What is the issue with the RSS feed for the astronomy photo of the day?

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In summary, the conversation discusses a connection issue with a website and the hope for it to be fixed soon. The individuals also express concern for a coworker who will be working during the potential outage. They also mention a broken RSS feed, specifically for the astronomy photo of the day.
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Warning: file_get_contents(http://www.jwz.org/cheesegrater/RSS/apod.rss): failed to open stream: Connection refused in /includes/init.php(292) : eval()'d code on line 218

Warning: file_get_contents(http://www.jwz.org/cheesegrater/RSS/apod.rss): failed to open stream: Connection refused in /includes/init.php(292) : eval()'d code on line 218

Warning: file_get_contents(http://www.jwz.org/cheesegrater/RSS/apod.rss): failed to open stream: Connection refused in /includes/init.php(292) : eval()'d code on line 218

Warning: file_get_contents(http://www.jwz.org/cheesegrater/RSS/apod.rss): failed to open stream: Connection refused in /includes/init.php(292) : eval()'d code on line 218
 
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It showed up on the first screen I got to open after another short "outage." Looks like something broke between this site and Greg's Pampered Chef site. :smile: Cheesegraters! :smile: It seems to be gone again though. I really hope whatever Greg does tomorrow night fixes these outages! I don't know how much longer I can take it! :cry:
 
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Unfortunate enough for me I will be working the graveyard shift tomorrow night when PF will be down.:frown:
I hope things go smoothely and it's back up quick.
 
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TheStatutoryApe said:
Unfortunate enough for me I will be working the graveyard shift tomorrow night when PF will be down.:frown:
I hope things go smoothely and it's back up quick.
Oh no! Are we going to have to scrape you off the walls at the end of the night? Please be careful, we don't want you to die of boredom! :frown:
 
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That rss is for the astronomy photo of the day on the right side bar. Not sure why it crapped out. It's fine now though :)
 

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