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I killed a friend today.  My old P166 server is finally dead.  (The move to a new server was delayed by me needing a new CPU fan.)

It is sad for me to turn off a computer for the final time, especially one that served me daily for so long.  I've learned a lot on that machine.  You come to know it by its normal delays, sounds, misc quirks, etc.    

I probably bought the machine in 1996 or 1997 while at Gateway.  I think there was some deal where we sold our old ones as used and upgraded to these 166's.  In those 12 years the machine wouldn't have been off for more than a few hours... total.  Just for hard drive upgrades or when I moved it into a rackmountable case, or when I moved to Toronto and then Ajax.  It was my main machine, then secondary toy, and then the main network workhorse at least since we moved to Ajax.  It hasn't been off for 1 second in the last 1134 days.

It has no use anymore.  You can get that much processing power in a handheld (I think the iphone has a 600+ MHz ARM processor) at FAR less power usage.  

So it is done.  It is off, and likely will stay off forever.
Good-Bye old friend.

- Brian Verkley

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I totally missed blogging about it yesterday.  My server has been up for 3 years straight now.  By far a new record over my previous best 6 months.  That was before I had a UPS to help me live through power outages.

It won't make 4 years though.  This week I have been migrating to a new home server (this blog has already moved).  Most of the services have been shut down now, and it will officially be put to sleep sometime this month I suspect.

I will miss you, Pentium 166, my old friend.  You've served me well over the last decade.

- Brian Verkley

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We passed 500 players today, of which about 170 play daily.  Growth has been steady except for the week around Christmas.  The server logs scroll faster now, and I'm still excited every time I see a new player join.

I'm working on a sizeable game update with a new area coming soon!  

Thanks everyone for your support!

- Brian Verkley

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I just uploaded my first video to facebook!

We have uploaded a few to youtube in the past; this is the first to facebook.  I like in facebook I don't have to tell everyone I know that there is a new video up and where to find it.  

Has anyone else had video on the web experience?  What do you like?

- Brian Verkley