Wednesday, January 26, 2005

Content Section Update

We have performed a content update on the following section(s) of raider3.com. This update was not be accompanied by server maintenance. Usual browsing may continue for www.raider3.com, Network R3 World Forums, Red Skies at Night, Production R3 and Raging Otaku Society. Thank you for your understanding. [more]

Posted by Raider3 @ 02:55 AM PST [Link]

Tuesday, January 25, 2005

Personal Blog Relocated - Local Blog Now Dedicated to Site Updates

As of today, the Graymatter blog at raider3.com will now be used to feature updates on the site status for raider3.com. Raider3's personal weblog is now accessible via the “r3 livejournal” link via the sidebar. Previous entries here will be archived for posterity, pending conversion to another format. [more]

Posted by Raider3 @ 02:58 AM PST [Link]

Network R3 UPS System Maintenance Completed

We were experiencing technical difficulties with the uninterruptible power supply (UPS) providing back-up battery power to Network R3's primary computer systems. The situation was remedied, and the local system has returned to normal operation. We apologize for the inconvenience. [more]

Posted by Raider3 @ 02:51 AM PST [Link]

Friday, January 21, 2005

Network R3 UPS System Maintenance

Currently, we are experiencing technical difficulties with the uninterruptible power supply (UPS) providing back-up battery power to Network R3's primary computer systems. This issue is currently being addressed and we will issue additional notices shortly. We apologize for the inconvenience. [more]

Posted by Raider3 @ 12:39 AM PST [Link]

Friday, January 14, 2005

Gah, LiveJournal Crashed...

All of it... damn... anyway, they'll be working through the weekend to bring stuff back up to snuff. Apparently it was some kind of serious power outage. Here's what I saw when I accessed my LJ:

Our data center (Internap, the same one we've been at for many years) lost all its power, including redundant backup power, for some unknown reason. (unknown to me, at least) We're currently dealing with bringing our 100+ servers back online. Not fun. We're not happy about this. Sorry... :-/ More details later.

Update #1, 7:35 pm PST: we have power again, and we're working to assess the state of the databases. The worst thing we could do right now is rush the site up in an unreliable state. We're checking all the hardware and data, making sure everything's consistent. Where it's not, we'll be restoring from recent backups and replaying all the changes since that time, to get to the current point in time, but in good shape. We'll be providing more technical details later, for those curious, on the power failure (when we learn more), the database details, and the recovery process. For now, please be patient. We'll be working all weekend on this if we have to.

Well... fuck. At least I have my slightly outdated greymatter blog.

Posted by Raider3 @ 09:08 PM PST [Link]

Wednesday, December 22, 2004

Raider3.com Progress Report - Dec. 2004

Still working on evolving the next version of Raider3.com - Keywords are: Content Management.

Yes, you're not seeing things. I've disabled the Raider3 World Forums until school's back in session. I'm taking whatever steps I can to protect myself from so called l33t h@X0r skr1p3 k1dd13z, including full system backups on the site. You tend to learn a lot from being caught with your pants down once already. Never again.

Stay tuned for more news, and re-enabling of full features.

Posted by Raider3 @ 02:33 AM PST [Link]

Wednesday, July 28, 2004

For Those Of You Who Were Wondering

Yes, I am aware that nearly 100 emails were that did not originate from raider3.com were bounced back to the email servers here between Friday, June 23, and Saturday, June 24, 2004, including at least three requests to confirm enrollment of email addresses ending in raider3.com in various Yahoo! Groups.

All of these emails consisted of randomized strings of characters, forged or spoofed to appear to be coming from here. I am aware of the problems, and am taking all necessary steps to locate, and if found, take legal action against those taking part in the spoofing. Abuse of my domain name absolutely will not be tolerated, and I will cooperate with all authorities, as well as strengthen security procedures to protect against such actions being repeated.

Expect changes to be made to the Terms and Conditions of raider3.com shortly.

Posted by Raider3 @ 03:42 AM PST [Link]

Sunday, June 27, 2004

Home System Maintenance Log

System BIOS Information: Viewed and hand-copied to paper, awaiting Word document creation.
New Hardware Acquired: Pioneer DVR-A07XLB Internal 8X DVD+-R/RW writer, awaiting installation.
Minimum Hard Drive Free Space Requirements for installed DVD Writer Software: Minimum space met.
System Hardware Specification Requirements for DVD Writer: Meets and Exceeds minimum specifications.

Post-BIOS system bootup and connection to the internet: Success!
System Status: All Is Well.

To Be Continued...

Posted by Raider3 @ 12:28 AM PST [Link]

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