| Forums back... and turned off |
[Jul. 29th, 2009|12:11 am] |
OK, to recap. We got Reddited (thanks Antiarc!) resulting in something approaching a DDOS attack, and it looks like our ISP pulled the DNS entry to stop their datacentre getting hammered. So I could access the server using the IP address, but (almost) no one could get in to actually post.
I was looking for a way to alter the apache config to let people get to the forums with the IP address when the web control panel told me it would be a good idea to upgrade itself. This turns out to be a much bigger process then I had thought. So when the forums suddenly popped back up for me I turned them off while the upgrade continues. |
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| Forums back up |
[Aug. 6th, 2008|09:35 pm] |
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Check the sticky thread for brief details. |
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| Jamie (Ill) |
[Nov. 12th, 2007|06:39 pm] |
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Keep forgetting to post this. If anyone is wondering where Ill is, he had to reformat his PC, and apparently it isn't letting him connect to the internet. If you know anyone who's been asking about him, please pass the message on. |
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| important update! |
[Mar. 1st, 2007|03:21 pm] |
...since I'm sure you're all gripped by the saga of my ADSL router. Apparently a parcel was signed for yesterday by one of my downstairs neighbours. Just that no one thought to tell me about it.
If you're coming in late, no I don't know why the forums are down. I need to go home from work to get the connection details so I can raise a support ticket to get the server rebooted. Having a home internet connection would really help! |
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| CD SWAP SIGN UP HERE! |
[Aug. 22nd, 2006|02:17 pm] |
As promised, here is where you can apply to take part in an international CD Swap.
To recap: everyone supplies their address (screened, naturally), I send you back the details of your randomly selected victim. You are expected to put together an audio CD of your favourite tunes (and/or stuff you think your victim should hear) and send it to them reasonably promptly. A little letter explaining who you are and what you're sending would be nice, too.
I'd like to keep this to people I know (real life or forums), and friends of people on my friends list. So if you know someone who would like to be part of this that doesn't read my LJ, let them know.
Copy, paste and fill out the section below as a comment to this entry. It will be screened for your privacy. I've put 'Forum Name' as a field in case it's different from your LJ name and to make it easier for me to cut and paste. If you don't have a forum name, don't worry about it.
I won't pass across your email address to anyone else.
It may be possible for me to swap you to someone else once the picks have been made, but please don't ask just because it's someone you don't know.
Email Address:
Forum Name:
Real Name:
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| Mix-CD swap! |
[Aug. 8th, 2006|03:15 pm] |
Hi all,
I know someone ran a CD-swap last year, and I think I'd like to do it again. Is anyone interested?
For the uninitiated, it's very simple. You put together a CD of your favourite music and post it to a random person that I specify for you. And you get a CD from someone else. Like secret santa, but cheaper.
Post here to signal interest. If there are enough people, I'll make a later post with screened entries for you to post your address. Mostly I'd like to keep the people on it to forumites and people with a history at PvP/Forumopolis. So if you know of someone on your friends list that doesn't read my journal, feel free to let them know about this post. Repost in your own journal if you like. This isn't a forum mod thing. I'm not going to ban people for not sending out a CD, anything like that. It's just a bit of fun.
So who is in?
Edit: the assumption is that everyone goes into the same pot. There is no 'America' or 'International' choice, so you might end up posting to Australia/Germany/the North Pole*. But then it's only a CD, so shipping shouldn't be too bad.
*OK, probably not that one. |
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| (no subject) |
[Jul. 1st, 2006|06:50 pm] |
Fucking shit.
Out on penalties. Again.
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| Wimbledon |
[Jun. 27th, 2006|02:47 pm] |
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| | Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Ramblinman | ] |
So, not only do we have the World Cup to deal with, now Wimbledon has begun so the ladies have an excuse to hog the remote for two weeks. Can't say I'm all that bothered about tennis, but I like following the Brits so I'm reading the text commentary that the BBC supplies. I don't know who is writing them, but I'm rather amused. Here are some of the better moments:
Henman 2-2 Soderling
Anything Soderling can do, Henman can do just as well - he serves solidly to win his game to love. Tim's father Tony is watching from the stands, wearing a very natty Panama hat. As usual his face is utterly expressionless. You wouldn't want to play him at poker.
Henman 2-3 Soderling
Soderling holds again comfortably. He's not serve and volleying, but on this pristine surface his groundstrokes are doing a lot of damage. To be fair, Tony Henman is probably more of a whist man than a poker dude. Either way, his face is a closed book.
Henman 5-5 Soderling
The best tennis of the match so far. Henman volleys like the Henman of old to hold his serve when the nerves could have been jangling. Still no breaks of serve. If Tim wins today, beats Roger Federer in the second round and goes on to win the entire tournament in epic fashion, would his dad smile then?
Henman 1-1 Soderling
As the match moves into its second hour, Soderling holds comfortably. Henman is looking a touch disconsolate. Up in the stands, Mr H senior puts his foot up on the railing - an act of almost indecent rebelliousness.
Henman 2-1 Soderling
Henman's most impressive game of the match so far. He whips a forehand passing-shot past Soderling and then fools him with a drop-shot so well disguised it was virtually wearing a false beard and sunglasses.
Henman 5-2 Soderling
Better from Henman again. Soderling is now the one whose head has dropped a little. Whilst Henmania is yet to break out, two middle-aged ladies in Union Jack vests and caps are clapping enthusiastically. One then spoils the effect by yawning like a basking seal.
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| (no subject) |
[May. 23rd, 2006|02:06 am] |
I should update more. Just haven't felt inclined recently.
Anyway. Today was a little out of the ordinary. SPent a few hours in a recording studio playing tracks to make up a CD for my brass quintet. We're going to do a sampler we can hand out to prospective clients with the hope of getting paid work. We sounded surprisingly good, especially once the guy at the mixing desk started cutting and pasting to take out the mistakes and replace them with the times we got it right. Who knows, maybe we can turn this into a little money earner.
I have the week off work, but there's a lot of preparation to do leading up to the visit of my brass band's twin band from Germany. They get here on Thursday. Before that we're having a marquee raised in the band's village which will require filling with tables, chairs, staging, lights and much more. We'll certainly be busy. And the weather forecast says rain all week. Oh well, we need it.
TTFN. |
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