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Jun. 24th, 2008 @ 11:25 am Greetings :)

I don't know how many of you all remember me, but I'd hang out on the MUCK from time to time and I got my start in the IRC chat room.

So, besides here, where's the hang out now?

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Apr. 14th, 2008 @ 09:50 pm If all goes well...

I'm holding a drive in my hands now which, if all goes (or has gone) well, contains a copy of the Alfandria database. I'm hoping to try to dig a copy off it sometime this week, so we can see if someone wants to do something to get it running again.

I'm about 75% sure it's on there, but I can't make any promises yet. I'll be spending tomorrow looking for the files.

(Just got a mail message about it the other day, so thought I'd drop a note here about it. :> )

EDIT:

Some of you are likely wondering what actually happened... Here's the history.

A few years ago, back when it was running on tiger, I suffered the Disk Crash From Hell. Basically, I'd just moved away from the bay area, with all my colo servers still there. The Alf and related machines were on a big, 14-drive RAID array. Well, one of the two power supplies went belly-up, causing half the drives to spin down.

Any *reasonable* RAID controller would have paniced and shut down. The Adaptec HW raid controller I had instead decided to corrupt the rest of the drives, beyond repair. All wasn't lost, however, as just days before I had copied the entire muck's config files to a machine which was being built out as a replacement anyway. That was Jaguar, and it was able to go online relatively quickly because of that.

Last year, sometime late in the year, jaguar fell off the network for unknown reasons. I spent around a month working with the colo folks, but we finally decided the motherboard was dead, and I had the drives FedExed to me sometime around the end of last year. I copied all the user directories off of them, and put them to other uses. I admit, I kind of forgot about the Alfandria stuff...

The config files SHOULD be on the drive I copied all the user directory contents onto, though. I've got that drive installed in a machine now, and hope to be able to access them in the next day or two.

I'll make the same offer I did before. I really don't have the time to manage the system anymore, but do have the resources, so if someone wants to take over management on my systems, I'm happy to make that possible. As you've certainly noticed if you've looked for the server, the "chameleon.net" systems are still there...

So, wish me luck. :>

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Mar. 3rd, 2008 @ 11:50 pm Jane and the Dragon

Here's a link to get the first season of Jane and the Dragon. All eps are hosted on Megavideo so it will take a while for you to get them unless you have their D/L manager (or a paid account).
Check out the other toons available at the site.

http://forum.cartoon-world.org/viewtopic.php?t=2661&highlight=jane+dragon

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Aug. 25th, 2007 @ 09:16 pm RIP Muck?

Well I'm guessing more or less the muck is either not started, or has met a fate that has rendered it unable to be brought up. So RIP Alfa? I've had alot of fun there over the years.

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Jul. 14th, 2007 @ 11:40 pm Ping?

I thought I'd poke my nose in to the muck tonight and visit my old @home, but it appears not to be running? How long is this outage? Or has the address changed again?

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Jul. 8th, 2007 @ 12:22 pm alfandria

Oh Alfandria, Alfandria, wherefore art thou Alfandria. The muck has been down for while, has it moved addresses again or did someone just decide to fold up and close the Alfandria server?

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Jun. 7th, 2007 @ 10:27 pm UK August Gather poll!

posted on behalf of Gwyn, who doesnt have a LJ. she lives near Milton Keynes
(she says: we've got lots to do here - a massive quasar, ice rink, big cinema, water park, bowling, couple of nice clubs (so i'm told!) )

Poll #999019 UK August Gather!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

would you attend this Gather?

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yes
2 (20.0%)

no
1 (10.0%)

yes, life/finances/transport permitting
6 (60.0%)

i dont live in the UK
4 (40.0%)

want to but cant (too young, no transport etc)
0 (0.0%)

which weekend is best for you?

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10th August
0 (0.0%)

Bank Holiday weekend (24th)
2 (28.6%)

both (no preference)
4 (57.1%)

neither
2 (28.6%)

other weekend (comment with your preferred dates)
0 (0.0%)

what should we do? (cinema, quasar, chatting at home etc)

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please note: we cant accept under-16s without a parent/guardian.

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Jun. 6th, 2007 @ 05:51 pm (no subject)

Need a bit of help? Used to have an account on the MUCK, but probably had it purged due to having not logged into it in years. The official website seems to be gone as well.. anyways, where do I need to go now/who do I need to talk to about getting an account again? Assuming people even go there anymore.

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Jan. 16th, 2007 @ 08:18 am Appreciate A Dragon Day

Today is Appreciate A Dragon Day! Click the link to see some ways that you can have fun learning about dragons.

Recent holiday: January 13 was Happy Trogday, being the third birthday of Trogdor the Dragon, from the Homestar Runner cartoons.

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Apr. 17th, 2006 @ 07:55 pm Custom Fleece Hats

Current Mood: creative
Current Music: Nick Lachey - What's Left of Me (.977 The Hitz Channel)

I've just started making custom hats for people, of their characters. Here's the two I've made so far:

The base is made of the gray fleece, the blue striping, the brown for the horns, as well as the eyes and esca are all felt. There's no stuffing in any of the parts except the ball of the esca, to keep it round. The base is sewn on a machine, as well as the tail and horns, and the antennae. All of the 'decals' (so to speak) are sewn on by hand. Including the large blueish piece that runs the length of the hat.

Character is Rapytur, a good friend of mine.

I feel confident enough at the moment to attempt to sell one of these, so there's an auction up here on Furbid for one! I'm not sure how many of these I'll make so if you're interested, bid quick!

xposted around!

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Feb. 12th, 2006 @ 03:15 pm London, UK March Gather

hi folks,

The March Gather is now definite - it will take place on Saturday 4 March in London.

Plan for the day:

1pm meet at South Kensington tube station (preferably in the tunnel connecting the station with the museums).

1.30pm(ish) visit museum (please state preference: Science or Natural History).

5pm(ish) retire to the nearest pub for refreshment before the journey home.

Please confirm attendance as soon as possible - unfortunately, sleeping space is by prior invite only - including whether you wish to be met somewhere else in London and if you need my mobile number.

See you soon!

Tal

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Jan. 2nd, 2006 @ 07:55 pm UK March Gather - tentative plans

i am considering a March Gather on the 4th, in London.

however, this year, i propose that we meet in central London (possibly at South Kensington tube station) and visit a museum.

(sleeping space at mine by prior arrangement only).

more info should be provided here nearer the time, but will _definitely_ be posted to the ukdragons mailing list. to subscribe, send an email with SUBSCRIBE in the header to ukdragons@wyrm.demon.co.uk. (it's very quiet normally)

Tal

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Dec. 23rd, 2005 @ 03:05 pm FC 2006 Dragon Gather

I'll be at FC again this year. Every year so far that I've gone we've done a Dragon Gather at least one night in one of the guest rooms of the con. I'm sure we'll be doing this again this year. If you will be at FC and would like to be informed when/if we make it happen again this year. Fell free to post a growf! here. I'll post an update to this entry when we get more organized. Most likely that will be the week of the con.

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Dec. 23rd, 2005 @ 02:55 pm Dragonfire Web Site

Originally know as the Alt.fandragons Web Site is now back up. I've Re-worked the site, you can read about it on the main page. There still a bit to do.
History: It originally went down in September 2001 after a hard drive failure.

www.dragonfire.org

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Nov. 28th, 2005 @ 07:17 pm attn: dragons living in Britain

(apologies for the crossover with the ukdragons mailing list)

anyone interested in a March Gather, in London?

Tal

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