At this point in time, Tumblr, the popular blogging platform, has been down for over 20 hours and teens that reblog pictures of their favorite stars, along with Harvard FML, and a number of other procrastination station inducing websites are now rendered unavailable. Actually, Tumblr, now deemed to be worth over $135 million dollars, is having a complete fit over their inability to get back online. As Gawker reports, “No one, even Tumblr itself, seems to know; the blogging service said it was “almost through” with its recovery six hours ago.”

What we suspect?

4CHAN.

It is no secret that there has been an internet war going on between Tumblr and 4chan for the past few months. Tumblr won at first, to the dismay of many, since 4chan is noted for its large hacker base (i.e. they hacked Time Magazine’s 100 Most Important People post and put m00t, the creator of 4chan, as number one). Now, it appears as though the tables have turned, and as best as we can suspect, 4chan is behind it.

Twitter is going crazy with people incapable of looking up cat videos and meme generators, but maybe for the next day or so max. that Tumblr is down, we students can actually get some work done.

At The Voice, we love to blog. A lot. So it’s no surprise that we found many within our ranks have been keeping blogs this summer to document their travels (or non-travels). So if you’re curious as to what we’re all up to and why this particular blog has been quiet as of late — it’s because we’ve been blogging elsewhere!

Here is a handy directory of  which Voice member is blogging where, and about what.

Kathleen French ’13
Everyone Is Drunk – “General musings on the world’s often unintentional hilarity.”

April Sperry ’13
The Rainy Season – April’s summer in Italy

Suzanna Bobadilla ’13
Nearly Fluent – A blog about Suzanna’s time in Uruguay researching the Plan Ceibal, a program that has given a laptop to every elementary school study, along with following the World Cup…of course.

Shadai Graham ’13
La Dolce Vita – Shadai’s summer in Italia

Ingrid Pierre ’12
The Worst of YouTube – Documenting the…worst of YouTube.
If This Book Was A Sentence – You can submit your own refreshingly brief summaries of books!

Abby Sun ’13
Relax-Play – Begun in early 2009, a blog with Abby’s (amazing) photography and other miscellaneous projects.

Michelle Nguyen ’13
My Petite Life – a personal blog

Alisha Ramos ’12
Alishalisha.net – A collection of interesting bits and bobs, powered by Tumblr.
Bows & Ivy – Personal blog, recent entries about her time in London

Do you keep a summer blog, or a personal blog? Let us know in the comments!