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brasstech

  1. Outage was caused by a pretty severe kernel failure; had to restore from a backup. Some data may have been lost, my apologies. 7:26 AM May 31st via web
  2. Host offline, ticket opened. 2:55 PM May 30th via web
  3. Made a configuration mistake; forum was down longer than expected. Fixed now... might be a *leetle* slow while cache rebuilds. 2:07 PM May 23rd via web
  4. Unplanned downtime. Ticket open. 7:09 AM May 23rd via Tweetbot for iOS
  5. Maintenance postponed: The most recent maintenance post has been updated; maintenance was postponed due to issue... bit.ly/KKlYjv 2:31 PM May 18th via twitterfeed
  6. Brief periods of downtime over the next few days: There are a bunch of software updates that need to happen on t... bit.ly/JduGI9 7:17 AM May 16th via twitterfeed
  7. Sunday Driver – “The Mutiny” – Offer a Free Download to Brassgoggles Readers!: Free Download to Brassgoggles Re... bit.ly/JDe1MU 2:35 PM May 10th via twitterfeed
  8. @Sprocket_Kitty if you like the #steampunk look, you should check out our blog and forum: brassgoggles.co.uk 5:10 AM Apr 2nd via Twitter for iPad in reply to Sprocket_Kitty
  9. “Steam-powered” Portal Gun: A very nice weapons mod: Brought to our attention by Meredith Scheff at The Steam... bit.ly/HgiqVu 7:21 AM Mar 28th via twitterfeed
  10. 3rd Annual Steampunk Worlds Fair coming soon.: The 3rd Annual Steampunk World’s Fair is coming up soon.  The fai... bit.ly/GRApxE 9:15 AM Mar 23rd via twitterfeed
  11. Are Zeppelins the Future of Air Travel?: An article over at Treehugger may not be exactly Steampunk, but it will... bit.ly/GNr1jx 1:48 PM Mar 22nd via twitterfeed
  12. Short unplanned outage last night. Looks like it may have been the result of a DoS on a neighboring server. 4:30 AM Mar 12th via Tweetbot for iOS
  13. The blog has been very slow of late. If you have something relevant, send it in! 9:13 PM Mar 6th via Twitter for iPad
  14. In the next day or two there will be about 30m downtime for a move to new network equipment. 3:18 PM Feb 27th via Twitter for iPad
  15. Reminder: Planned downtime starting Saturday at 06:00 CST. 10:31 AM Feb 24th via web
  16. @ThruBrassGogglz I'd appreciate your pointing out on your site, etc. that you're not affiliated with us; some confusion already. :) 12:33 PM Feb 17th via web
  17. Looks like my server just decided to reboot on its own… but we're back up! 2:21 PM Jan 31st via Twitter for Mac
  18. Unplanned downtime; ticket open with provider 10:23 AM Jan 31st via Twitter for Mac
  19. Steampunk Mac with a vintage typewriter for a keyboard: This beautiful Mac rig uses outfits a classic Macintosh ... bit.ly/AzcCPN 11:44 AM Jan 21st via twitterfeed