Aureth's stories

Data loss
Tue 13 Feb 2001 - 09:37

Last night, Flayrah.com's web provider evidently moved the site to a new server without advance notification. I recieved notification only this morning when I checked my mail; the move evidently happened in the early morning hours. As far as I can tell, they used a slightly dated backup when moving the site. As a result, we lost a couple days worth of posts and comments. I'm not happy with this, but there appears to be nothing I can do to recover this data.

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Mice Comics
Wed 7 Feb 2001 - 09:02

You know what? I'll bet you want to be amused by Mice Comics. Sure you do. Mary Minch says you do, so go check it out.

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Wolves of Yellowstone
Wed 7 Feb 2001 - 00:17

If you're interested in how the wolf population at Yellowstone National Park is faring, the Total Yellowstone Page has a pretty extensive wolf section

Midwest FurFest Announces 2001 Dates, Guests
Tue 30 Jan 2001 - 21:02

It's official! Midwest FurFest 2001 will be held on November 16-18th 2001, at the Sheraton Arlington Park in Arlington Heights, Illinois. We're returning to the same weekend, and the same hotel as last year, and we're looking forward to providing more of the fun and excitment of last year's convention!

We're also very proud to have Mary Hanson-Roberts and Jessica 'Ginger' Willard, as our first two confirmed Guests of Honor! Mary Hansen-Roberts is probably best known to furry fandom for her epic comic, 'Here Comes a Candle'. Originally serialized in Furrlough, it is now available from Shanda Fantasy Arts as a single trade paperback. Mary's art also appears at many furry and SF convention art shows around the US, and is always a popular seller. Jessica 'Ginger' Willard is a former wizard of Furtoonia MUCK, and is another fan favorite artist, best known for her 'Falstaff' character. Jessica also works at Wolf Park http://www.wolfpark.org, one of Midwest FurFest 2000's charities.

We'll have more guest announcements in the future, so keep your ears perked and your eyes trained on our website. Hope to see you at the convention!

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State of the Website
Mon 29 Jan 2001 - 19:00

After over a week, 700 visitors, and over 80 registered users, Flayrah.com is chugging along fairly well. We acquired a logo about mid-week, courtesy of Jen Hayden...thanks! Some of you have emailed me with niggling little code bugs, and I've noticed a few myself. Some of these I've been able to fix, many I haven't. The developer of the weblog code I'm using is promising a large bugfix release early next week; I'm hoping this will fix many of the problems, and I'll be rolling it out on Flayrah.com as soon as I can. Unti then, thanks for the support!

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World Tree RPG
Mon 29 Jan 2001 - 18:46

This was posted earlier, but it's worth noting again after Further Confusion...Padwolf Publishing has released World Tree, a new furry roleplaying game. The website is at www.world-tree-rpg.com, and you can also read Flayrah.com's interview with creators Bard Bloom and Vicki Borah-Bloom. Did anyone get a chance to play the demos at FC?

Canadian Fur Magazine
Mon 29 Jan 2001 - 18:29

Posted by Zuri on alt.fan.furry: "Well it took some doing, but the first issue of CFM is now avaliable for
purchase online or by mail order. Act quickly, as only limited
quantities are avaliable.

Please go to CFM's Website for futher ordering information.
http://www.pathwayz.org/CFM/order.html

Eastern North American Wolf
Thu 25 Jan 2001 - 22:06

I posted this story on a new wolf subspecies, the eastern North American wolf, on the old Cornwuff Press newslog, last month. I think it's interesting enough to revisit, here.

Another Year, Another Feral!
Thu 25 Jan 2001 - 20:40

Simba wants you to attend Feral! Read on, to find out how to attend "...the
fourth year of the world's premier furry summer camp event!"

Confurance Group and ZonieCon
Wed 24 Jan 2001 - 18:07

Darrell Exline posted the following on alt.fan.furry: "Well, we're still working out the logistical details, but The ConFurence Group can now say that we have THREE (yes, *three*!) furry conventions to brag about.

Adding to our existing "ConFurence" each April (Southern California) and
"CritterConDiego" in July (San Diego), The ConFurence Group is proud to announce that it is now also an organizational part of "ZonieCon" (Tucson, Arizona) in October.

This is something I've been discussing with some of the staff members of
ZonieCon since last October's convention (ZonieCon 3) and I believe that it is a good fit within the goal of The ConFurence Group. Our exact position within ZonieCon's staff is still being nailed down, but is likely to be limited to handling pre-registration, structuring the business model, and helping to organize the convention running process.

The ConFurence Group's mission statement has always been "To promote
anthropomorphic fandom related events" and helping to host ZoniCon certainly fits the bill.

Watch our website at http://confurence.net for more de-tails as they develop"

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