FWIW, I have a new appreciation for the work Neil does on "behind the scenes" functionality that keeps the site running.
I was recently in South America traveling and was trying to use the web to keep up on the news, email my family, and make travel arrangements (my plans keep changing). Several internet cafes in small towns had pretty lousy service, and a number of transaction-heavy sites (like airline reservation sites and Expedia.com) would barely function at all (I finally gave up and used the phone to make airline reservations). In some places just pulling up a site like CNN.com was a struggle.
But I could always get to CGOAB, and it was always much faster than the others.
Thanks, Neil, for keeping the traveler in mind...
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