbrella)

Crazy. So, at least I'm not in Syria.