I caught this great little “Oops!” screen over at Plaxo. Not so much a little secret…
Oops!
There seems to be a problem. I’ll tell you what… let us fix it and this can be our little secret. Please wait 30 seconds and try again.
ProxyVote reports the dood ‘ole “The application has encountered an error. How helpful- perhaps there is an actual reason to vote on paper now.
We are sorry, but internet proxy voting is unavailable at this time. Pleas try again later.
Even Apple isn’t immune to the occasional webserver hiccup. This one is an especially good catch since it is shows a web app error with the Apple web apps directory.
Thanks to Charles Carver of iCons for the snap.
Poor MacFixit has been on a steady downhill dive for years, but sad to see the database offline. Especially when we all know that the site clearly isn’t overloaded with visitors.
Good thing MacOSXHints stepped into the void.
I just caught the “LinkedIn Will Be Back Soon” page. Not bad, Linkers.
Page text:
We are busy upgrading LinkedIn with technology and features to add even more ways for you to leverage your professional reputation and network. We will return around 8:00pm PT.
We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience. Thank you for using LinkedIn!
Finally a reasonable and attractive “service down” page. Go Bloglines! (Yes, there are users rooting for you!)
I caught a rare basecamp error this morning:
Basecamp is an awesome multi-user, online project management system from 37 Signals.
Github uses a nifty YouTube embed when their site goes down.
“We’re down for maintenance. We’ll be back shortly (until then, enjoy this GitHub-approved video).”
Thanks to David Steinberger over at ComiXology for the snap.
Sorry, we can’t display this page right now. (Not that our homepage isn’t important to our userbase or anything…)
I’ve seen this error several times before, but actually got a screengrab this time. Thanks for keeping it around, LinkedIn.
