2:00PM Update: Website is fairly busy this early in the day - could be an
interesting Christmas Eve at Komar.org! ;-)
4:00PM Update: Snow starting to fall as number of viewers climbs above 400 - four dedicated 100 Mbps Apache/Linux Web Servers handling with no problem.
5:00PM Update: Recommend surfers keep the inflatables ON so they don't get covered with snow. Number of viewers climbs above 600 - WOW!!!
6:00PM Update: Santa's Workshop Cam moved downstairs to watch tree and chimney. Number of viewers is over 700 - web servers starting to sweat a bit.
7:00PM Update: NORAD reports that Santa is crossing the Atlantic and NSA signal-analysis of his communications with the North Pole elves indicate he plans to stop at
this house first when he hits Colorado. Number of Viewers is now over 1,400 - WOW!!! Web servers are sweating a bit more, but keeping up!
9:00PM Update:
Slashdot has this on their front page now
12:00PM Update: Now on the front page of
DIGG ... so what the heck, it's Christmas ...
lets leave the lights controllable all night long!
EMERGENCY ALERT - 3,000+ number of viewers -
Scotty says "Control Circuits threatening to overload Captain"
02:00AM Update: Returning back to
"normal" as number of viewers drops below 1,000 - wow, what a crazy Christmas Eve - way over 100 GBytes of images pushed, but web servers handled the load well.
Merry Christmas to everyone!!!