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Joined: Jul 23, 2014 Posts: 637 LA -ish 
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Posted on Jun 26 2021 01:21 PM
I feel that it would be best if I had a few a words with your bride to be, prior to the wedding. She needs to know the truth. —mj
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Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19276 Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Oct 17 2021 02:56 PM
Some news: Paypal changed something and for the last month or so your donation records have not been appearing on the website. I put in a fix on our side so if someone can make a donation to test that would be amazing. Also, thanks to everyone who donates. Computing costs have dropped and this site is nowhere near the heyday it had 7 or 10 years ago so I am going to drop down to a smaller hosting plan to save some money. The site will be down for (I'm guessing) 20-30 minutes. I'm going to do this let's say Tuesday October 19th at noon CST. I've dusted off my development laptop so I can hopefully get the calendar working again soon (fingers crossed). Again, sorry for the inconvenience, I've seen several people try to submit shows in the last month or two. —Site dude - S3 Agent #202 "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25547 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Oct 17 2021 04:45 PM
Thank you again for all you do here Brian. Jeff(bigtikidude) |
Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 3801 North Atlantic 
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Posted on Oct 17 2021 06:17 PM
This is till the first site I check each day. As Jeff said, thank you for everything you have done, and continue to do. Rev —Canadian Surf |
Joined: Apr 13, 2018 Posts: 1374 New Orleans
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Posted on Oct 17 2021 06:38 PM
I listened to one of your old SG101 podcasts, and I can hear in your voice how excited you are about Surf. (Wow voice dictation just capitalized that, maybe the world is catching on!) It is an honor to contribute to the site, and to be honest I see you as somewhat of a superman. I’ll make a test donation now. Daniel Deathtide Last edited: Oct 17, 2021 20:09:18 |
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Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19276 Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Oct 17 2021 07:06 PM
Thanks Daniel, looks like it's working again. I'll see about updating the donations for those that didn't get on the site, at least the ones for October. —Site dude - S3 Agent #202 "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea |
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Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19276 Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Oct 19 2021 08:10 AM
Reminder that in about 4 hours I'll be shutting down the site for hopefully 1/2 hour to resize the server instance. —Site dude - S3 Agent #202 "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea |
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Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19276 Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Oct 19 2021 12:22 PM
Looks like we are back! —Site dude - S3 Agent #202 "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea |
Joined: Feb 02, 2008 Posts: 4440 Not One-Sawn, but Two-Sawn . . . AZ.
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Posted on Oct 19 2021 02:55 PM
Brian wrote:
The “Back” looks just like the “Front”. The artist formerly known as: Synchro When Surf Guitar is outlawed only outlaws will play Surf Guitar. |
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Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19276 Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Mar 24 2022 02:06 PM
Hey everybody, So after much thinking I've decided to keep the site going with the realization I don't have the time that I used to to keep it updated. That's ok, it seems to keep on trucking for the most part. But lots of "bit rot" has occurred during the several year period where I basically didn't touch it. In order for me to do some basic updates I need to upgrade the operating system the server is running on. I'm doing research on this now and it is on my immediate radar of things to do. I'll announce when I'm going to do it. I'll need to take the site down and it may go just fine but it might mean an extended outage if things go really wrong. Once the OS is upgraded I can start fixing some things, notably the calendar isn't working anymore. But I hope to slowly chip away and update all the software and to finally (!!!) get the forums to look decent on mobile devices. Thanks for your patience and thank you so much for keeping the donations coming in. Otherwise I dunno what I would do. A special shout out to Dan DeathTide for a very generous donation that allowed me to upgrade my laptop I use to take care of the site. More news to follow. —Site dude - S3 Agent #202 "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea |
Joined: Feb 26, 2022 Posts: 395 Dollars, Taxes
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Posted on Mar 24 2022 03:52 PM
Thank you Brian for your love and care of this forum you created. Not only is it the definitive location for all things surf music related, it is also a fellowship that helped (and is helping) Vitaly and his family get to safety and a new life in Germany. May the donations not only continue to come in, but increase for all that you do! —Patrick |
Joined: Feb 28, 2006 Posts: 2346 San Jose, Ca.
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Posted on Mar 24 2022 04:40 PM
Thanks for everything you do, Brian! You rule!!! —Bob |
Joined: Dec 11, 2011 Posts: 2121
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Posted on Mar 24 2022 06:44 PM
Brian, it would be easy for you to have burn out and be ready to walk away. Many have sold the rights to a website and be done. As you probably know, there is no replacement for SG101. The love affair of the diehards are what keeps me coming back. New people pop in and leave with regularity. Thank you for all you have done since the beginning. I don't know of a better way to say how much this website has added to my love of instro surf since I found it back in 2011. |
Joined: May 09, 2008 Posts: 1338 Isle of Kent, MD
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Posted on Mar 24 2022 07:34 PM
Brian, SG101 has allowed me to reach out to so many cool people, hear so much great music, deepen my love for surf music and surf culture while shamelessly promote myself and various bands I've been in over the last 13 years. Your patience with all of us is truly appreciated and the platform you've given us is Heaven Sent! May 9th will be my 14 year anniversary. I hope SG101 goes another 14!!!! THANKS!!! Surfcat NEW - MARCH OF THE DEAD SURFERS (Released Oct 17, 2024) - Agent Octopus AGENT OCTOPUS - BANDCAMP Last edited: Mar 24, 2022 19:36:34 |
Joined: Feb 25, 2016 Posts: 241 Seattle, WA
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Posted on Mar 24 2022 07:36 PM
Huzzah!! Thanks Brian!! Skins for The Delstroyers |
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Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19276 Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Mar 24 2022 07:54 PM
Thank you all for the support!! I'm going to try the OS upgrade tomorrow morning. The site will be down for a while. Fingers crossed it can come back up! —Site dude - S3 Agent #202 "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea |
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Joined: Feb 02, 2008 Posts: 4440 Not One-Sawn, but Two-Sawn . . . AZ.
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Posted on Mar 24 2022 08:23 PM
Brian wrote:
Linux based? —The artist formerly known as: Synchro When Surf Guitar is outlawed only outlaws will play Surf Guitar. |
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25547 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Mar 24 2022 11:25 PM
Thank you Brian for all the work you do. Jeff(bigtikidude) |
Joined: Mar 15, 2011 Posts: 8528 Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on Mar 25 2022 03:43 AM
I haven't been around much until lately for obvious reasons. Wish I had. Thank you for keeping SG101 up and running. There is so much history here it would be an irreplaceable loss if we lost it. Even more important, it brings people together over our love and appreciation for surf music in a way no other destination on the Internet can. Thank you! —This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got. |
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Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19276 Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Mar 25 2022 01:10 PM
Hey all -- the OS update was a disaster. Luckily I could restore from backup. It seems like I'm going to have to approach this a different way... back to the drawing board. —Site dude - S3 Agent #202 "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea |
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