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TechCentric...Now on Facebook

Posted Mon, Apr 28 2008 15:10:39 EDT by Nick
Alright, we've given in.

Due to some slight nudging, we've gone ahead and started a new Facebook group for viewers of our show. If this goes well, we might expand onto other platforms (but we'll see).

Join the group at the URL below, then share it with any friends you know who watch as well. And stay tuned for news updates; who knows what we might be announcing in the coming weeks... >.>

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=22138410329

 

And We're Back...Redux

Posted Mon, Apr 28 2008 1:31:29 EDT by Nick

I know you guys hate stories, and I hate having to give them, because overall it just wastes everyone's time.  But just to keep you updated on what's happening in the world of TechCentric, I figured I'd spend a few seconds and explain.

First off, the reason everything's just barely running right now is because of a hard drive failure on the dedicated server I own and use to host the TechCentric site from.  While it took me only a few seconds to get a new drive, it has been a problem trying to upload several gigabytes in episodes back to the server (again) to make you guys happy.  I apologize for the downtime, and I hope we don't have to go through it again.  As you can see, I've spent quite a bit of time getting everything back from my latest backups, and the only thing to do at this point is finish uploading the episodes.  They will all be available in about a day or so, so PLEASE check back.  For now, you can download Season 2 Episode 1.  (All Extras are uploaded, and the forums and IRC are running, so please let your voice be heard and entertain yourself with some TechCentric shorts and episodes of BSoD in the meantime.)

The next item on the agenda involves the next episode of the show.  I'm finishing up school in less than two weeks, which means that once again the crew should be back together and fully able to produce a show.  I know I've got some stuff lined up that I want to cover, and I'm pretty sure everyone else has a few ideas they want to see happen as well, so it should be a good episode.

Please let me know if you see anything broken, and hang in there...you're bound to see something new from us yet.

- Nick

EDIT 1:  As the episodes upload, they will automatically be made available for your download.  On the episodes page, if the file format of the episode you're looking at is shown as 0 MB, the file hasn't been uploaded yet and you'll need to check back in a few hours.  If there is a reasonable file size listed, the file is available for your download.

EDIT 2:  All episodes should be available for download as of right now in either DivX or iPod format.  I apologize to the WMV users, we have to re-encode all of them (which works out, I guess, as we had a few complaints about quality).

EDIT 3:  Yes, I realize the episode thumbnails are missing.  Those will be replaced as soon as I can.  Sooner, if I can convince Will or Steve to do them.

 

And We're Back...

Posted Fri, Mar 21 2008 12:58:19 EDT by Nick

My apologies for the site being so long in coming back up.  We've been busy dealing with things...well, I think you're used to the sob story already, so I won't even bother with it.  Rest assured that I'm trying to work on everything as fast as I can.  You'll probably encounter broken bits and pieces for the next few days while I iron out the wrinkles in the transition.

As you might have figured out, we've moved servers.  PhreakBox is no longer with us due to some complications that arose in its management.  However, I am pleased to announce that we are now hosting from a newer and better dedicated server in Michigan, which will hopefully be more central to the majority of our audience.  There's some additional benefit from this transfer that I'll cover in a moment.

Because PhreakBox is no longer with us, it means that I wasn't able to secure any usable backups of the site content that I could transfer, and while I made sure to keep offsite backups, it seems that some of them are unusable in some respect and the others are not that recent.  I've taken steps to make sure that this won't happen again, and that if for some reason it does, we won't be on our backs with nothing to do.

As of this point, we have DivX and iPod encodes available for your download, and I'll get the WMV back as soon as I can.

As part of this new move, the IRC server has moved once again.  While accessible from irc.techcentric.org as always, we now have merged with our friends from BSoD to show a bit more of our unity.  If you want to check out how some of this is going, I suggest you check LostCarrier.net (I realize that's also the name of my server...), the project's new website.  If you're new, stop in, as we're always open to strangers and guests.  And if you're old hat...well, we've missed you if you've not already found the path.

That's enough blabbering for now; I better get back to work.

EDIT:  I'd also like to add a thank you to Famicoman, who through some tendency to be a bit of a packrat, ended up backing up things even the crew didn't have.  So, thanks for all the help in getting us back up, Famicoman!