Hey everybody,
In response to Booker, I did post about my extended absence (
here)... I have been working very hard on a couple of initiatives (ShrinkTheWeb.com, Neobus.com, FindHosts.net, and LinkSmile.com) that have all taken quite a bit of my attention and also all of my money. So, I currently have nothing left towards once again promoting this forum as I had planned.
I did spend quite a bit of time working on upgrades to this forum, but I just can't be that involved right now. It's more a place for anyone who wants to use it to come and discuss GPT (or whatever else) at their leisure. However, the forum seems to be acting up for some reason. The email notifications are not working and cookies are not working. So, no new members can join and no one knows when someone has replied to a thread. These problem can spell death to a forum if not fixed very quickly. Unfortunately, there is no explanation for these problems and I spent considerable time trying to fix them. I could not get these things fixed nor could any of the support people that I pay for my servers. So, I'm currently at a loss.
I think I'm going to try to rebuild all of the services on this machine and see if that helps. Regardless of whether that fixes it or not, these things will eventually be fixed by me. I just cannot say when I will have time --if rebuilding the services doesn't fix it.
At any rate, once my businesses begin to pay back some of my enormous investment into them, I will pick up the forum hobby again. Until then, I hope everyone just checks in from time to time. Once I'm more active here again, I will send out an email (since email must get fixed by then! lol).
As for my sister (i.e. Blu Penguin), she's started college full-time and doesn't get online much anymore ...not even to play World of Warcraft (WOW)!!! So, you know it's serious... haha.
Anyway, I send out a HUGE thanks to all of the wonderful members here who have been instrumental in making this forum a very helpful resource for thousands of people around the world. You all are awesome!!
Sincerely,
Brandon