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News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin

Started by oli · 23 Jun 2008 · 90 of about 96 posts survive · see it on the Wayback Machine

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oliI am the
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Posted: 23 Jun 2008, 8:33pmSubject: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
There was a short network issue (aka glitch in the matrix) outside of my control. I think it just affected some people in Australia. You probably didn't notice it if you're elsewhere...
oliI am the
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Posted: 3 Aug 2008, 12:01pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Server has been moved to a separate physical facility.

Has anyone noticed a speed difference? Loads a lot faster for me on my Internode connection.
nathoPosts: 3,572
Posted: 3 Aug 2008, 1:14pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Loading a lot faster on my wi fi dialup with a 1 bar signal as well. Cheers. Don't have to wait for 2 minutes for a page to load now.
oliI am the
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Posted: 3 Aug 2008, 1:33pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Good.

Might make some changes in the near future to improve things even more. :)
oliI am the
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Posted: 24 Aug 2008, 7:01pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Rob Frost's invitation to RA users so he could do something 'risque' results in a server crash. Sorry...  :E
mindthiefPosts: 1,904
Posted: 24 Aug 2008, 7:08pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
:lol:

Fucking RaveAdelaide...The virus is spreading :E
oliI am the
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Posted: 24 Aug 2008, 7:10pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
At least I have an excuse now when shit breaks. ;)
NoddyPosts: 9,559
Posted: 28 Aug 2008, 1:17amSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Quote from: oli on 03/08/2008, 01:33 PM
Might make some changes in the near future to improve things even more. :)

Still waiting on my invitation to be a mod......
Testing the limits of the human heart since 1973.
oliI am the
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Posted: 28 Aug 2008, 7:57amSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Speak to khem.
NoddyPosts: 9,559
Posted: 28 Aug 2008, 3:15pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Suck my dick!
Testing the limits of the human heart since 1973.
oliI am the
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Posted: 28 Aug 2008, 4:32pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Don't mess with the Tuff Keyboard Soldier dude!
EzPosts: 4,532
Posted: 8 Sep 2008, 10:44pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
TKS yo!
oliI am the
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Posted: 19 Sep 2008, 10:19pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
I am taking the forum offline completely sometime over the weekend to upgrade the software. So if it's unreachable for some period don't commit suicide. Thank you.
GlockPosts: 9,845
Posted: 19 Sep 2008, 10:29pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Quote from: oli on 19/09/2008, 10:19 PM
I am taking the forum offline completely sometime over the weekend to upgrade the software. So if it's unreachable for some period don't commit suicide. Thank you.

You'll be receiving a letter bomb in the mail. Thank you.  :E
oliI am the
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Posted: 19 Sep 2008, 10:30pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Then the forum really will go down. ;)
GlockPosts: 9,845
Posted: 19 Sep 2008, 10:36pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Quote from: oli on 19/09/2008, 10:30 PM
Then the forum really will go down. ;)

:lol:

How can you post a thread about us slavering AM addicts out there this week then go and pull the needle out of our arm for the weekend!

Have you no heart?  :E
oliI am the
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Posted: 19 Sep 2008, 10:43pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
 :devil:

Nope. :E
oliI am the
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Posted: 20 Sep 2008, 12:03pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Done. Took about 30 seconds. I hope nobody's lives were interrupted too seriously.

 :am:
nathoPosts: 3,572
Posted: 20 Sep 2008, 12:12pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Mine was!
oliI am the
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Posted: 20 Sep 2008, 12:14pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Toughen up!
Melvin SmileyPosts: 4,703
Posted: 20 Sep 2008, 5:48pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Quote from: oli on 20/09/2008, 12:03 PM
Done. Took about 30 seconds. I hope nobody's lives were interrupted too seriously.

 :am:

Ha! I'm on dial up. It takes at least 30 seconds to just bring up AM!
"dont believe everything I say, I dont"
oliI am the
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Posted: 20 Sep 2008, 6:59pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Dial up?

Where do you live?
Melvin SmileyPosts: 4,703
Posted: 21 Sep 2008, 6:19pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
 :lol:
Adelaide.  I know its ridiculous
"dont believe everything I say, I dont"
oliI am the
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Posted: 21 Sep 2008, 11:53pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Quote from: Melvin Smiley on 21/09/2008, 06:19 PM
:lol:
Adelaide.  I know its ridiculous

Nah, that isn't so surprising. If you'd said anywhere more than 400KM away I wouldn't have been surprised. ;)
oliI am the
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Posted: 3 Oct 2008, 9:22amSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
If you have any problems logging in then can you please send me an email. Email address is oli at oli.id.au

Let me know what web browser you're using in the email as well please...
oliI am the
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Posted: 10 Feb 2009, 7:12pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Software upgrade I did the other day broke the "Topic Starter" mod (which puts the little icon next to the username of the topic starter in all their posts in a thread). It was flooding error log but I have just fixed it.

Seems to be working again now.
RyaTune in to NEAT FREQs with DJs Batch, Rya & Syme every Sunday from 4-6pm ... only on SoundPond.net
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Posted: 11 Feb 2009, 7:02pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Is there any reason I'm suddenly receiving pop-ups from AM when opened but from nothing else? It's been doing it for a few days and I don't remember looking at any dodgy pr0n in that time.
khemPosts: 16,653
Posted: 11 Feb 2009, 7:03pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
the only pop ups you should be receiving are notifications for PMs if you have that option turned on

what pop ups are you getting? anyone else experiencing the same issue?
oliI am the
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Posted: 11 Feb 2009, 7:04pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Popups only when you are browsing on AM?

Leave your browser running with one tab open with google.com loaded and see if any popups come up.

Nothing here has changed in a way that'd cause what you're seeing.
RyaTune in to NEAT FREQs with DJs Batch, Rya & Syme every Sunday from 4-6pm ... only on SoundPond.net
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Posted: 11 Feb 2009, 11:53pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
It's never actually loaded the page in the pop-up and it doesn't happen every time. I'm assuming it's a coincidence, but just checking. About time for a format and reload anyway.
oliI am the
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Posted: 11 Feb 2009, 11:57pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Sounds like spyware/malware on your machine.

May I suggest this site. :yup:
khemPosts: 16,653
Posted: 12 Feb 2009, 10:41amSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
:lol:

or if you dont want to fork out a few grand for a mac, try this site to try and detect and clean up any malware

http://www.spywareinfoforum.com/index.php

very helpful site, might take a day or two to get a result, but they will guide you through cleaning things up without a rebuild.

:yup:
oliI am the
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Posted: 13 Feb 2009, 11:11amSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
I hope you've all got plans tonight (other than sitting on AM that is) because there's going to be some planned downtime.
John LPosts: 3,007
Posted: 13 Feb 2009, 11:13amSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Quote from: oli on 13/02/2009, 11:11 AM
I hope you've all got plans tonight (other than sitting on AM that is) because there's going to be some planned downtime.

OMG

WORST ADMIN EVER!!!!
Get off my lawn.
oliI am the
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Posted: 13 Feb 2009, 11:15amSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
It's for a good cause.
oliI am the
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Posted: 13 Feb 2009, 5:15pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
I've just applied some minor patches to the site to improve the appearance of posts.


FEEDBACK WELCOME. What do you think of these improvements?
oliI am the
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Posted: 13 Feb 2009, 6:46pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
I've just applied some more "enhancements". I'll leave them to you dear AM members to discover. :E
Fluke.~Daft Punk~.
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Posted: 13 Feb 2009, 6:59pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
I can't seem to find these improvements
  • one: what are they?
  • two: how do i use them?
Straight Edge since 1994.

Dyslexics are teople poo.
oliI am the
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Posted: 13 Feb 2009, 7:02pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Sometimes the following might occur:

a. All tabs are removed.
b. All new paragraphs actually have a gap, and not just a new line.
c. i is replaced with I.

You can't "use them". They just happen.
Fluke.~Daft Punk~.
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Posted: 13 Feb 2009, 7:38pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Quote from: oli on 13/02/2009, 07:02 PM
c. i is replaced with I.


when might this 'sometimes occur' because it didnt happen to the post i just posted
Straight Edge since 1994.

Dyslexics are teople poo.
oliI am the
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Posted: 13 Feb 2009, 8:01pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
It only happens to users with a certain ID number.
khemPosts: 16,653
Posted: 13 Feb 2009, 8:27pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
:alien:
oliI am the
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Posted: 16 Feb 2009, 9:52amSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Further enhancement.

Is a post too long? Did you immediately think "too long, won't read this"? Express your feelings with our simple new tl;dr smiley!


 :tldr:

oliI am the
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Posted: 29 Jun 2009, 8:28amSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Server was so upset about MJ it needed a reboot. Sorry to all those who go to work on Monday morning and couldn't post about their drunken shenanigans on the weekend.
oliI am the
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Posted: 24 Sep 2009, 1:09pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Just fiddling with some server settings. Post here if you notice anything different please.
oliI am the
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Posted: 21 Oct 2009, 1:06pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Changed some more settings on server... This site is eating 20% of my server's bandwidth quota so I am trying to tweak things before I have to move the whole site to another cheaper service.

Let me know if pages seem to load faster please.
khemPosts: 16,653
Posted: 20 Nov 2009, 7:26amSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
 :xmasslayer:

ctrl + f5 if you cant see it
oliI am the
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Posted: 14 Nov 2010, 1:59pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
upgraded forum software...
oliI am the
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Posted: 31 Jan 2011, 10:26amSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Is anyone else using email notifications for threads/messages and finding they aren't getting the notifications?

GlockPosts: 9,845
Posted: 31 Jan 2011, 4:31pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Quote from: oli on 31/01/2011, 10:26 AM
Is anyone else using email notifications for threads/messages and finding they aren't getting the notifications?



Nope. The last thing I need is more spam crap in my email. :E

I'll set one up and test it out for you though.
Melvin SmileyPosts: 4,703
Posted: 31 Jan 2011, 4:47pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
i get email notifications, they work
"dont believe everything I say, I dont"
oliI am the
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Posted: 31 Jan 2011, 7:07pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Yeah seems to be OK now. Thanks.
oliI am the
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Posted: 22 Feb 2011, 7:31pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Just made some changes to how javascript loads. Please tell me if you notice anything breaking... Shouldn't unless you are using an ancient or otherwise crappy web browser.
RohanPosts: 1,113
Posted: 22 Feb 2011, 8:12pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Quote from: oli on 22/02/2011, 07:31 PM
Just made some changes to how javascript loads. Please tell me if you notice anything breaking... Shouldn't unless you are using an ancient or otherwise crappy web browser.

Will my netscape communicator still continue to work? :E
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oliI am the
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Posted: 22 Feb 2011, 10:36pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
I hope not. Hehe
khemPosts: 16,653
Posted: 23 Feb 2011, 7:22amSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
firefox 3.6.13

clicking any of the buttons above the reply box to add img/url/etc tags doesnt work (when i hover over them it says its a javascript thing)
fritzgibbonPosts: 638
Posted: 23 Feb 2011, 9:14amSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
works ok for me, same version

scratch that, it's pooched.


OLI!!!!
khemPosts: 16,653
Posted: 23 Feb 2011, 9:15amSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
:lol:
oliI am the
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Posted: 23 Feb 2011, 11:37amSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Hm OK, reverted back... Might need to do a full shift-refresh but it works again now.
khemPosts: 16,653
Posted: 23 Feb 2011, 11:41amSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
 :fuslayer:
fritzgibbonPosts: 638
Posted: 23 Feb 2011, 12:56pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
 :aargh:
oliI am the
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Posted: 23 Feb 2011, 2:44pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
 :*:  :banana097br7: :banana: :banana: :banana097br7: :banana097br7: :mental:
fritzgibbonPosts: 638
Posted: 24 Feb 2011, 10:02amSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
i think the clock might be out by 1/2 an hour oli

i'm all 6's & 7's now..


 :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm:


 :E
oliI am the
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Posted: 24 Feb 2011, 12:18pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
lul wut ?
khemPosts: 16,653
Posted: 24 Feb 2011, 12:37pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
you might need to adjust the time in your profile

Profile
Look and Layout Preferences
Time Offset

either auto detect or type in a 1 in you are in the 618

:slayer:
fritzgibbonPosts: 638
Posted: 24 Feb 2011, 1:28pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
oh. fixxed..



i wanted oli to fix it, after all my taxes/membership fees pay his field support wages.  :angry:
oliI am the
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Posted: 27 Feb 2011, 2:56pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Just did a forum software upgrade...
Tell me if something's broken.
oliI am the
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Posted: 25 Apr 2011, 6:44pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Going with the retro logo for a bit, with an animated touch. :E
Melvin SmileyPosts: 4,703
Posted: 26 Apr 2011, 8:34amSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Agree
I like it
"dont believe everything I say, I dont"
KimonePosts: 32
Posted: 26 Apr 2011, 8:23pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
It looks good but for some reason it reminds me of playing Trainyard on my iPhone.
oliI am the
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Posted: 28 May 2011, 5:22pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
A forum mod was installed to improve the health of the moderators. If it brings up any bugs/weird problems please post here.
GlockPosts: 9,845
Posted: 2 Jun 2011, 3:01amSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Quote from: oli on 28/05/2011, 05:22 PM
A forum mod was installed to improve the health of the moderators. If it brings up any bugs/weird problems please post here.

 :?:
oliI am the
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Posted: 2 Jun 2011, 3:34amSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
It hasn't worked anyway. :(
StrykeSuper Hyper-Mega
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Posted: 2 Jun 2011, 7:36amSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Quote from: oli on 28/05/2011, 05:22 PM
A forum mod was installed to improve the health of the moderators. If it brings up any bugs/weird problems please post here.

 I still feel like cr@p

 I blame you Oliver.

 
When I die. I want to be frozen. And if they have to freeze me in pieces, so be it. I will wake up stronger than ever, because I will have used that time, to figure out exactly why I died. And what moves I could have used to defend myself better now that I know what hold he had me in.
oliI am the
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Posted: 19 Jul 2011, 9:20pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
:heapsgood:

Home made smiley added yo!

Code: [Select]
:heapsgood:
oliI am the
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Posted: 17 Sep 2011, 8:43pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Optimised some style sheets to improve performance/reduce bandwidth. Let me know if something is not displaying right.

 :oli:
oliI am the
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Posted: 22 Sep 2011, 8:37amSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Doing a Facebook - breaking/changing shit for the sake of it!

(thanks patch)
oliI am the
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Posted: 22 Sep 2011, 8:53amSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Should be OK again. Post here if something is broken please.
patchsauce united
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Posted: 25 Nov 2011, 12:27pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
is the FB/Twitter thing coming back soon?
www.facebook.com/patchsauce

PATCH BBA PODCAST 008 - OUTLOOK PROMO MIX


RohanPosts: 1,131
Posted: 4 Jul 2012, 5:15pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Hey Oli,

Noticed the site as of the past few days to be a little slow, is the server getting smashed by another website or something?
Just thought i'd bring it up in case you wern't aware.


Danke!
The Ones and Twos with Batch and Rohan - 10pm (ACST) Sundays - Fresh 92.7

The Rinse Cycle with Rohan, Troubel and Rumble - Sundays from 6-8pm on http://soundpond.net

Scratching on CDJ's is like driving a skyline - you think it's cool, but ultimately you're just a retard.
oliI am the
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Posted: 4 Jul 2012, 5:32pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Two words: CARBON TAX!
RohanPosts: 1,131
Posted: 4 Jul 2012, 5:52pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
The Ones and Twos with Batch and Rohan - 10pm (ACST) Sundays - Fresh 92.7

The Rinse Cycle with Rohan, Troubel and Rumble - Sundays from 6-8pm on http://soundpond.net

Scratching on CDJ's is like driving a skyline - you think it's cool, but ultimately you're just a retard.
oliI am the
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Posted: 5 Jul 2012, 4:03pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
Should be fixed now.
oliI am the
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Posted: 6 Jul 2012, 2:51pmSubject: Re: News from your friendly neighbourhood Admin
I'm going to the data centre in an hour to move my servers around... Expect downtime. :E