Several news reports are coming in that Google Calendar was down this morning for two hours. I use Google Calendar, but I didn’t notice and was unaffected by the downtime. I guess I don’t use it often enough. However, many people use Google Calendar for personal and for work since it integrates well with mobile devices and other apps. Thankfully, the downtime was minimal without any loss of data.
Archives for June 2016
Google Undersea Cable
After two years of construction, Google Undersea Cable between the West Coast of the United States and Japan is now complete. Located between Oregon and in Chiba and Mei prefectures in Japan, the 5600 mile connection has a bandwidth of 60 terabytes per second. One terabyte is 1000 gigabytes. Read from PCMag.
Two Jets Landing At The Same Time
Here’s a viral video of two jets landing at the same time in SFO – San Francisco International Airport. I have a somewhat similar experience years ago except that it was a bit more scarier. The jet I was flying in was several hundred feet behind the another jet. Our jet caught the backwash of the jet in front of us and our plane dipped to the left. I was looking right at the water since I had the window seat on the left side of the plane. The pilot calmly leveled off the plane and applied extra power to gain a bit of altitude. We landed safely. Afterwards, the pilot explained what happened. Real story.