Cardinal System Update [Via motd as of 7/6/2019]
Cardinal System Update [Via motd as of 7/6/2019] avatar

  Current status of Services (cardinal) 3/20/2017 ——— Please be advised that anyone who logs on to cardinal will have thier IP addresses tracked and logged. –bsb —————————————– 7/5/2019 ———————————————————— BBWN: All websites responding as normal, updates in progress ———————————————————— Restoration progress: (07/05/2019 @15:53 EDT) ———————————————- * Backed up and restored the /home, /home2 and /home3 directories * Backed up and restored the /root directory taken from old machine *…

Cardinal Update: [FROM MOTD Via Cardinal]
Cardinal Update:  [FROM MOTD Via Cardinal] avatar

  Current status of Services (cardinal) 3/20/2017———Please be advised that anyone who logs onto cardinal will have thier IP addressestracked and logged. –bsb—————————————–7/5/2019————————————————————BBWN: All websites responding as normal, updates in progress————————————————————Restoration progress: (07/05/2019 @15:53 EDT)———————————————-* Backed up and restored the /home, /home2 and /home3 directories* Backed up and restored the /root directory taken from old machine* Restored the /var/www/ directory and all associated websites* Restored the /etc directory in its…

BBUS Network Update (5/21/18 – 07:15 EDT)
BBUS Network Update (5/21/18 – 07:15 EDT) avatar

BBUS AND BBWN STATUS UPDATE Good Morning All: As of 06:30 EDT, All systems are operational, and ONLINE – This weekend, GMP had to do some work to the lines, and replaced a piece of equipment for safety and reliability in our downtown area.  On Saturday Morning, this resulted in a planned power outage from Midnight EDT  to 0400 on 5/19.  Although we have generators for backup power in our…

BBUS Update List (February 11, 2018)
BBUS Update List (February 11, 2018) avatar

  Good Morning: The Following Projects are either being considered for the Website Network, In Process, In Progress or are Completed: Root Domain Maintenance:  BBUS has been running for  a while, and has been lacking a way for my visitors to seamlessly interact with the DOT US and DOT COM websites.  This is because the root directories of these sites did not have an index file within them.  If and when someone  would go…

[BBUS POLICY UPDATE] BBUS Copyright Statement (February 5, 2018)
[BBUS POLICY UPDATE] BBUS Copyright Statement (February 5, 2018) avatar

Good Evening Everyone: After a few weeks of contemplation, and seeing how YouTube has been axing channels due to violations of Copyright, TOS, Community Guidelines and similar issues, it has become clear that, I MUST make a statement about Copyright and the policy that we will use here at the BBWN – This way, if someone questions this policy, it will be available for everyone to see. It is linked…

MAINTAINANCE WINDOW SCHEDULED (February 2-28, 2018) Rolling Updates
MAINTAINANCE WINDOW SCHEDULED (February 2-28, 2018) Rolling Updates avatar

MAINTENANCE WINDOW SCHEDULED: (2/2/2018 – Rolling Updates): Tomorrow through the 14th of February, I will be conducting a maintainence window to perform updates and upgrades to all domains (COM/ORG/US) on the BBWN – We will also be updating the BBOARD install, so this may require a small update to some config files. MAINTENANCE WINDOW SCHEDULE EXTENDED: [2/11/18 (@12:51)]  The Maintenance Window has been extended, and will now run through the…

Buddy Hyphen Baker DOT Services (Website Information Change Timeline)
Buddy Hyphen Baker DOT Services (Website Information Change Timeline) avatar

BUDDY HYPHEN BAKER SERVICES CHANGE TIMELINE INFORMATION CONDITION ALERT: Orange (Maintenance to Network Websites) (BB DOT Services Website Network Update Page is HERE) Good Morning: The purpose of this posting is to alert my users to a few changes that have been contemplated for the past 8 to 9 months and some of them have come to pass due to changes that have happened in my professional life as well…

Buddy Hyphen Baker Website Network Status Page (Updated 12/20/2017 @08:25 EST)
Buddy Hyphen Baker Website Network Status Page (Updated 12/20/2017 @08:25 EST) avatar

November 24, 2017 (14:33 EST): All Sites within the BB DOT Services Network have been updated: Current Versions of the Plugins used on BBUS and BBDC and the Dot Com Gateway page have been updated, and any updates that the WordPress system recommended have been added, and if necessary and prudent, necessary plugins activated for consistency.  Most of the work that will occur will be on the Main gateway index page,…

TIMEZONE CHANGE: WordPress was showing wrong time! (@11:42)
TIMEZONE CHANGE:  WordPress was showing wrong time! (@11:42) avatar

Today, I changed the WordPress Timezone to indicate New York US – It made every posting made indicate a wrong timestamp – apparently, I was set up for UTC4 instead of Selecting a city close to BBUS’ home base – This has been corrected and set properly.  This problem was wordpress specific and not a system-wide problem. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause! Sincerely, Buddy System Admin BBUS  

BBUS Domain Renewal for 2017
BBUS Domain Renewal for 2017 avatar

Good Morning Everyone: It is my pleasure to announce that buddy HYPHEN baker DOT us has been renewed for 2017!  I have held the domain since 2008, and I wanted to keep BBUS’ domain and email service, since my account has a “free email account” with the domain – GoDaddy informs me that free email accounts with domains were discontinued in 2013. Therefore, I want to keep this domain and…