You Can Now Support Squidge.org With an Online Donation!
- squidgie
- 05/08/2023
- Fundraising
Squidge.org is not only an official 501c3 here in the United States, meaning you can take a tax deduction for donating to us – we’re now officially taking donations! It’s been a long journey, but we’re finally here! If you are interested, you can make a donation via our donation platform partner, Aplos at this […]
Read MoreShort downtime – resolved
- squidgie
- 09/21/2023
We had a short downtime, from 17:05 to 17:20 Pacific Time today (about five minutes before this post). First was due to a UPS not kicking in during a power blurp, and second was because of a fat-fingered parameter in the database configuration file. All is resolved!
Read MoreSunday 9/17 Maintenance
Please be aware that our usual maintenance will go much longer than expected. We are normally down every Sunday from 7am Pacific to 7:30am Pacific. However, tomorrow we will be consolidating database servers for both Squidge Images as well as SquidgeWorld which will take up to 2 hours. As such, regular Sunday maintenance will be […]
Read MoreResults from our Give Back To Squidge fundraiser are in!
And it’s even better than we could have expected! Since starting the Give Back To Squidge fundraiser in mid-August, our final total is $1,205! We bested our goal by more than $200 – and it’s all thanks to you all. Thank you to everyone who donated, reblogged our Tumblr fundraiser, and passed on the information […]
Read MoreGive Back To Squidge Fundraiser
- squidgie
- 08/20/2023
- Back to Squidge Fundraiser
Squidge.org could use your help! We’re running a Give Back To Squidge fundraiser! While Squidge.org is much smaller than other fandom organizations, it still costs a couple thousand dollars a year to run and maintain. And that’s where you come in. We’re running a “Back to School? Give Back To Squidge!” fundraising campaign, and hope […]
Read MoreShort Downtime + Reminder
- squidgie
- 07/02/2023
- unplanned downtime
This morning after a planned downtime, Squidge Image Hosting didn’t come back up. It was due to an internal configuration issue, so the issue has since been resolved. If you’re experiencing an issue, please refresh your screeen. As a reminder, we have regular planned downtimes for routine maintenance. They are: SquidgeWorld Archive – Goes down […]
Read MoreSquidgeWorld Downtime
- squidgie
- 06/11/2023
SquidgeWorld Archive is currently down due to a configuration issue. ETA to have it back up is ASAP. edit: We came back up after about 10 minutes of downtime.
Read MoreJune 2nd Outage
- squidgie
- 06/02/2023
- outage
- unplanned downtime
There was a power outage in the greater Portland area this morning between about 06:30 Pacific and 08:30 Pacific, so we were down. Things are back up and stable, but if you have questions, please let us know. Thanks!
Read MoreA Note About AI and Squidge
There have been a few questions today about AI and Squidge.org’s approach, so I thought I would drop a blogpost here so people know. Here’s our philosophy: While AI (Artificial Intelligence) can be a great thing in the realm of medicine, like computers spotting lung or breast cancer before a human can, AI shouldn’t have […]
Read MoreJinjurly Archive – Phase II
- squidgie
- 05/10/2023
- crowdsourced job
- crowdsourcing
If folks aren’t aware, the Jinjurly Audiofic Archive – a spot for podfics – is hosted here on Squidge.org. We (and I mean we, several volunteers) have restored what we could out of the missing podfics that were located. We crowdsourced the spreadsheet and recovered more than 4,300 of the 5078 missing files. But that means […]
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