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| 05:26pm 12/11/2009 |
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Well it's been a busy year filling up the Topatoco store with some lovely gubbins, but now we're circling the Christmas shutdown already they've posted up their final delivery dates. if you want something and you're outside the US, make sure you order before november 22nd (for cheapest delivery), if you're in the US its december 15th. you can leave it a little later if you wanna pay for priority delivery, all the details hhhherreee
and here's a reason why you might wanna bag something soon! The first TEN people who order the Looshkin 'fwap' tshirt, will not only receive their fwappy fwappity tshirt...
but as a chrimby present i'll also send you the EXCLUUUSIVE bohda te Skull Rock Death Army gold badge
(seriously this badge is the tits, and i'm running out for good now. they're about 3.5 cm wide and satisfyingly heavy)
Also i'll throw in a signed copy of Ubu Bubu issue 2 (arguably the best one :p), and if i can find anything else to chuck in i will. not sure if i got anything though, i'll look.
If you wanna win these things, email me (sixtyfootmonkey@yahoo.com) your order confirmation email which proves you've ordered a Looshkin Fwap tshirt. Soon as I get ten confirmed, i'll post up here that the competition has ended. If you've already ordered the tshirt, email me your order confirmation email and you'll be one of the ten winners. i'll try and send all the prizes out before xmas, but don't blame me if post is y'know, all bananas and ting.
blam! BLAMMO! That aside, there is some awesome stuff piling up in the Topatoco store, we gots Bear toys, books, a whole range of tshirts, and the massive 1,242 panda print poster! Come have a look in the store, and if you wanna get anything for christmas make sure you order soon! Yay! Fuck yay!
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| Network Maintenance: Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 04:00-06:00 UTC/GMT |
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| 02:00pm 11/11/2009 |
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EDIT@08:16 UTC/GMT. Wow. That was ugly. I expected it to go for 30 minutes and have maybe 1 minute of broken connectivity. Instead it lasted over 4 hours and we had 10 minutes of downtime directly related to the load balancer upgrades and then another 5-10 minutes of downtime when our primary Pingback database server crashed and the secondary couldn't take over; which could have been indirectly caused by the network upgrade missing a self-VIP.
Anyways, we're up, we're working, the load balancers are barely breaking a sweat right now and I need some food and a shot of whiskey. I don't even *like* whiskey!!
Thanks ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) mhwest and dnewhall for helping out!
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On Saturday the 14th at 4AM UTC/GMT we will be upgrading the operating system of our network load balancers to a newer version, one that will allow us to use both CPUs! Nifty, because multiprocessing is nice.
Since we have 2 load balancers, the plan is to upgrade 1 at a time, and there really should be very little impact to our website. Hopefully you won't notice a thing and I'll get to go back to the hotel and watch some wonderful late night infomercials.
We've got a lot of exciting projects coming up for 2010 and we're hoping that we'll be able to deliver them all to you, that you will find it useful/cool/lovely and then you will use the site even more. Behind-the-scenes work like this will give us the capacity to handle the anticipated traffic, so expect a few more maintenance windows especially in the beginning of next year as we've got some neat ideas to improve performance around here! We had the recent 30-45 minute outage yesterday due to one of our logging databases filling up disk space -- not so great design coupled with my human error in handling the initial problem -- and it looks like we're going to finally have some resources to eliminate stuff like that. I can't wait!
As usual, I will be updating status.livejournal.org before and after, just in case you are not able to reach our main website during the work. |
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| Spotlights: Homepage Spotlight 11/9/09 |
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| 09:49am 09/11/2009 |
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![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) sixwordstories
Whether you're in the mood for a creative challenge or you're short on time or attention span, this semi-addictive community is perfect for those who find flash fiction way long. Once you get the hang of it, you won't be able to stop. The prince turned into a frog. The girl ran home to mother. Tough to write. Easy to read. It's a double threesome of fun. |
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| Spotlights: Homepage Spotlight 11/9/09 |
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| 09:46am 09/11/2009 |
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dailyfoodie
Delicious, ambitious, and occasionally nutritious dishes make for an eclectic, all-you-can-eat feast. Whether you're searching for recipes for your next dinner party or you're jonesing for a late-night brownie fix, your cravings are sure to be well sated. A warm and inclusive community that welcomes all orientations, from carnivores to vegans, from gourmands to junk-food junkies. Guaranteed bias-free, food-positive, and pan-epicurian. |
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| Spotlights: Homepage Spotlight 11/2/09 |
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| 09:55am 02/11/2009 |
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aiyatheydidnt
The Chinese version of ONTD, AIYA is a dynamic international community that welcomes users who share a love of contemporary Chinese pop culture. Dedicated to celebrity gossip and entertainment news, you'll enjoy gorgeous photos and breaking stories featuring the glitterati of mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. |
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| Spotlights: Homepage Spotlight 11/2/09 |
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| 09:53am 02/11/2009 |
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wendylady2
Designed to rescue fashion victims everywhere, this Brit-based community reads like a rag-ezine. Published once or twice weekly, you'll view bizarre highlights of the global fashion scene through captivating photos and delightfully snarky editorial. Sit tight for a virtual fashion tour from the runways of New York to Milan to Paris and back home again to London in homage to the adage: you can't buy good taste. |
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| Spotlights: Homepage Spotlight 11/2/09 |
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| 09:51am 02/11/2009 |
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soldiers_heart
A passionate community for veterans of all ages (mostly American), plus families, friends, and supporters. View poignant snapshots detailing life in combat and back on civilian soil in the form of original artwork, personal narratives, poetry, and photos. Be forewarned that members don't shy away from describing their disappointments, disabilities, and struggles. |
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| Desperate Dan and Kochi |
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| 04:30pm 01/11/2009 |
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The DANDY annual is out in stores now, and I'm pleased to report it's bragging over 20 pages of exclusive Desperate Dan funs, including one special 8-page story. If you're in the UK (or even abroad, sure it'll be on amazon) please do pick up the book and have a look, its pretty tasty (incidentally, Asda are selling all their annuals for £4. proper bargain!).
I even did a front and back cover for the annual, but alas they didn't make it to the final book (woulda been a real buzz to see them, shame), so here they are anyway.
kfanksisntit!
Also, i'm sorry to say Kochi may not be ready in time for January 2010 like i originally said. i've spent the last five weeks working on this book full-time, not on the drawings (they're all done) but on bringing it all together into a cohesive whole and trying to make it, yuh know, purdy. And I've still got a fair amount to do. Fact is this book has taken about four years to get here, so I want to get it right. I'm determined it'll get out in 2010, and my plan to serialise it as a webcomic still stands, but stick with me a little longer?
jx
ps. thanks for all the brilliant hamster names! ^_^ though we STILL haven't decided!
pps. the Looshkin Fwap t-shirt has been changed last minute to printing on black tshirt, not blue. now even more fwappy! |
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