morgan and jimmy have been working hard on getting the latest LJ codebase ready for Scribbld. We're pretty much done with it, and it went a lot easier then I thought it would, there's ovbiously going to be some bugs and issues even after we upgrade but we'll eventually squash them all.

We're planning to roll out the new code next weekend so mark your calendars. We'll actually not only be rolling out the new code, but we'll be re-doing the servers so they'll be fresh and void of unused software that's clogging them up.

We'll be turning that wonderful quad-core box into the main Scribbld web server and we'll be moving cluster 2 onto the main database server. The actual cluster 2 hardware will be reused for another project.

If you've not noticed, we've turned the chat server back online. We also updated the Java applet code so instead of logging in with a username of scribbld-user, you'll actually be logged on with your Scribbld username! The only time this won't happen is if you're not logged into Scribbld and you visit the chat page while logged out.

In other news, we've been in talks with our ISPs support team and they're going to send crews out to physically check the phone cables and such. We've been getting disconnected from them about 8-10 times a day if not more. It looks like it's their equipment and not ours, but the cable testing will let us know about that, hopefully it's not us, because we'll either have to get a new router (which we don't have money for) OR we'll have to get a new modem, which shouldn't cost anything. Or it could be another piece of hardware...either way, hopefully they get it all taken care of, and we must apologize if you're trying to access any of the Scribbld services during those disconnections!

Thanks everyone!