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Nostalgia Gaming Podcast Five and Downtime

Posted August 27, 2007 at 22:18 by Don_HH2K

The Nostalgia Gaming Podcast Five is out, and can be downloaded from the usual place. The podcast is now being released under a Creative Commons license rather than a restrictive copyright, meaning that you can use parts of the podcast in any way you like so long as you share alike and attribute us as the original authors.

On another note, the new server seems to have prematurely melted down. In the meantime, we've reverted to Ol' Reliable 233MHz to quickly get most of the site up and running. The Forums have taken a hit, and as of now we have no timeframe to bring them back online. The problem was serious enough that forum registration data and posts have effectively been hosed, so registrations will need to be completed anew.

Nostalgia Gaming Podcast Four and the HardwareHacks 2000 Forum

Posted August 20, 2007 at 23:47 by Don_HH2K

This post hails the return of the HardwareHacks 2000 Forum! After taking a hiatus of over a year, our forum has returned with the renewed purpose of servicing the Nostalgia Gaming Podcast and possibly any other user contributions. Under the hood, the forum is powered by Yet Another Forum .NET, which at the time of this writing has not been properly rebranded to match the rest of the site's layout and will most likely be updated within the week to reflect our changes. Feel free to join the discussion, and chat with the moderation staff: myself and MetKiller Joe.

Five days after the delayed release of our last podcast, Episode Four of the Nostalgia Gaming Podcast is live and ready for public consumption. You can grab it from the usual spot on the site. This release marks our one-month anniversary.

New Server and Nostalgia Gaming Podcast Episode Three

Posted August 15, 2007 at 22:02 by Don_HH2K

Due to a frequent reader's generosity, we've received an upgrade to the server powering the site. A 2.4GHz upgrade with 256 megs of memory, no less! Now that I have more power to work with on the server, you'll most likely see some new features such as a message board and other interactive features in the near future. Thanks a lot, Mark!

Furthermore, Nostalgia Gaming Podcast is hot off the all-digital press, after a series of somewhat offbeat events that prevented earlier phases of the podcast's production. We would like to welcome our new co-host and Japanophile, Jeff, onto the podcast scene. Furthermore, our podcast is now available on Digg and iTunes, as well as your favorite podcast or news aggregator through RSS 2.0. As of now the RSS 2.0 feed is recommended, as it's the first to be updated: Digg and iTunes only syndicate the feed later on.

The Nostalgia Gaming Podcast

Posted July 23, 2007 at 21:04 by Don_HH2K

This may be the third time I've insisted so, but the site isn't dead! A bit comatose, I'll admit, though I'm proud to announce a new exclusive feature that will hopefully breathe some life into this site. Mark and I would like to introduce the Nostalgia Gaming Podcast: an Internet radio show dedicated to gaming technology, old and new, as well as the future of computer horsepower and what these advances mean to the average consumer. We're currently aiming at a weekly release, despite our latest episode being freshly encoded just the night before. Feel free to send along your feedback via the included feedback links on the Nostalgia Gaming Podcast main page.

Long-Awaited Updates, Round One

Posted September 1, 2006 at 00:43 by Don_HH2K

Contrary to popular belief, we aren't dead. A few updates have been posted to the site. Donzilla has been updated to version 1.0.1, which updates Donzilla's codebase from the decrepit Seamonkey beta 1.0 release to the more secure and stable 1.0.4 release. US to Metric Toolkit released version 1.2, which is much smaller and faster than its predecessor, and now has a separate release designed specifically with Pocket PCs and Windows Mobile handhelds in mind (that is, it fits on the smaller screen). Furthermore, having recently purchased an AMD64 laptop, I've written a short review of Windows XP x64 Edition that sums up the benefits and shortcomings of the x64 platform. More will follow soon.

Old news scheduled for deletion. Stop reading my code comments, public.

Welcome to the Fifth Generation

Posted May 29, 2006 at 18:45 by Don_HH2K

Yes, that's right: it's another redesign! We've switched our server solution from a Windows NT4/IIS4/ASP solution to a Windows 2000/IIS5/ASP.NET 2.0 solution. Therefore, we're now taking advantage of the more advanced features offered in Windows 2000 and ASP.NET. First and foremost, we've eliminated the need for a frameset, which could confuse both users and search engines as to the navigation system of the site. Second, you no longer need an XSL-compliant browser to view the site. The new layout is in place, while the next addition will include new articles and an NNTP-based bug tracking system for the various software offered here.