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New Staff: Amyashi, Holst, and Coyote`
November 25, 2015 - 5:29 pm
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Amyashi, Holst, and Coyote` have all recently kindly accepted our offer to join the GeekShed staff team. Network administration is not an easy job, and we are thankful for the time they have dedicated to us. Please welcome Amyashi, Holst, and Coyote` to our staff and congratulate them on their new positions.
Round Robin Improvements
February 17, 2015 - 3:35 pm
Tags: round robin, servers
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Bye, bye birdie! GeekShed is moving to an auto-geo-ip system that determines the best server to connect users too. You no longer have to find the best round robin for your location. The new system should detect your location and route you to the best server for your location and situation. The system includes some…
The GeekShed Forums Are Back!
September 27, 2013 - 4:55 pm
Tags: forums
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GeekShed’s Forums are back up and running, thanks to some investigation and work from Subwolf. So go get online, post some news, add some comments and suggestions, give someone some script help, hang out in a channel forum, or ask for some network help. The Forums are ready for your messages! Everything in the Forums…
Twitter Bot Upgraded
June 15, 2013 - 5:15 am
Tags: bot, twitter
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Twitter bot, the network bot that posts your Twitter updates in your channel, works with the new Twitter API now, thanks to some code wrangling by the admin, the tech, and the teacher, Allan Jude (also network staff). Hooray! The bad news is that in the process of updating things recently, we discovered some corrupt…
Featured Channel: #JupiterBroadcasting
March 3, 2013 - 10:52 pm
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#JupiterBroadcasting is the online chat and IRC home of Jupiter Broadcasting, the podcasting network currently producing six shows and streaming 24/7. The channel was founded by ChrisLAS on April 29, 2009. What happens in the channel? We’re a community focused around Jupiter Broadcasting, a podcasting network that produces high quality shows such as the “Linux…
Channel Management Capabilities
February 21, 2013 - 3:18 am
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A channel on the network can have six different kinds of users. You might think of them as levels of permission and access. They are, in increasing amount of capabilities: Regular User Voiced, VOP or +v Half-Op, HOP or +h Op, Auto-Op, Full Op or +o Super-Op or Admin, SOP or +a Founder, or +q…
Featured Channel: #GingerGeek
February 11, 2013 - 4:13 am
Tags: featured channel
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#GingerGeek is the official channel of (obviously) GingerGeek, a UK GCSE student who is currently developing a content management system. The channel was founded by GingerGeek on August 20, 2012. What happens in the channel? Conversations take place on just about everything—from bannas to culture to Star Trek. Feel free to talk to anyone in…
Boooo! Eliminating Ghosts
January 18, 2013 - 4:55 am
Tags: ghost, login, nickserv
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Have you ever had your computer, Internet or modem go down while you were on GeekShed, and then when you log back in you find out that your nickname is still connected? If so, you have been a ghost on the GeekShed network. On IRC, a ghost session is one which is not actually connected,…
The Most Popular Tips Published in 2012
January 10, 2013 - 2:42 pm
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Last year we published a list of the 10 Most Visited Tips for 2011. While the order shifted around, it turns you that you had the same top 9 questions for 2012. Why should I register my nickname and how do I do it? (#8 in 2011) rose to the #1 position, and new to…