Recent content by theSteveCo

Hey everyone! How's it going?!?! :D I've been up for 24 hours now working on the transition to the new system. There's a big change to the architecture that can be leveraged again later for even more performance increase. Hopefully it will pay off, it was a lot of work to get in place...

Hello everyone, I hope you all enjoyed your Memorial Day weekend. It's been a long time since I've posted anything - although I haven't been totally disconnected... I still do as much as I can to make sure the server stays online. Unfortunately, with recent changes in my life, the largest of...

...and so far it looks like it's kicking ASS! :smoking I will gradually work the behind-the-scenes scripts back into play over the course of the night. Please report any anomalies to me via email at scole@bayarearidersforum.com. Thanks for all the patience through this hardware failure...

Well, I guess after more than 3 years it is inevitable that we'd have a more serious hardware crash than just my laptop's hard drive. Today the primary web server crashed hard - we think it's the mother board, but can't be sure just yet. It won't reboot and I'm having a new machine built to...

I've been combing through the logs trying to figure out what's going on this weekend. I can say for sure that we're beging targetted for a hack, I just don't know if it's an individual or a group of people working together. So far the server has been brought down twice through overloading...

Hi everyone, it's been a while. Just wanted to let you all know that everything seems to be going well and that once again I feel free enough to come play in my own sandbox. Hope you've all been enjoying things for the past couple months. As you may or may not know, I'm back to the 9-to-5...

FINALLY, after 5 WEEKS in front of a computer, I finished my attempt at a documentary. This is a 30 minute episode that covers the start-to-finish process of entering an AFM race for the first time. You may have seen the trailer - if not, go watch it again. :p Well 4 weeks after starting...

My first bike - my street bike - my aching heart! :cry :cry Want to get a liter bike for next season and don't want to finance it... or own 4 bikes, for that matter. 2001 Kawasaki ZX6E Purple Mica (sparkly black - pretty - ooooo) Original owner Just over 10,000 miles (will edit later w/...

So while I was sitting in front of one computer working on getting BARF back online, I was busy throwing together the latest installment of Net-Moto on another. Net-Moto 7 (1.90 MB WMV) This episode is only 1 minute long, but at twice the bitrate of previous episodes. It is a teaser/trailer...

At 11:00 PM Friday night a non-BARF server went offline. It required a manual reset by the staff at the hosting facility. The staff, untrained in the specifics of server identification, accidently turned off the wrong machine first... and the right machine second. They failed to report the...

Someone left an extension cord at the track on Sunday. If you tell me where it was, what color it is, and how long it is, I'll happily return it to you.

First Time Racer: Race Day 6:00 AM and I'm answering the phone for my 2nd wake up call of the weekend. All the time spent freaking out over what could possibly go wrong will be finally concluded in the next 8 hours. All the excitement that has been in a state of crescendo for the past two...

First Time Racer: Practice Day I didn't sleep a wink the night before my first AFM practice... and no, it had nothing to do with the fact that my girlfriend was next to me to lend support on my first race day. To say I was nervous before my first race is an understatement - those who spoke...

First Time Racer: Preparation I finally did this weekend what I've been contemplating for years... I entered my first AFM motorcycle race. It lived up to all my expectations, and more. It's not something you can just do on a whim, however. Here's what it took for me to get out there. The...

Yesterday at Thunderhill with Pacific Track Time was a blast. I started the day riding with PeterR1 to help him to maximize his track time. I was riding on some heat-cycled tires so I wanted to take it easy rather than do something really stupid. At lunch I mounted some new rubber then went...