Server Maintenance

Over the next few days I'll be taking care of a few bits and bobs related to the server the forum is on. There might be a few hours of downtime here and there, but I'll try and keep it to late night.

Mohammed Lopez • 2 years, 10 months ago

Will there be any noticeable changes?

TJ Goldfist • 2 years, 10 months ago

Any new features Matthew?

Matthew • 2 years, 10 months ago

Nope, none planned, though the server upgrades will let me make noticeable changes in the future.

TJ Goldfist • 2 years, 10 months ago

What kind of changes?

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Mohammed Lopez • 2 years, 10 months ago

Mind we could tag people? I for one enjoyed that feature

Mohammed Lopez • 2 years, 10 months ago

Amy other suggestions, lads?

Mohammed Lopez • 2 years, 10 months ago

*Any

TJ Goldfist • 2 years, 10 months ago

Ability to have quotes in profile a La Shine Board

Some way to attract fresh blood

An environment where females aren't put off posting

Bans which are a bit more difficult to circumnavigate(creating my own downfall on this one)

Interface with bebo

More stats. I love a good stat.

Mohammed Lopez • 2 years, 10 months ago

Hahaha

Matthew • 2 years, 10 months ago

I'll definitely be making sure to re-enable email confirmation before accounts are active, then tightening up on fake accounts and bannings. Impossible to have a completely secure ban system tbh, but I'll try to see what I can do.

hf004 • 2 years, 10 months ago

lol.

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Mohammed Lopez • 2 years, 10 months ago

What about emojis Matthew? We dont have to go all Iphone X but say a limit of 3 to show laughter, extreme laughter and finally rage

TJ Goldfist • 2 years, 10 months ago

One for the horn as well

s2 • 2 years, 10 months ago

What do you host this on Matt? What provider that is.

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Matthew • 2 years, 10 months ago

Linode

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UpInArmsMa • 2 years, 10 months ago

How much does it cost to run this place? Can I help/pay the fees? I feel like it's time to give back.

Mohammed Lopez • 2 years, 10 months ago

Lurkers get a free pass

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Matthew • 2 years, 10 months ago

The server plus backup is about $15 a month, although it used to be about $40 back a few months ago before I realised that the traffic was a good bit lower and didn't need the higher capacity.

Kilo de Cinco • 2 years, 10 months ago

Fair play to ya man

hollywood baz • 2 years, 10 months ago

Legend

Mincer • 2 years, 10 months ago

Can we get a nice purple color going here?

RJ Macready • 2 years, 10 months ago

wait a minute...your paying $15 a mth outa yer own pocket to host a forum used by people you don't particularly like? fair play to ye

Mohammed Lopez • 2 years, 10 months ago

Sound man

Matthew • 2 years, 10 months ago

It was less of a consideration back when I had a job RJ, now I'm trying to make things a wee bit more efficient. If I can switch off the Linode backup service, that's the cost per month down to $5.

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RJ Macready • 2 years, 10 months ago

im happy to throw a few quid in to cover the running costs, you definitely shouldn't be shouldering it alone

TJ Goldfist • 2 years, 10 months ago

If you're at a loose end now you're jobless Matthew, you could get out there and attract some fresh meat to the board.

There's only so many usernames I can create to make it seem busy round here.

Matthew • 2 years, 10 months ago

If people do want to throw in some cash, I think you can send it via Paypal to mattjohnston100@hotmai... - I believe that works anyway

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Matthew • 2 years, 10 months ago

TJ - it's hard to call it jobless precisely, as that suggests a dearth of things to do during the day, but being a stay at home dad is full of the endless joy of parenting.

s2 • 2 years, 10 months ago

Is being a stay at home dad a permanent thing or did you and the missus split the paternity leave?

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Matthew • 2 years, 10 months ago

She went back to work a year ago, I had enough paternity leave, time off, and sabbatical leave to do me through to March, then I quit and now I'm permanently stay-at-home, until he gets into a creche, then I might go back to work. Freelance work is starting to come in more frequently, but it's never as reliable financially as a proper job, especially where banks and mortgages are concerned.

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tคккเรςђเtt • 2 years, 10 months ago

Are you glad to be out of Facebook, Matthew?

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hollywood baz • 2 years, 10 months ago

Sounds like you are winning matty

Mohammed Lopez • 2 years, 10 months ago

Sweet deal there although parenting is no walk in the park

s2 • 2 years, 10 months ago

Fair play Matt. Sounds like its worked out really well.

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TJ Goldfist • 2 years, 10 months ago

Sounds good in theory but 24 hours a day with the kids and you'd be going crazy. Sure Muzak1 has a job and still beats his kids, imagine him if he was at home all day with them.

RJ Macready • 2 years, 10 months ago

Fuck that i couldnt hack 24/7 with the kids, it'd drive me mad... kids are too full on ALL THE FUCKING TIME, its too much for this aul cunt

Matthew • 2 years, 10 months ago

Yeah, it's a challenge, though it means at weekends my wife is very eager to look after the kid because she misses him, so I can just lie back and do fuck all parenting. I've genuinely no idea how properly single parents do this tbh, I'd go insane.

Choc-Ice • 2 years, 10 months ago

Don't be sending Matthew money, his missus obviously earning the big bucks if he quit his lucrative facebook job to look after the child.

The Johnstons are loaded lads.

Matthew • 2 years, 10 months ago

takki - I guess so, I doubt if I'll ever find a better place to work in my life, but at the same time the opportunities for someone who is interested in UI/front end coding in Dublin are really non-existent at Facebook so it was a case of downgrade or leave. Couldn't have found a better time to go out on my own really.

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hollywood baz • 2 years, 10 months ago

Does this mean you can now start ripping into Microsoft now matty?

s2 • 2 years, 10 months ago

Ok. So I didn't realise this was you Take a look at Matthew Johnston (@matthewathome):

https://twitter.com/ma...

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s2 • 2 years, 10 months ago

On twitter I mean. Thought it was some other Matthew

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Matthew • 2 years, 10 months ago

Aye, sure it has my full name there and I've never hidden my full name off here either!

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s2 • 2 years, 10 months ago

I just didn't realise your surname was Johnston.

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Matthew • 2 years, 10 months ago

Fair enough, I thought that was common enough knowledge from my decades on this and the Shineboard

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tคккเรςђเtt • 2 years, 10 months ago

What's that's t-shirt with the red coloured circle on it a reference to, Matthew?

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s2 • 2 years, 10 months ago

I like the make vars one.

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Matthew • 2 years, 10 months ago

which one takki? You mean the Dublin one?

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Choc-Ice • 2 years, 10 months ago

s2 • 1 hour, 49 minutes ago
I like the make vars one.

I'll give you an upvote if you buy it

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cleandirty • 2 years, 10 months ago

You should make some board based funny tshirts. We'll all buy one we promise. With catchy slogans like "Im an ss alt" or "Takki votes DUP"