Going offline

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Wed 2008/02/27 16:28
I'm going to take the site down in a few hours for major open heart surgery.
Changes involve a ton of scary database work and migration. It all works on my dev server but may break on the live server.
Watch for updates at my twitter account. See you in a bit ^^
Posted on Wed 2008/02/27 16:28 by
Danny Choo in Tokyo (Registered on Mon 2006/12/11 12:18)
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NekokoNeko in Long Beach, CA, USA (Registered on 2007/11/30 14:56)
computer business Infomation system
God speed!
(ID #32816) Posted on 2008/02/28 07:31
Rin in Toronto (Registered on 2008/01/04 17:29)
Student Otaku (ITM Student) and ACG NA Staff
Good Luck Danny!!!
(ID #32817) Posted on 2008/02/28 07:32
R-1 in a happy place. (Registered on 2007/07/05 22:01)
Personal Trooper
Had me worried for a second there. Good luck with the server then.
(ID #32820) Posted on 2008/02/28 07:38
MACdaddy in Earth (Registered on 2007/11/10 11:26)
Stalker
I always like this actually, because when sites come back up they usually have tnos of great content. Crazy stuff always happens when sites go down.
(ID #32822) Posted on 2008/02/28 07:38
luzzio in Malaysia (Registered on 2007/09/30 18:55)
Ninja lawyer
sites like the Apple Store ^^?
(ID #73941) Posted on 2008/02/29 00:45
FatBastard in directly responsible (Registered on 2007/11/04 19:28)
Hotdog Repairman
"May the force be with you"
(ID #32829) Posted on 2008/02/28 07:50
Benjamin Takeyo in Lieu de la batille decisive (Registered on 2007/12/05 00:28)
ひきこもり/Hikikomori. Suits my current state more than a 大学生/University Student. ^^
Abayo, dachiko! (I have always wanted to use this line from Gurren Lagann). ^^
(ID #32831) Posted on 2008/02/28 07:58
Last{[0]}Raven in South Korea (Registered on 2008/01/02 14:07)
Raven, AMV & MAD maker, Otaku
youll make it our succesfully danny , you can do it. good luck my friend
(ID #32833) Posted on 2008/02/28 08:04
wickedclown in California (Registered on 2007/12/07 22:45)
Programmer/IT/Student
Good luck! I hope everything goes smoothly.
(ID #32834) Posted on 2008/02/28 08:05
pKjd in California, USA (Registered on 2007/02/10 16:25)
Hope it all goes well for you.
(ID #32838) Posted on 2008/02/28 08:16
Final Fantasy Freak Ein in London, Japan , Malaysia, Taiwan (Registered on 2007/10/28 18:04)
Game Designer
(--n--)> salute!
Henry in /usr/bin/ (Registered on 2006/12/25 20:29)
anime/cosplay events organizer
(^n^)>

Good Luck and May The Force Be With You
(ID #32843) Posted on 2008/02/28 08:32
Martin Wandering in The Wild West (Registered on 2008/02/04 11:13)
Student, Spiral Warrior
Kick reason to the curb and upload with momentum!
(ID #32844) Posted on 2008/02/28 08:42
JijaymonZ in JhaKharTha (Registered on 2008/02/17 00:03)
I AM YOUR FATHER !!!
(ID #32845) Posted on 2008/02/28 08:44
Phenie in Aichi (Registered on 2007/01/08 16:38)
Catgirl Trainer.
Bai-bai~
(ID #32846) Posted on 2008/02/28 08:51
Danny Choo in Tokyo (Registered on 2006/12/11 12:18)
CEO MIrai Inc
Testing threader
(ID #73355) Posted on 2008/02/27 18:56
Danny Choo in Tokyo (Registered on 2006/12/11 12:18)
CEO MIrai Inc
Testing threader level2
(ID #73356) Posted on 2008/02/27 18:56
Danny Choo in Tokyo (Registered on 2006/12/11 12:18)
CEO MIrai Inc
Going for level 3
(ID #73357) Posted on 2008/02/27 18:56
Danny Choo in Tokyo (Registered on 2006/12/11 12:18)
CEO MIrai Inc
Level four test
(ID #73358) Posted on 2008/02/27 18:57
Danny Choo in Tokyo (Registered on 2006/12/11 12:18)
CEO MIrai Inc
レベル5です。
(ID #73359) Posted on 2008/02/27 18:57
Chong Mizunaga in an Afro (Registered on 2007/12/15 11:09)
Afro-ed Student
すごい!
(ID #73367) Posted on 2008/02/27 21:13
DRAGUN in Arizona, USA (Registered on 2007/08/23 05:56)
Design Consultant
なぜ日本語でか。
(ID #73536) Posted on 2008/02/28 04:25
Benjamin Takeyo in Lieu de la batille decisive (Registered on 2007/12/05 00:28)
ひきこもり/Hikikomori. Suits my current state more than a 大学生/University Student. ^^
わからないです
(ID #73784) Posted on 2008/02/28 18:02
Chong Mizunaga in an Afro (Registered on 2007/12/15 11:09)
Afro-ed Student
エート。。わたしならば、なにもしらない。
ダッニ(?)がはじめていたんだ。
Did I get that right? ^^;
(ID #73914) Posted on 2008/02/28 23:26
Danny Choo in Tokyo (Registered on 2006/12/11 12:18)
CEO MIrai Inc
もう一回
(ID #73360) Posted on 2008/02/27 18:57
etherlite in Jakarta, Indonesia (Registered on 2007/12/06 15:23)
Medical School Student
uwah, danny, actually this makes the page loading longer, and it's easier to read the comments the previous way >.<
(ID #73366) Posted on 2008/02/27 21:12
Martin Wandering in The Wild West (Registered on 2008/02/04 11:13)
Student, Spiral Warrior
Agreed regarding the ease of reading comments in the previous iteration.
(ID #73370) Posted on 2008/02/27 21:20
DRAGUN in Arizona, USA (Registered on 2007/08/23 05:56)
Design Consultant
I honestly like this better, that way we dont have to put @someone before we comment. I think there is too much info on each line though.. maybe if the scale of the avatars was smaller. Lets see what Danny rolls out before we disect it completely? Lol.
(ID #73538) Posted on 2008/02/28 04:27
Chong Mizunaga in an Afro (Registered on 2007/12/15 11:09)
Afro-ed Student
Ignoring everything that's going on now, I see a girl in the background of the picture ^^ Cutie?
(ID #73368) Posted on 2008/02/27 21:19
ornehx in ペナン、マレシ-ア (Registered on 2007/12/26 00:14)
dannychoo.com の読者
i wonder what is the girl and guy doing in the background...danny u just candid them....0_x
(ID #73486) Posted on 2008/02/28 01:12
Henry in /usr/bin/ (Registered on 2006/12/25 20:29)
anime/cosplay events organizer
is it just me or the page loads much more slower O.o
(ID #73369) Posted on 2008/02/27 21:20
Martin Wandering in The Wild West (Registered on 2008/02/04 11:13)
Student, Spiral Warrior
Load time seems fine to me...

Looks like there are problems with date/time stamps.
(ID #73372) Posted on 2008/02/27 21:23
Danny Choo in Tokyo (Registered on 2006/12/11 12:18)
CEO MIrai Inc
Yep - working on that now (kinda ^^;)
(ID #73376) Posted on 2008/02/27 21:26
etherlite in Jakarta, Indonesia (Registered on 2007/12/06 15:23)
Medical School Student
the time is correct, the one you wewre looking might be the registration time, the post time is below the post content
(ID #73377) Posted on 2008/02/27 21:27
Danny Choo in Tokyo (Registered on 2006/12/11 12:18)
CEO MIrai Inc
That was intentional. Does it look odd?
(ID #73381) Posted on 2008/02/27 21:29
Martin Wandering in The Wild West (Registered on 2008/02/04 11:13)
Student, Spiral Warrior
@etherlite: You're right, I was looking at the registration dates. Oops.

@Danny: It does look a bit out of place. The light grey is very hard to see, and the date itself seems to be placed oddly in the comment. (maybe that's one of those Safari bugs?)
(ID #73383) Posted on 2008/02/27 21:32
Danny Choo in Tokyo (Registered on 2006/12/11 12:18)
CEO MIrai Inc
Yes - css issues with safari. Will fix when I have a spare mo
(ID #73385) Posted on 2008/02/27 21:34
FatBastard in directly responsible (Registered on 2007/11/04 19:28)
Hotdog Repairman
Eh... No biggie. We're just familiar with previous time highlighted in green. Once we know where post time is it won't really factor.
(ID #73388) Posted on 2008/02/27 21:38
Benjamin Takeyo in Lieu de la batille decisive (Registered on 2007/12/05 00:28)
ひきこもり/Hikikomori. Suits my current state more than a 大学生/University Student. ^^
I think the font colour is too similar to the background colour - need to stretch my eyes to read the post ID and posting time >_<

I'd suggest to give more contrast, perhaps grayer colour will do? ^^

(ID #73389) Posted on 2008/02/27 21:40
luzzio in Malaysia (Registered on 2007/09/30 18:55)
Ninja lawyer
Me thinks there's too much personal info about each poster (is the hour and minute of registration necessary ^^;?), and that makes it hard to find the actual comment posted...

And the time and date of the posted comment also seems to break in between the comment itself. is that intentional too? oO

Just my two yen.
(ID #73947) Posted on 2008/02/29 01:14
Danny Choo in Tokyo (Registered on 2006/12/11 12:18)
CEO MIrai Inc
Problem with page layout - working on it orz
(ID #73382) Posted on 2008/02/27 21:30
Kirakun in Ipoh, Malaysia (Registered on 2007/06/02 23:47)
Auditor
[f] 
it seems purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrfect to me mate :D
(ID #73400) Posted on 2008/02/27 21:55
wickedclown in California (Registered on 2007/12/07 22:45)
Programmer/IT/Student
Everything seems just fine to me, I like the comment RSS... even though I have as of yet to even use RSS lol.  Now's as good a time as ever to try it out I guess.
(ID #73404) Posted on 2008/02/27 22:04
wcloudx in Singapore (Registered on 2008/01/12 04:12)
Artist
So far looks ok to me ^^

Go Danny!! ( ' _ ' )/
(ID #73394) Posted on 2008/02/27 21:46
Meimi132 in Leicester for Uni, Norfolk for Home. (Registered on 2007/12/04 05:29)
Student, Otaku, She-Geek(Sheek lol)
Gyaaaaaaaaaa thats why the site wasn't working!!! Now I know lol.

Yay that its back up!!!
(ID #73409) Posted on 2008/02/27 22:10
DRAGUN in Arizona, USA (Registered on 2007/08/23 05:56)
Design Consultant
I was confused for a while too. Kept checking my internet connection.
(ID #73541) Posted on 2008/02/28 04:30
ait_meijin in サイベリア (Registered on 2007/02/04 21:10)
IT-オタク
Danny in dat pic with da gun looks kakkoi, ne ^^
(ID #73412) Posted on 2008/02/27 22:11
FatBastard in directly responsible (Registered on 2007/11/04 19:28)
Hotdog Repairman
Danny, personal comment archive sequence seems slightly out of whack. Some of my most recent post start on page 5. New additional post seem to sequence properly though.
(ID #73415) Posted on 2008/02/27 22:13
Danny Choo in Tokyo (Registered on 2006/12/11 12:18)
CEO MIrai Inc
Thanks for spotting this.
This was because I merged two databases together and am currently sorting by id instead of date. Will think about how to handle this problem.
(ID #73419) Posted on 2008/02/27 22:26
gordon in 新加坡 Singapore (Registered on 2007/06/11 16:09)
五〇一軍团 TK8316 Singapore Garrison Public Relations Officer
i like how our avatar looks bigger now in the news items' comments. ^_^

but the page looks longer and harder to read. may i suggest that our comments appear on the right side of our avatar? this will shorten the page and make comments easier to view. ^^;
(ID #73427) Posted on 2008/02/27 22:44
Makanator in Singapore (Registered on 2007/09/24 22:20)
Student
Yup i agree that the page has become much too long to hande. Perhaps making the avatar big but making the text smaller will do the job? D:

Good luck on finishing on the makeover of the website ^^
(ID #73431) Posted on 2008/02/27 22:49
radical anime fan in 2009 Singapore. (Registered on 2007/01/25 22:32)
Polytechnic Senior, Bronze Lifesaving Trainee, Mech Designer, Pokemon Indexer.
The site is looking better and better by the minute; just that the length of the pages surprised me a little; I really thought there were that many comments. I'm fine with the avatar any way it is, though. 
(ID #73436) Posted on 2008/02/27 22:59
jowy in philippines (Registered on 2008/01/23 09:37)
vendor
take care................afterwards....tooot...tot..tooooot. broken my system..>O<
(ID #73439) Posted on 2008/02/27 23:16
andra in Singapore (Registered on 2007/11/06 15:31)
中学生
won't a smaller avatar be better? o.O still not use to this >.
(ID #73444) Posted on 2008/02/27 23:23
R-1 in a happy place. (Registered on 2007/07/05 22:01)
Personal Trooper
No offense Danny, but I think you need dance lessons from this guy. Ha ha ha!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_1nzEFMjkI4

Yeah, it's old. Sue me...
(ID #73448) Posted on 2008/02/27 23:30
skankywonders in California (Registered on 2007/08/09 06:48)
Student
GOOD LUCK! 

MY EYES, THE LIKE THIS
(ID #73465) Posted on 2008/02/28 00:14
anonymouszro in a place beside a mouse (Registered on 2007/08/23 08:19)
mouse clicker
looks cool.
(ID #73467) Posted on 2008/02/28 00:24
anonymouszro in a place beside a mouse (Registered on 2007/08/23 08:19)
mouse clicker
one suggestion.

a comment link below the comments will be good.

some would tend to read everything before making a comment.
(ID #73475) Posted on 2008/02/28 00:46
BeLe in Davao, Philippines (Registered on 2007/01/03 17:48)
.NET/Web Developer
I agree...would be nice to have a comment link at the bottom :D  

No wonder the site was down earlier.  I'm seeing a lot of changes here and there.  Also, the site seems to be loading a bit slower compared to before.  Might wanna check on that. ^^
(ID #73570) Posted on 2008/02/28 06:39
gordon in 新加坡 Singapore (Registered on 2007/06/11 16:09)
五〇一軍团 TK8316 Singapore Garrison Public Relations Officer
yes agreed. 
(ID #73477) Posted on 2008/02/28 00:50
etherlite in Jakarta, Indonesia (Registered on 2007/12/06 15:23)
Medical School Student
nee, danny, it really getting slower to open your site, is it because of the database? and btw, the newest news item (fuujin) didn't show up in the RSS feed, i already reloaded it but it didn't show up, and also, the RSS feed is getting really long, i think it was half of today's length before
(ID #73469) Posted on 2008/02/28 00:33
XSportSeeker in Brazil (Registered on 2007/08/22 06:42)
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
Already came back? I noticed some changes...
Aw, I didn't even have the chance to say goodbye! :P
(ID #73491) Posted on 2008/02/28 01:25
XSportSeeker in Brazil (Registered on 2007/08/22 06:42)
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
On another note, just so Danny knows it: my Google Reader just collected all Danny Choo's News Items since "Girls be young" as new. 25+ news items.
They are all with today's date, on 9:36 in the morning.

Must have something to do with the server reset.

I was like WOW, Danny shure posted tons of stuff today. But then I noticed I had already read all of them.. awwww
(ID #73504) Posted on 2008/02/28 02:19
i'm mr. danger in Florida (Registered on 2007/08/17 10:57)
student , otaku and awesome blogger
good luck on making the site even more better
(ID #73510) Posted on 2008/02/28 02:44
CyruzDraxs in Kelowna, BC, Canada (Registered on 2007/09/11 10:55)
Web Design & Development
The comment hiding thing for news items and posts on the front page is gone now. :'(
(ID #73535) Posted on 2008/02/28 04:25
DRAGUN in Arizona, USA (Registered on 2007/08/23 05:56)
Design Consultant
Im sure he will get to it. If not, we will all whine to remind him. Lol.
(ID #73542) Posted on 2008/02/28 04:32
Akiba-Kid in California, USA (Registered on 2008/01/17 12:47)
Online Shop
Great pose~
(ID #73561) Posted on 2008/02/28 05:26
Ben in Utah, United States (Registered on 2007/03/29 09:12)
CEO... of the world
Is that Danny in the Stormtrooper costume?  Sexy shot.  Should put it in a Star Wars bikini spread or something.
(ID #73577) Posted on 2008/02/28 06:59
don in Minnesota USA (Registered on 2007/10/23 01:22)
Engineering Student
You want to see Danny in a golden bikini?
Do not want!
(ID #73731) Posted on 2008/02/28 14:07
D_Blade in Montreal (Registered on 2007/01/01 00:00)
Non-profit org. volunteering work addict
Gah, you, giving weirds ideas out of the blue like that!
(Half-jokingly said, but really... *Grumble*)
(ID #73855) Posted on 2008/02/28 20:14
krapoutchat in tervuren, belgium (Registered on 2007/02/10 16:25)
daydreaming
clear skies danny
(ID #73582) Posted on 2008/02/28 07:32
Barsona in Bay Area, California (Registered on 2007/08/03 09:48)
NEET (no, student, AND employed min. wage)
wait, has this surgery finished?
(ID #73615) Posted on 2008/02/28 09:00
D_Blade in Montreal (Registered on 2007/01/01 00:00)
Non-profit org. volunteering work addict
Yes, it has... You haven't noticed changes yet, have you?
(ID #73639) Posted on 2008/02/28 09:57
Ido in Laval, Canada (Registered on 2007/11/07 14:06)
Quality Assurance of Functionality/ Drug testing..
Oh yeah I was wondering were you able to add that feature that had to do with seeing a post a year back but the same date?
(ID #73733) Posted on 2008/02/28 14:14
ornehx in ペナン、マレシ-ア (Registered on 2007/12/26 00:14)
dannychoo.com の読者
not sure if this is a bug.
i changed my profile picture with one that i uploaded myself. but its still using my old profile picture (selected from dannychoo.com)

danny, maybe u can come out with a menu of shortcut link "Bugs" so its easier to access
there u can put a put a list of bugs and mark which is fixed and their work arounds ...bla bla bla
(ID #73974) Posted on 2008/02/29 02:04
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