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Computer Diagnostics!

by Matthew on October 31st, 2010
Posted In: Boring Stuff, Matthew, Rambling

Lately I’ve been having problems with my PC. Not very visible ones either: corrupted files here and there, downloads not completing properly. At the moment I’ve dropped back to 2 GB of RAM instead of my typical 8 GB (which makes me sad, seeing as though there’s now 6 GB of RAM right in front of my keyboard right now) and reliability is back, which is nice.

As part of the process though I had to absolutely verify that the RAM was at fault. Standard memory tests refused to fail after all. So I went out and bought a 2 TB Western Digital hard disk to replace my old 500 GB system disk, in the hope that the hard drive was dying. Turns out it wasn’t, so now my system has a storage capacity of no less than 3.5 TB, or 4 TB if you include my external hard drive. So that was a bonus.

In the end I also remembered to reconfigure the RAM voltage and timing in the BIOS settings which has also helped with stability somewhat.

It means I can now download files without them being corrupted. I can install software without the installation failing. My Windows system files won’t become corrupted every reboot.

Also I’m crazy tired after being sick for the past three days (in which I did an amazing amount of work to this site) so the above probably doesn’t even mean anything. Oh well.

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It’s Coming

by Matthew on October 29th, 2010
Posted In: Boring Stuff, Matthew

As for what “it” is… that’s almost a secret. And now, it’s not going to be a secret anymore!

We’re going to be completely revamping the blog and comic system at some point in the next 24 hours. We have an entirely new layout and style for the site as well as a bit more integration for the comics and the blog, so you don’t have to put up with our awful comic navigation we threw together one night in a few minutes.

When the transfer does actually happen the site may be a bit wonky for about 30 minutes or so while we finish up the last couple things in the move. All the comics should still be in place directly after the move though as they’ve already been put into the system (we just have to flick the “go live” button).

My estimate is that it’ll happen in around 2 hours from the time of this post, but don’t hold your breath.

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Hi

by Matthew on October 25th, 2010
Posted In: Boring Stuff, Matthew

Hi.

My name is Matt. You probably forgot I existed. I forgot you existed, so it’s okay.

I just keep this site running and pay for the server. Sometimes I even help James with getting ads uploaded, or modifying the comic system to work better. I might even make a phone app with all the Confabulation goodness your handset can handle, just because I pretend to love you all so much.

Peace out and all that. Rawr.

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Yay, Server Move!

by Matthew on January 13th, 2010
Posted In: Boring Stuff, Matthew

Now that I’ve moved to a new city, minus a static IP, I decided to stop hosting WikiForAll on a computer sitting at my feet and instead move it to a proper VPS somewhere in the USA. This hopefully means a faster site, more reliable site, and better speeds for everyone! Yay!

There’s still a lot to get done, and I’m working full-time now, so it’s taking time. But hey, it’ll get there!

-Matt

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Server Migration Complete!

by Matthew on January 29th, 2009
Posted In: Boring Stuff, Matthew

Hi everyone,

After 13 man-hours the server is now totally migrated. Email works once again, and better than ever might I add. We’ve now got antivirus and spam filtering on all email accounts, as well as proper encryption on all communication if your client supports it.

All up we’re content with the move, and we hope that you enjoy the stability and speed of the new server!

- Matthew

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Migration Progress

by Matthew on January 28th, 2009
Posted In: Boring Stuff, Matthew

Hi everyone,

This blog entry is the first to be posted on the new server. We have successfully migrated to a new box with 8 times the RAM and much more power than a virtual machine. Sure, it wasn’t all easy going – we lost this blog for a couple of hours – but it’s all up now.

Things like email and our TeamSpeak server are going to take a bit longer to complete, so we’ll keep you up to date with what’s going on.

On behalf of the WikiForAll team, thanks for being patient and we all hope that you find the new experience faster and easier than ever before!

- Matthew

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Server Migration, 25 January 2009 – 1 February 2009

by Matthew on January 20th, 2009
Posted In: Boring Stuff, Matthew
Hi everyone,

Due to a migration of the server that we have planned, there may be some minor disruption in services from the 25th of January 2009 to the 1st of February 2009. We are of course going to try to make the switch as seamless as possible, however we cannot promise that the site will work without a hitch after the migration (or during it).

This thread will be updated with more information closer to the date.

Thanks,

Matthew
WikiForAll Technical Administrator

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