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UPIC: An ISBN Alternative
Mon 12 Jan 2004 - 21:46

Hi folks

Just wanted to plug a new service I'm offering to publishers and customers of publishers: the Unique Publication Identity Code, or UPIC, a free alternative to ISBNs for small to medium-sized publishers.

Go to http://upic.taur.net and enter the UPIC from a book, magazine or whatever, and you'll get much of the standard ISBN data: Publisher info, first publishing date, status (in-print or not), et cetera. Fanzine publishers, comic book printers, makers of art portfolios, and anyone else who offers printed goods for sale is invited to use this service.

The service is free to publishers and users, but contributions are of course welcome. The features of the site are still somewhat in flux, but the current version is up and working.

Check it out!

Aatheus

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FurBid temporarily unavailable - network outage
Fri 14 Nov 2003 - 02:33

POSTED: 18:03 EST

Hi folks

It appears that FurBid's co-lo has fallen off the net, at least temporarily. No call yet on when they'll be back up, but the trace stops dead at their boundry router, so it'll probably be a few hours, at least. I'll post again when it's back up.

I will extend as many auctions as I can.

Thank you for your understanding, and my apologies for the inconvenience.

Aatheus
(who can't remember his password)

FurBid is now in its permanent home
Sun 20 Jul 2003 - 23:03

Okay folks, FurBid has been moved to the new server on which it will be running for a while. This box is dedicated, sw33t and should be quite stable.

DNS still needs to propagate (%%&$%^ slow registrar and politics), but you can access the new server via http://216.128.90.10 for the time being.

Aatheus
Flustered Admin at Large

FurBid has temporary hosting
Mon 30 Jun 2003 - 11:23

Hi folks

FurBid is temporarily back online on a new server, courtesy of Dragonmagic. Critical bidding functions are working, but some features, like the message board, are still being worked on. I hope to restore full functionality within the week. By then, we should know if our colo's outage is terminal, and whether there are acceptable alternatives.

Oh yes... all auctions closing 6/28 to 6/30 have been extended four days to allow ISPs to play DNS catch-up. If you can't access the site yet, chances are your ISP hasn't updated its DNS cache for furbid.ws yet. Give it a few hours.

--Aatheus
FurBid administaur

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FurBid off-line
Mon 30 Jun 2003 - 09:15

Hello everyfur

Our co-locator has lost their T1 for the moment due to moving to a new location. As such, we have lost our access. It is not apparent yet when the T1 will be moved to the new location. Thank you QWest.

As such, FurBid is effectively off-line until further notice. All auctions that close after Friday June 27 at 00:00 PDT are considered null and void, due to difficulty in extending auctions. We're working to get access restored as soon as possible, including possibly finding another colo. Anyfur who'd like to make offers/suggestons, feel free to. [email protected].

Further news as events warrant.

--Aatheus

FurBid server downtime
Mon 17 Feb 2003 - 09:35

During a normal replacement of a CPU fan, it was discovered that FurBid's power supply, after two years of dedicated service, has gotten tired. A new PSU was installed, but it was discovered to be inadequate for the power needs of the beast.

So, a new power supply has been placed on order. The problem is, we're not sure when it will get here, due to the mail stoppage until Tuesday. My colo admin has gone to purchase a new power supply today, so hopefully we will be back online before the end of the day. If not, definitely on Thursday. Damn hardware always fails right when it's needed.

FurBid mentioned in Canadian magazine
Wed 4 Dec 2002 - 12:11

Well, it wasn't good press, but it could've been worse...

A Canadian magazine called Shift ("Canada's Technology and Entertainment Magazine") (yeah, I'd never heard of it either) had their annual "100 best web sites for 2003" in their November/ December issue. Now, when I see "Entertainment" I immediately think "tabloid". But, holding my prejudices back I slogged on...

...until I came to the listing. Number four under the category "bizarre" (as I thought), with a snap-shot of the front page.

Synopsis reads: "eBay for furry-animal 'toon fetishists: Use this site to bid on the erotic squirrel prints you've never known you've always wanted. For the true connoisseur, only the creepy lifelike, full-body animal outfits will do. And if you can convince your lover to wear one of those, you're the man, dog. Cute, fuzzy, sexy dog."

Meh. Could've been worse. Mildly humorous, a bit biased, but I won't get inflamed about it.
A quick message off to the editor, pointing out the URL they have is old was all I was provoked into >:-) Hay, they did send me two free copies of the issue it appears in >:-)

--Aatheus

Furry music stream now regular thing
Thu 14 Nov 2002 - 14:26

As the last few tests have been promising, I'll be running my furry music stream each Wednesday night from here on. The stream runs from 6pm to midnight, Pacific time, and features all furry-composed music. The format is dance, trance, techno, soft rock, and ambient, although comedy will be interjected occasionally.

The stream links are:

The home page is http://www.virtualhermit.net/taurnet_tunes

--Aatheus

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Furry music stream experiment this Wednesday
Fri 23 Aug 2002 - 08:01

Starting this Wednesday, Virtualhermit.net (me) will be streaming a Shoutcast stream of techno, trance and dance-type music. Maybe even a little comedy audio tossed in now and again.

The stream will start around 8pm Pacific, and end at around 12am Pacific. The stream web site will be at http://www.virtualhermit.net/taurnet_tunes/.

FurBid domain troubles: resolved?
Sat 23 Feb 2002 - 00:17

Hiya everyfur

I have been informed by my registrar that the .ws namespace experienced some problems last night, resulting in a bunch of domain names being redirected to Under Construction pages instead of the correct IP addresses. Furbid.ws appears to be back online, for the
most part; the correct IP address has propagated again. Please let me know if you're still getting that Under Construction page. Contact address: [email protected]

I've extended any auctions that would have closed during the domain name downtime. Let me reiterate: the furbid.ws disappearence was in no way related to FurBid's server or connectivity. Nic.ws screwed up our record's propagated data.

If you're still having trouble accessing FurBid, http://furbid.transform.to is still online, or you can access directly via IP (http://198.137.201.181). I apologize for their screwup.

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