I've found ways to crank up the logging even higher, so I have cranked up even more ridiculous logging to hopefully shed some light on this
will keep you guys posted!

(as a side note, in the unlikely case where something has gone horribly wrong and work was lost, I will *personally* pay folks out for all their effort from my own dogecoin balance, so relax)

So, I just wanted to let everyone know:
There was an issue with the pool where it appeared that no blocks were being found, and so noone was getting any DOGE.

This was not actually true or the case!  Apparently the cron jobs (services that run on the back end) werent running properly, and so data wasnt being updated on the site.

noone lost any of their work or coins as a result

Thankfully everything was still in the system, it just wasnt showing it!

We have since fixed the issue, and everyone has been (or is being) credited for their earlier work, and all new work is being properly handled.

I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused by this, and will work hard to prevent such things from happening again in the future.

I always go for the reviews to see what kind of power consumption I can expect:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r9-270-review-benchmarks,3669-9.html

One card on its own seems to draw a bit less than 150W (which makes sense given the one PCI-E connector). Therefore with 2 cards, you're looking at 300W. Add an overclocked CPU and other stuff gets you at still less than 500W. Therefore, in my opinion, no, you do not need a 1000W power supply. However, you still want a GOOD power supply, not the 250W PSU that claims to be a 600W PSU.