The Newted Community

The home away from home for Newton users since 1999.

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September 19, 2003

Extra! Extra! Read all about it!

Did you know that UNNA is now sporting it’s very own news page? It looks like Victor managed to get Movable Type wedged onto the server and is planning on a providing a continuous stream of updates to everyone’s favourite Newton archive. Nice job, Mr Rehorst. Be sure to add this puppy to your bookmarks … More

This item was posted by Grant Hutchinson.

September 19, 2003

Server outage? What server outage?

After making a couple minor modifications to the web server configuration files, I ended up having to restart the entire Newted Community server this morning. This restart interrupted web, ftp, and email access on and off for approximately an hour. Everything appears to be back to normal, but please let me know if you run … More

This item was posted by Grant Hutchinson.

September 16, 2003

Domain name transitioning update.

Just a quick update regarding the big domain name transitioning event mentioned in the previous post. By all accounts, it appears that everything worked. Nothing broke, nothing got lost, and most importantly, all of the pertinent Newted Community domains now reside under one roof over at Dotster. Don’t you love it when things just work?

This item was posted by Grant Hutchinson.

September 5, 2003

Possible domain related access issues.

In an attempt to consolidate all of my domain names under one roof, I am in the process of transferring the newted.org and newted.net domains from Register.com to their new home over at Dotster. During this transition period, the Newted Community server and email access may not be available via these domains. If you discover … More

This item was posted by Grant Hutchinson.

August 21, 2003

New membership requests all caught up.

I’d like to mention that all membership requests made over the past few weeks have finally been processed and the new accounts have been set up. As always, my thanks for your patience while I was getting caught up on things. Welcome to the Newted Community, kids. Please help yourself to a beverage and wander … More

This item was posted by Grant Hutchinson.

August 7, 2003

Taking a break.

Please note that messages sent to me regarding Newted Community business will not get an immediate reply over the next week or two. I am taking a break from all things computer related and will be digging into some other projects for a bit. This unfortunately means that the turnaround time for any new requests … More

This item was posted by Grant Hutchinson.

July 28, 2003

Newtons Around The World tops 100 submissions.

As Groucho Marx once quipped: “Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.” Not even a full month has passed and yet another update to the Newtons Around The World gallery has landed in our collective lap. Please paddle your paws for new photographs from Brian McEwen, Erich Funke, John Charlton, and yours … More

This item was posted by Grant Hutchinson.

July 11, 2003

Newtons Around The World updated.

After what must seem like an inordinate amount of time since the last update, the Newtons Around The World gallery has a fresh set of images gracing its virtual walls. This time around we’re featuring the photographic handiwork of Rick Ludwig, Jonathan Wise, Tom Fall, Geoff Chan, and the prolific Newton shutterbug, Mr John Charlton. … More

This item was posted by Grant Hutchinson.

July 6, 2003

New article in the Soupbox.

In celebration of the upcoming tenth anniversary of the launch of our favourite green handheld, a new article by Robert Velarde entitled Happy Birthday, Newton! has been added to the Soupbox. This piece was orginally published on the Christian Macintosh Users Group site. Thanks go to Robert and CMUG or allowing me to mirror this … More

This item was posted by Grant Hutchinson.

June 24, 2003

Yes, we’re still here.

I realize it’s been very quiet in the news section, but to be honest, there just hasn’t been much happening around the server lately. A lack of surprises is a good thing when your running a Linux-based community site, trust me. If you’re looking for what’s new, you might want to check out the recent … More

This item was posted by Grant Hutchinson.