Iditarod 2011

The ceremonial start of the 2011 Iditarod was yesterday (Saturday) and the “the restart”, the actual start of the race, has just completed. For the next nine days it’s pretty likely to be all-Iditarod all the the time in this household.

Of course, we watched both starts streaming over the Internet. So far we’ve been disappointed in the streaming this year. I don’t know if they’re doing something differently this year than last or if they’re getting more traffic or what but the quality has been significantly worse this year than last. Last year we didn’t have a smidgeon of difficulty. Yesterday the video frame rate was awful—it varied between six and twelve frames per minute for most of the broadcast. Today was a bit better but their server crashed at one point.

I have my theories as to what caused the problems but I think I’ll prowl around a bit to see if I can find confirmation of my suspicions.

Stay tuned! I’ll have periodic coverage from now until the end of the race.

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