Notacon News

Drive Recovered!... 1-8-2008 (Tyger)

Tue, 8 Jan 2008 00:48:29 EST

We were able to recover the data from the drive that was deemed dead by our hosting provider. I will slowly be restoring pages to backups as appropriate. If a page doesn't load, come back later or pop an email to tyger-at-notacon-dot-org to let me know about it. I'm not sure how long the repair will take, since I've got a day job taking up most of my time. Remember kids, when in doubt back up those files!

Notacon Server Failed... 1-4-2008 (Tyger)

Fri, 4 Jan 2008 00:32:00 EST

We had a drive failure on the notacon server on 1-2-2008. It was at this moment that we learned that backups weren't working correctly, and this oversight has caused a bunch of lost man hours trying to get a new server up as fast as possible. The site has been rebuilt thanks to both google cache and archive.org. We're digging through older backups and we have received the dead drive from the hosting company to attempt to get the data off of it any way we can.

We've taken this opportunity to change how prereg works, registrations are now handled by our store which uses SSL. Also, the news rss feed will likely be moving to our new blog site. I'm going to do my best to either point the old feed at it somehow, or make sure this entry hits the old feed address, even though the details of that rss file are now gone.

Bear with us as we try to make lemonaid from these lemons and improve/enhance the features of our site.

Blockparty Invite Released... 12-31-2007 (Tyger)

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:39:32 EST

The invitation for Blockparty 2008 premiered at the Ultimate Meeting 2007 and got 6th place in the high-end demo category. It can be downloaded from the Blockparty site. Special thanks to everyone involved with the creation of this invite!

Notacon and Blockparty Speakers Posted... 12-21-2007 (Tyger)

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:17:54 EST

The first 7 speakers for Notacon and Blockparty have been posted on the speaker page. The Notacon page includes the Blockparty speaker list for easy lookup.

Want to see your name on this list? Submit a proposal! Also, don't forget to pre-register and book a room at the Holiday Inn.

Hotel Reservation Link Available... 12-20-2007 (Tyger)

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:14:42 EST

The URL to reserve your hotel room for notacon is now available! Remember, by reserving a room in the Notacon block you help defray the costs of the space which allows us to continue throwing Notacon! The number of the rooms in the block will be posted as soon as it is confirmed with the hotel.

Blockparty Unveils New Site... 12-5-2007 (Tyger)

Wed, 5 Dec 2007 20:42:18 EST

If you attended last year, you know that Blockparty organizer Jason Scott promised that he would hold 5 Blockparty events annually. Back for year 2, they have again decided to pair with us at Notacon! The Blockparty 2008 site just went live. It features the competition rules for Blockparty 2008 as well as their first speaker.

Phreaknic Followup... 11-2-2007 (Tyger)

Fri, 2 Nov 2007 22:49:14 EDT

Our room party at Phreaknic was a roaring success. We left half of our bar in Nashville. Thanks to all of the people we spoke with there. Hope to see some of you at Notacon.

OLF Afterparty Sponsored by Notacon... 9-13-2007 (Tyger)

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 20:09:12 EDT

For the 3rd year in a row, Notacon will be hosting the Ohio LinuxFest afterparty! This year we will be featuring Dual Core (As seen at Notacon 4). As a note, OLF admission is *free* (with an optional paid ticket which includes lunch and goodies).

Make/Share A Notacon Banner... 9-3-2007 (Tyger)

Mon, 3 Sep 2007 20:43:10 EDT

We already have our first 2 website banners available, curtesy of Drew Ivan from Dial-A-Dork. Check out our section on Promoting and Publicity for these 2 banners. We also make available our fonts and logo for you to make your own banner.

Notacon 5 Pre-Reg and CFP Open!... 8-1-2007 (Tyger)

Wed, 1 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT

As of August 1, the Call For Proposals and Pre-Registration are open for Notacon 5. We hope to see you there!

Celebrate the 4th with Notacon... 7-2-2007 (Froggy)

Mon, 2 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

Not only is July 4th a celebration of the birth of the US, this year it marks exactly nine months until the start of Notacon 5! That's right, we have selected the dates for next year.

Notacon 5
April 4-6, 2008
Holiday Inn Select City Centre Lakeside

Celebrate the 4th with the founders of Notacon with our new commercial, Nota4th.