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- Sun Feb 14, 2010 9:04 am
- Forum: From the management
- Topic: Blocking Entire Countries
- Replies: 0
- Views: 44578
Blocking Entire Countries
Hi, Over the past couple of weeks, there has been a large increase in the number of spam account registration attempts. It was getting to the point where we were getting multiple attempts within an hour from the same IP address. Spooky has to do some due diligence on every account registration to ma...
- Sat Feb 06, 2010 5:35 pm
- Forum: From the management
- Topic: Bandwidth Upgrade
- Replies: 0
- Views: 45726
Bandwidth Upgrade
Hi, We got a nice surprise recently. Our ISP upgraded our service without bothering us. We didn't have to swap modems, get a visit from the cable guy, or pay more. This doubled our incoming speed and tripled our outgoing speed. This should be noticeable to users of The Board and Wiki. Random goodnes...
- Wed Jan 20, 2010 7:14 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Costelllo fans meet-up, London Dec.12 '09
- Replies: 9
- Views: 11012
Re: Costelllo fans meet-up, London Dec.12 '09
Well that post card was certainly a welcome surprise. I look forward to the day when we can make a London or Dublin meetup.
Thank you.
Thank you.
- Fri Nov 27, 2009 9:10 am
- Forum: From the management
- Topic: November 22 2009 Operating System Upgrade
- Replies: 7
- Views: 64883
Re: November 22 2009 Operating System Upgrade
Hi again, Yesterday (Thursday) I think I completed the upgrade/update activities. I upgraded the Wiki to the latest version of Mediawiki. I stayed up late last night figuring out why the automated backups were not working and fixed that. While looking in the logs for other issues, I noticed that the...
- Wed Nov 25, 2009 2:21 pm
- Forum: From the management
- Topic: November 22 2009 Operating System Upgrade
- Replies: 7
- Views: 64883
Re: November 22 2009 Operating System Upgrade
After the operating system upgrade, there was a brief period where you might have seen errors from The Board. i think they are resolved now. It is currently downloading some updates and will automatically reboot when they are loaded. Hopefully that will be the end of this phase. After things settle,...
- Wed Nov 25, 2009 11:45 am
- Forum: From the management
- Topic: November 22 2009 Operating System Upgrade
- Replies: 7
- Views: 64883
Re: November 22 2009 Operating System Upgrade
I just loaded an update to The Board software. There are some updates to the Wiki software which need to be made and one more operating system update.
So one down and a couple more to go over the next few days.
So one down and a couple more to go over the next few days.
- Wed Nov 25, 2009 11:32 am
- Forum: From the management
- Topic: November 22 2009 Operating System Upgrade
- Replies: 7
- Views: 64883
Re: November 22 2009 Operating System Upgrade
There are still a few updates left to install and I will try to get to them over the long holiday weekend. So intermediate downtime is to be expected.
- Sun Nov 22, 2009 6:32 pm
- Forum: From the management
- Topic: November 22 2009 Operating System Upgrade
- Replies: 7
- Views: 64883
November 22 2009 Operating System Upgrade
Hi, I performed a major operating system upgrade today. Sparing everyone the details, there were problems during the upgrade which resulted in me having to spend some extra effort getting the site and wiki back up. I think things are OK now but just in case, you have all been warned. Please let myse...
- Sat Jun 20, 2009 10:06 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis Costello & The Sugarcanes 6/16 Nashville
- Replies: 48
- Views: 51010
Re: Elvis Costello & The Sugarcanes 6/16 Nashville
Thanks to the kind user who helped me out. I now have it downloaded and almost on SpookyG's iPod.
It really sounds amazing and a big thank you to the person who provided us all with this treat.
--DrSpooky
It really sounds amazing and a big thank you to the person who provided us all with this treat.
--DrSpooky
- Fri Jun 19, 2009 3:28 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis Costello & The Sugarcanes 6/16 Nashville
- Replies: 48
- Views: 51010
Re: Elvis Costello & The Sugarcanes 6/16 Nashville
My dime account has been disabled.
Is there anyway to either send us the torrent tracker file directly or help out?
It was an awesome show and I want to get it down for SpookyG before I leave on a business trip Sunday.
Thanks.
--DrSpooky
Is there anyway to either send us the torrent tracker file directly or help out?
It was an awesome show and I want to get it down for SpookyG before I leave on a business trip Sunday.
Thanks.
--DrSpooky
- Tue May 26, 2009 8:11 pm
- Forum: The Annex
- Topic: Happy Birthday, Doc
- Replies: 17
- Views: 22530
Re: Happy Birthday, Doc
Thanks everyone. It was a very lovely day. I got to take Spooky shopping and we both got some new clothes. Hers obviously look better on her.
Oily I will lobby for you to be poet laureate of the Obama administration.
Ice: believe it or not: computer science. Nerd computer doctor. LOL!
Oily I will lobby for you to be poet laureate of the Obama administration.
Ice: believe it or not: computer science. Nerd computer doctor. LOL!
- Sun May 24, 2009 10:05 am
- Forum: The Annex
- Topic: Happy Birthday, Doc
- Replies: 17
- Views: 22530
Re: Happy Birthday, Doc
Thanks Spooky. As usual, you are too kind.
I am sure it will be a lovely birthday at home with you.
I am sure it will be a lovely birthday at home with you.
- Sun Apr 05, 2009 3:30 pm
- Forum: From the management
- Topic: April 5, 2009 Update
- Replies: 0
- Views: 46813
April 5, 2009 Update
Hi,
I loaded security patches for the board and wiki. If you notice anything unusual
with either site, please let me know.
--DrSpooky
I loaded security patches for the board and wiki. If you notice anything unusual
with either site, please let me know.
--DrSpooky
- Fri Mar 27, 2009 6:38 pm
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: New album preview tonight!!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 16366
Re: New album preview tonight!!
This all sounds more polite than the letter we got a few months ago.
Oh well! Maybe Dave will get to do a preview closer to the release date.
Oh well! Maybe Dave will get to do a preview closer to the release date.
- Wed Feb 18, 2009 7:09 am
- Forum: From the management
- Topic: February 14 - 16 Outage
- Replies: 10
- Views: 70885
Re: February 14 - 16 Outage
:oops: I thought it was a dance, hence my question! In the song it's a train, but also now a hotel, as you say. Run by Holiday Inn. Chattanooga is such a great name, it just had to be immortalised in song. There may be a dance called the Choo Choo but I have always known it as a train station that ...
- Tue Feb 17, 2009 7:12 am
- Forum: From the management
- Topic: February 14 - 16 Outage
- Replies: 10
- Views: 70885
Re: February 14 - 16 Outage
Spooky grew up in Chattanooga and we met at the university there. We have stayed at the Choo Choo before but not this time. We did a New Year's Eve party there a few years ago and saw Rare Earth.Otis Westinghouse wrote:Did you do the Choo Choo?
- Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:10 pm
- Forum: From the management
- Topic: Anti-Spam Verification Question
- Replies: 10
- Views: 77135
Re: Anti-Spam Verification Question
ahhhh.... no...migdd wrote:Hows about Napolean Dynamite?
. . . just kidding . . . really . . .
- Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:19 pm
- Forum: From the management
- Topic: Anti-Spam Verification Question
- Replies: 10
- Views: 77135
Re: Anti-Spam Verification Question
I was going to type in "Declan" then thought I was being too clever about it. You can't believe how many people have tried Declan or MacManus and then emailed complaining they couldn't answer the question. So now Elvis or Declan are an accepted as the first name and Costello or MacManus a...
- Mon Feb 16, 2009 9:43 pm
- Forum: From the management
- Topic: February 14 - 16 Outage
- Replies: 10
- Views: 70885
Re: February 14 - 16 Outage
We had a very lovely weekend together in Chattanooga where we met while in college. It was a very relaxing weekend highlighted with a pizza from Mellow Mushroom in the hotel room on the 14th and a nice dinner out on the 15th when the restaurant was empty. We hate going when they are packed and the s...
- Mon Feb 16, 2009 4:44 pm
- Forum: From the management
- Topic: February 14 - 16 Outage
- Replies: 10
- Views: 70885
February 14 - 16 Outage
Hi, I am sure some of you noticed the outage over the weekend. Nothing sinister happened. It was just a good dose of Murphy's Law. SpookyG and I went out of town for Valentines Day. Apparently one of the boys was over diligent turning things off and turned off the external drive we use for backups. ...
- Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:04 am
- Forum: From the management
- Topic: Anti-Spam Verification Question
- Replies: 10
- Views: 77135
Re: Anti-Spam Verification Question
Thanks, Doc. I must admit, though, I wavered between Costello and MacManus for a minute. I thought about a question with Declan MacManus as the answer but this isn't supposed to be a challenge. Just enough to stop bots. Other potential questions were: What's your favorite color? Red, blue, no ahhhh...
- Mon Feb 09, 2009 7:11 am
- Forum: From the management
- Topic: Upcoming Downtime for Maintenance - (February 2009)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 58093
Re: Upcoming Downtime for Maintenance - (February 2009)
migdd wrote:Have I told you lately that YOU ARE THE MAN!? At the risk of sounding redundant, thank you!
- Sun Feb 08, 2009 3:10 pm
- Forum: From the management
- Topic: Upcoming Downtime for Maintenance - (February 2009)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 58093
Re: Upcoming Downtime for Maintenance - (February 2009)
Hi again, I have swapped the CD drive with a DVD drive and upgraded the OS from GNU/Linux Fedora 9 to Fedora 10. It is in the middle of downloading the updates now. After those are installed, there will be a reboot. I hope I am not speaking prematurely but the entire upgrade process seems to be goin...
- Sat Feb 07, 2009 5:30 pm
- Forum: From the management
- Topic: Upcoming Downtime for Maintenance - (February 2009)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 58093
Upcoming Downtime for Maintenance - (February 2009)
Hi, Before the end of February, I plan to replace the CD drive in the computer running The Board with a DVD drive. This will result in a little bit of downtime. After that is done, I will be doing a software upgrade which should require a few hours of downtime if all goes well. The exact timing all ...
- Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:10 pm
- Forum: From the management
- Topic: Anti-Spam Verification Question
- Replies: 10
- Views: 77135
Anti-Spam Verification Question
Hi All, We have been deluged with yet another round of spam account registration attempts. In an attempt to cut down on bots attempting to register accounts, I have added an anti-spam feature where you have to answer a question which only a human should be able to answer. I am sorry for the minor in...