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CloudCannon drops George Phillips

  • Notice of scheduled downtime

      14 May 2026

    CloudCannon CTO George Phillips will be offline for approximately 15 minutes on Thursday 21 May. No customer-facing CloudCannon services will be affected. As for George himself, expect elevated error rates in conversation, reduced response times in Slack, and intermittent eye contact for 24 to 48 hours. Full operational status is not expected before Monday 25 May.

    ($1350! Incredible! Thanks so much to everyone who's donated so far.)

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  • George can't back out now

      7 May 2026

    We've passed $1,000. Thank you — genuinely.

    In the past week, George has been spotted researching stunt doubles, seeing whether his CloudCannon hoodie fits on a mannequin, and asking his brother Ross whether he'd be willing to "help out with a small thing." We're flagging this for the record. There will be no substitutions at the rope.

    He was also at Forsyth Barr Stadium recently for Relay for Life. The roof, he reports, looked rather high. He's been quieter than usual since.

    So we're raising his target to $2,000. Every additional dollar is one more reason George can't quietly develop a convenient illness on the morning of the abseil.

    Remember, Polyfest gets the funds. George gets the view.

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