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thewebsiteisdown.com — A mashup of true and mostly-true stories from IT hell. If you've ever called tech support and wondered what the hell they are doing down there... well, this should answer some questions for you. Starring Apache, Windows XP, Linux and Halo (among many others)

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  • respek, on 06/21/2008, -1/+239you cant arrange the icons by penis
  • tj111, on 06/21/2008, -1/+82"its the letter a"
    "just the letter a?"
    "yeah a as in apple"
    • DroogInPhoenix, on 06/30/2008, -4/+12I wish people would learn the difference between a / (forward slash) and a (backslash)
      • SPECOPS, on 07/02/2008, -1/+3me too
        (and for the people digging you down, probably didn't listen to the caller who works for the Mayer)
  • Krissam, on 06/21/2008, -2/+71dugg for sex with vegetables
    • sdcarter, on 06/23/2008, -23/+6Ewww, really? That's the kinda ***** that turns you on? Damn. I'd hate to stand next to you in an organic market.
    • TheMaxzilla, on 09/10/2008, -0/+0I stand next to him in organic markets, it doesn't bother me.
  • tange1, on 06/22/2008, -4/+5thats....special...
  • Darkx1337, on 06/22/2008, -1/+10That sounds about right. XD
  • BabyHulk, on 06/22/2008, -4/+33AWESOME - Dugg from the right testacle!
  • hobbestuna, on 06/22/2008, -1/+70Love the ending...he just replaces the desktop with a photo...sales guy immediately cools down and is like "ah, yeah, this is perfect, thanks web dude!"....classic!
  • Jibberwalk, on 06/23/2008, -1/+9That was fantastic.
  • charris1980, on 06/23/2008, -0/+30"there is no arrange by penis" lol, new favorite video of the year for me.
  • rpupkin77, on 06/23/2008, -0/+25Scarily, not much different from real life. The windows cascade was hi-lariose
    • jawagas, on 07/28/2008, -0/+3Where did you get this... never mind
  • sdcarter, on 06/23/2008, -0/+45You knew you were in for a special treat when you saw the sales guy still uses AOL.
  • ErrorF002, on 06/24/2008, -1/+45Frankly... this was like my previous job in so many ways that it scared me. I also totally understand all the web dudes that play Halo now. I won't get mad at them any more.
    • samuel514, on 06/26/2008, -0/+3mee too, doing internet tech support...
  • JPresEFnet, on 06/24/2008, -2/+24Just ***** great. 11 out of 10!
  • byetman, on 06/24/2008, -0/+12brilliant! "my salesforce.com was on the right testicle", hilarious
  • iankennedy, on 06/25/2008, -0/+20"this is totally going on boingboing"
  • deadrich, on 06/25/2008, -0/+19Awesome! 5 Stars. Anyone in the biz knows how real this is. Loved it.
  • invader, on 06/25/2008, -0/+9WOW... That was amazing!
  • rYno, on 06/25/2008, -0/+7HAHAH this is hilarious... great find
  • rYno, on 06/25/2008, -0/+9overheard "there is no arrange by penis"
  • mattsears, on 06/25/2008, -0/+6Nailed it.
  • juicycreative, on 06/25/2008, -6/+3Agreed, excellent find... Why Fedora?
    • seanba, on 06/25/2008, -0/+7If you use Red Hat Enterprise Linux (and a lot of shops do). It makes a lot of sense to run fedora on the desktops.
  • monkeystick, on 06/25/2008, -0/+3I just watched this twice... brilliantly done!
  • rossruns, on 06/25/2008, -0/+12Brilliant. Now I just have to figure out how to work "There is no arrange by penis" into my everyday conversation.
  • DanH, on 06/25/2008, -1/+56"you can't tell the difference between the internet and our website?"
    • kindachi, on 06/29/2008, -2/+2how the F this guys get a job...
    • davidkshepherd, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1Sadly I run into this level of ignorance more than anyone would imagine...
    • ebp24, on 07/25/2008, -0/+9Yes, the entire video is 100% like real life.
  • roguent, on 06/25/2008, -8/+13http://www.jackpicks.com/2008/06/website-is-down.h ...
    "Working in I.T. I see bits of this everyday from users and I.T. support staff. This little web movie encapsulates all that is wrong with how people use technology in the work place and turns it in to one fun ride."
  • ttkgeek, on 06/25/2008, -0/+17"it should be up right now"
    "they call it ONLINE! we gotta get this page online"
  • Humanoide, on 06/25/2008, -0/+28Very funny! I really like how he made it so he "never received the email"...! Email Admin ftw.
  • qrayg, on 06/25/2008, -0/+11"Whoah! My mouse just moved!"

    IE icon is at the base of the penis.

    Skip Intro Pro 2.0

    Flippin' brilliant.
  • delboydare, on 06/25/2008, -0/+7Aw Gawd. Best laugh in ages. Thanks hugely.
  • rickygw, on 06/25/2008, -3/+11great video

    how was he switching between all those OSes on one computer? and what computer was he running to be switching so quickly between OSes and Halo without a stutter? what new fangled technology is this?
    • maestro118, on 06/26/2008, -2/+10movie editing my friend. and it was a mac with parallels.
    • AdmiralMemo, on 07/08/2008, -0/+2Movie editing, virtual machines, and VNC
    • scheidel21, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2And Remote Desktop for both Linux and Windows
    • leenuss, on 07/15/2008, -0/+5Main machine is a Mac with OS X 10.4 running Skype, Halo and Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac 2.0. Not Parallels or VNC.

      Then he remote controls various machines; among them a web server running Fedora 8 and a few XP machines.
  • mattp, on 06/25/2008, -0/+4Hmm... http://www.duggmirror.com

    I guess not.
  • MaiaB, on 06/25/2008, -0/+3This is hilarious
  • tingrin87, on 06/25/2008, -0/+8epic.
  • russwittmann, on 06/26/2008, -0/+1This is classic!
  • kjmorley, on 06/26/2008, -0/+27Dugg for taking down the Exchange server!
  • alexef, on 06/26/2008, -0/+2hilarious!
  • charlesfrith, on 06/26/2008, -10/+4I have no idea what any of you are talking about.
    • xenetar, on 07/11/2008, -0/+8You my friend, are the sales guy on the phone....ROFL
  • BOFH2, on 06/26/2008, -0/+15This is my day without the video game.
  • bluefishtshirts, on 06/26/2008, -0/+11funniest ***** I've ever seen. I can't stop watching it.
  • norbysx, on 06/26/2008, -0/+16I seriously lolled at the "IS THIS YOUR DESKTOP?!" part. Genius.
  • damirK, on 06/26/2008, -0/+11Instant internet classic!
  • vaXzine, on 06/26/2008, -0/+3I haven't LAUGHED this hard in a long time! Definitely will be tough to top.

    GREAT WORK Josh!
  • mattcampbell, on 06/26/2008, -0/+5Oh, that was great.
    This one of the best things to ever hit digg.
  • maestro118, on 06/26/2008, -3/+7I just love that the IT guy was on a mac running parallels.
  • gtagle, on 06/26/2008, -0/+28my favorite part... "Did you get my email about not restarting the webserver?... ummh no" LOL. pure GOLD.
  • Zhares, on 06/26/2008, -0/+6If you've ever worked in tech support and wondered what the hell they are doing up there in sales... well, this should answer some questions for you
    • ferreth, on 07/10/2008, -0/+4If you've ever worked in sales and wondered what the the hell they are doing up there in tech support... well, this should answer some questions for you
  • gabbo81, on 06/27/2008, -0/+2Pure genius
  • krynsky, on 06/27/2008, -0/+20Gotta love how when he first switches back to his desktop he's got Monster.com open in his browser. One of several nice subtle touches.
  • zygots, on 06/27/2008, -0/+35This entire thing is gold. I love the conversation with "Lazlo" in the data center: "It's grey" "They're all grey!" "I can't hear you!" "I know--SHUT UP!" Anyone who works in the industry has had this same exchange with their IT guy, screaming over the AC on a cellphone. So awesome.
  • blegmar, on 06/27/2008, -0/+8For someone in technical sales. this is amazingly funny.
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