03-02-2008, 07:18 PM
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Captain Slow
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
Posts: 6,018
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Reminder: EcoModder.com temporary outage tonight, March 6th ... *Move Completed*
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EDIT: Friday, March 7, 12:45 EST
Move was successful. 40 minutes.
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Just an FYI:
The site is moving to a brand new dedicated server this week - Thursday night (at midnight Eastern time).
The switch will likely cause the forum to be unreachable for a short period (hopefully no more than an hour or two).
This is a proactive, and probably our final move. While organizing the new box, we've been intentionally holding back on generating publicity for some of the hotter forum threads and blog posts since the Great ForkenSwift Digg Event of 2008 (TM) that brought the server to its knees last time.
I was actually cringing with fear that the news.com and edmunds.com articles about the forum would be problematic; fortunately, they didn't cause any traffic woes. (No, not really "fortunately." We would have loved to have been able to take advantage of that publicity to flog the site all over the intertube.)
Anyhoo, as moving day approaches, I'll post back to confirm.
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03-02-2008, 10:52 PM
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That VX guy!
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Mini Soda
Posts: 305
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Woot! I heard dedicated server in that message, huzzah huzzah!
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03-03-2008, 12:06 AM
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1500 Posts Club
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Near Milwaukee, WI, USA
Posts: 1,548
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How much traffic did that Edmunds.com article generate? I was really hoping we'd get some major hits off that one.
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03-03-2008, 12:09 AM
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Wannabe EcoModder
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Boston, MA; Nashua, NH; Houston, TX
Posts: 403
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So we can try to digg ecomodder into oblivion again after the move? 
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03-03-2008, 01:53 PM
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Captain Slow
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
Posts: 6,018
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Yes! After the move, we can get Diggin' again.
Ben: to be honest, the edmunds article less than I was expecting. I didn't count inbound referrals, but you can't pick out a significant boost in the stats that day.
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03-04-2008, 11:48 PM
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Captain Slow
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
Posts: 6,018
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Talked to the new company guy today.
The plan is to make the switch to the new box tomorrow evening, Wednesday, March 5th.
Expect about half an hour of downtime.
If you find you can't access the site within that amount of time... chill for a bit longer, and when your patience completely runs out and you start to get jittery from lack of EM, you can e-mail me directly. darin aaaaaaaaat metrompg dot com.
Also, I found after the last switch that my router retained the "old" server address long after it had been changed and I was only able to get to the new one after resetting it. Just a thought.
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03-05-2008, 07:24 PM
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EcoModding Apprentice
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Mackinac City, Michigan
Posts: 235
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Good luck with the move.
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03-05-2008, 08:11 PM
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Captain Slow
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
Posts: 6,018
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Thanks.
It's delayed 24h though. It'll happen tomorrow night - Thursday - not today.
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03-05-2008, 10:57 PM
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Hypermiler
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Eastern CT, USA
Posts: 185
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Very cool.
Good luck with the move!
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Currently getting low 40's mpg in Fall weather. No mods so far. Current EPA is 31/39 so low 40's is not too shabby.
Now driving '97 Civic HX with new tires at about 44 psi. '89 Volvo 240 is semi-retired. I did love that car though!
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03-06-2008, 07:52 PM
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EcoModding Apprentice
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Mackinac City, Michigan
Posts: 235
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How did the move go?
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03-06-2008, 08:09 PM
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Administrator
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Peterborough, Ontario
Posts: 376
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Actually H4MM3R - it has been postponed until tonight (12 EST).
We will let you know tomorrow!
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03-06-2008, 08:23 PM
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EcoModding Apprentice
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Mackinac City, Michigan
Posts: 235
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Ok. Thanks for the update.
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03-07-2008, 12:18 AM
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Captain Slow
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
Posts: 6,018
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Just a reminder - the site will go offline in about 45 minutes for the server switch.
With apologies to those of you on the left coast who may just be sitting down to your prime time intertube surfing.
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03-07-2008, 01:43 AM
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Administrator
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Peterborough, Ontario
Posts: 376
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And we're back  .
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03-07-2008, 02:11 AM
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(milis()/10000)%6
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Orlando
Posts: 1,015
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Seemed rather painless 
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03-07-2008, 02:14 AM
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Captain Slow
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
Posts: 6,018
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Compared to last time, yup.
There are a few glitches to be sorted out. The fuel log graph no longer draws bars, for example (check mine). So don't update your fuel log until that's sorted out if you like bars. 
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03-07-2008, 02:19 AM
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Captain Slow
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
Posts: 6,018
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RSS is busted too. Stuff to look @ tomorrow.
Edit... I mean later today. When I get up. Since it's already tomorrow...
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03-07-2008, 05:56 AM
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EcoModding Apprentice
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Mackinac City, Michigan
Posts: 235
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Glad it went smooth.
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03-07-2008, 06:30 AM
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Hypermiler
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Eastern CT, USA
Posts: 185
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Looks good from here!
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Currently getting low 40's mpg in Fall weather. No mods so far. Current EPA is 31/39 so low 40's is not too shabby.
Now driving '97 Civic HX with new tires at about 44 psi. '89 Volvo 240 is semi-retired. I did love that car though!
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03-07-2008, 10:13 AM
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That VX guy!
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Mini Soda
Posts: 305
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the recent posts button works great so far.
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