| [Schedule Downtime] Monday, November 24th, 2008! |
[21 Nov 2008|05:10pm] |
Hey all, we'll be pulling the database server offline this coming Monday for approximately an hour to run some software updates on the system. I shouldn't expect it to take the full hour, but better to allocate the extra time just incase!
The update will start at 9am and run until 10am EST.
Thanks!
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[19 Nov 2008|05:24pm] |
I own some communities that I don't have the time to maintain anymore. If you'd like to take over one or both, please tell me.
( Here they are & their information. )
Also, are there any tutorials on Scribbld that can be added to this list at ![[info]](http://www.scribbld.net/img/community.gif) tutorials?
Thanks.
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| Emergency Database Server Maintenance |
[10 Nov 2008|10:03am] |
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This Photograph Is Proof (I KN-Taking Back Sunday-Where You Want To Be |
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Please watch:
http://scribbldstatus.tumblr.com !!
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| Paid Account Changes |
[05 Nov 2008|09:46am] |
We've made some changes to the paid account structure. In order for people to purchase Extras (extra user pics) you'll need to have a paid account. We recommend that people purchase a year long paid account if you're going to get the extra user pics since they run for a year. If you were to purchase a 3 month paid account and 100 extra user pics, they would only be good for 3 months as they're only valid while you have an active paid account.
This change also means that instead of gaining 25 userpics (from the normal 75 paid to 100 total), you'll gain 100 or 200 (for upto 175 or 275 userpics).
Thanks!
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| Happy November! |
[01 Nov 2008|01:17pm] |
Hey kids!
October has come to an end, it feels like I was just posting news for August and here it is, November already!
First a bit of news about one of the system admins, ![[info]](http://www.scribbld.net/img/userinfo.gif) morgan. Last week she was in a car accident, she hit a deer. Fortunately she's okay, but her car is complete toast :( That said, our backend development is going to slow down as she's only got one useable hand to type with (she broke her wrist). I personally wish her the quickest recovery and hope all goes well. She'll be taking a break from Scribbld coding for the next month or so.
In other news, we had almost 100% uptime last month, there was about 15 minutes of downtime due to a small power outage. This month we're going to be running some software updates on our database server, but we'll post a date and time when we get closer to doing so.
We hope you're all enjoying using Scribbld and we want to thank anyone who refers their friends, family, co-workers to our little spot on the Internet! It's very much appreciated. We hope everyone had a Happy Halloween and we hope you have a wonderful November!
- Scribbld Administrators
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[28 Oct 2008|05:35pm] |
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go sign up at insanejournal guys, diverito is so active over there
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[26 Oct 2008|05:09pm] |
I don't even know if anyone comes here anymore..
But if you comment on this post before Halloween, I will Halloweenize your icon!
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| Happy October! |
[06 Oct 2008|12:14pm] |
Hey everyone!
Sorry it's taken me so long to write up a new entry for this month, I just didn't feel like doing it over the weekend! I hope everyone is well, up here in Vermont it's starting to get rather cold. We no longer keep the windows open at night.
It feels like just yesterday was the start of Spring, but here we are already in mid-fall! Halloween is this month, one of my most favorite holidays! Is anyone going to dress up this Halloween, if so what as?!
Scribbld stability has seemed to have returned to normal, I don't think we were down for more then 5 minutes if that during the month of September. We're still looking to get a couple new database and web servers, but that's pretty far off from happening.
As usual, thanks to everyone who has purchased a paid account or some extra icons for their account. We really appreciate any monetary donation (or if you've got servers we love donations of those too)!
I hope everyone has a safe and fun October!
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| September 2008 List |
[28 Sep 2008|08:56pm] |
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The following is a list of usernames that were not activated or deleted.
List Updated - November 24, 2008 -- 5:42AM EST!
Please READ!
1. Please send $4/username request. PayPal ONLY. (PayPal to james.brancaccio@gmail.com)
2. Include the usernames you want within the PayPal comments.
3. You should get an email with a password to login to the usernames within 48 hours. We'll only reply to the emails from PayPal and the email address attached to that account. That email will also be connected the usernames you request, of course you can change that after you login to your new username.
4. Login and change the password ASAP.
5. No refunds will be issued for purchased usernames.
6. If you have questions about this process leave them here, nothing else. No requests in comments, nothing, all is ignored except for questions.
7. If you use an eCheck it can take up to 2 weeks to process, so don't use them!
Thanks & have at it!
( THE LIST! )
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[25 Sep 2008|03:38pm] |
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October is in 5 days, so what's your favorite scary movie ever?
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| September 2008 News |
[10 Sep 2008|11:13am] |
Hi everyone,
It's been a crazy busy couple of weeks for us. I am sure those of you that go to school have been pretty busy too! Last month we were able to update the site to the most current codebase and in doing so we gained a couple new features. The biggest one that comes to mind is the ability to show the songs you've submitted to Last.fm in the Music box when you're updating your journals! Other fixes are mostly bug fixes and the likes.
We've also fixed the issue of having our internet connection (between our servers and our ISP) drop constantly. We went from being drop 8-10x per day to 0, which is fabulous!
I also wanted to thank everyone who is supporting the site through buying extras userpics for their account or upgrading their account to paid status! It's really very much appreciated and it definitely makes on want to build the best site for you!
I wish everyone a happy September, stay safe and have fun!
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[09 Sep 2008|04:48pm] |
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I'm not sure if people really check this community anymore, but who needs friends? This sounds so stupid but I just got into scribbld (I use IJ more) and need friends!
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| [DOWNTIME] |
[04 Sep 2008|06:29pm] |
This morning and into this evening we experienced some unscheduled downtime. At this time we belive some network cables went bad, and have since replaced and reboot the systems to make sure everything was running properly. We'll continue to closely monitor the network over the next few hours to make sure it's nothing else that caused the issue.
Thanks for your patience and understanding.
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[26 Aug 2008|02:55pm] |
Is anyone on here looking for a community to make icons for?
I need at least 2 other people to be an icon maker with me. I will be making the usual: resources, icons, & maybe banners.
( a simple application & my examples: )
NOTE: Most of those examples haven't been posted at my original icon comm, bluesky, because they're very new. I want bluesky to be for custom icons only. I had a name in mind for this new community but I might not go with it. Comments are screened. Thanks!
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[20 Aug 2008|11:31am] |
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some quick questions: do you update your journal (on here) regularly? is scribbld your primary journaling site? do you use any other journal server besides scribbld to update and keep in touch with people with? if so, which one(s)?
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[19 Aug 2008|09:33pm] |
what kind of cell phone plan do you have? does it get good service? are the phones nice? is your monthly plan cheap?
i'm looking into getting one myself because, long story short, my dad screwed me over and i haven't had a cell phone for almost 5 months and that is REALLY hard being a teenager, haha. so if you could help me out, it would be great.
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| System Upgrade 98% Complete |
[17 Aug 2008|05:16pm] |
Hey kids!
We've just completed most of the upgrade, I know I promised Last.fm integration, but unfortunately, I've left one line of code on our dev machine (which I don't currently have access to at the moment) that will make it work 100%. I know exactly where the line of code is so on Monday I will insert that one line of ode, restart the server and then the Last.fm functions should work and the server will be at 100%. At this time, pretty much everything on the site should work, please use the support queue to report any issues you may be having and we'll look into it.
I am hoping that all cluster 2 users are okay, I don't see why they wouldn't be, but you never know!
So yeah, enjoy and definitely let us know of issues!
Update: We're now at 100% - all clusters are updated, online and running, we've updated the last bit of code that allows Last.fm integration! Test it out, test it all out, let us know how it all works for you! Submit any issues you have to the support section of the website!
Thanks everyone!
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| Systems UPgrade Part I Complete! |
[15 Aug 2008|02:19pm] |
Hey everyone,
Sorry for the unannounced outtage. We just had the techs from our ISP come and check out the disconnection issues between us and them. Everything looks to be running a lot smoother now.
Remember, tomorrow starting at 8AM EST Scribbld will be offline along with all of our services. We'll be upgrding our codebase and moving our main web server to the Quad-Core box.
We thank you for your patience and understanding!
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| Cluster 2 Moved and Scheduled Downtime |
[12 Aug 2008|08:01am] |
I've moved Cluster 2 to 'palomino' so now at least it sits on a server capable of restarting itself after a power failure. Eventually in time it'll either merge with cluster 1 or we'll find a standalone server for it. At this point it's fine as-is though :)
This weekend starting on Saturday 8AM EST we'll be taking everything down in order to update the code base to something a lot more recent. The code we're running on currently is a bit older then a year which is pretty old! We hope to have it completed within 24 hours but as with all things technology-related...you never know!
Thanks!
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