Back online!
OK, I got tired of waiting for my website to get back on-line so in the interim a good friend of mine suggested I just start blogging!
I am trying to re-point the old DNS to this blog so I am not exactly sure how long it will take. I think it may take up to 48 hours. Let's see who the first is to get on and post a comment? ;)
At least we won't have to look at this any longer...
Our apologies for the unscheduled maintenance that has temporarily taken www.pocketpcpassion.com offline. Due to a monitored drive failure in the RAID system, we have taken the opportunity to not only to replace the affected drive, which normally does not affect website availability, we have also opted to update the operating system to Windows Server 2003 for improved security. A long awaited upgrade.
We apologize for the inconvenience, and appreciate you bearing with us as we strive to improve the quality & security of our Remote Hosting service. Your site should not be affected for long as we swap operating system images and configure.
Please check back later today when the system should be back online. Thank you.
YAY, PocketPCPassion is back!! :D
P.S. First comment!
-arebelspy
Posted by: arebelspy | November 18, 2004 at 08:30 AM
Hey Dale welcome back, glad to see everything is going well.
Posted by: Eric Hicks | November 18, 2004 at 08:38 AM
Well, not first, but good to see you back. Like the Phoenix, rising from the ashes, I'm sure the site will come back better than ever. A lot of us miss it.
Sven, MS-MVP Mobile devices
Posted by: Sven | November 18, 2004 at 09:20 AM
Dale,
Glad to see you back!! We all missed you.
Posted by: Barry Rau | November 18, 2004 at 09:34 AM
Great to have you back......
Posted by: Jim Taylor | November 18, 2004 at 09:51 AM
Pocket PC Passion....Pocket PC Passion.....I seem to remember a site by that name. I think I even posted there once or twice. ;)
Welcome back Dale!!
Dave
Posted by: Dave Evans | November 18, 2004 at 10:14 AM
Welcome back...
Posted by: Sooner Al | November 18, 2004 at 10:38 AM
It sure is good to have you back sharing your view. I've sure missed the site!
Good to have you back on posting... So what new things do you have for us?
Posted by: Dennis Couturiaux | November 18, 2004 at 11:09 AM
Welcome back Dale!
Posted by: Steven Cedrone | November 18, 2004 at 11:24 AM
God bless you, Dale!
How about having the Old Testament punishment of stoning for the people who destroyed your old site? :)
Posted by: Mark Thompson | November 18, 2004 at 02:00 PM
I was wondering what happened to your site and to you, I used to read that message almost everyday. Welcome back. Luis from Bogota, Colombia!
Posted by: Luis Gomez | November 18, 2004 at 02:07 PM
Welcome back Dale. I wonder if Typepad's servers will be able to handle the comment traffic? lol
Posted by: Frank McPherson | November 18, 2004 at 02:49 PM
stoning huh? Sounds like too easy a punishment woooooarrrrrhhhhh just kidding ;-)
I am sure that even though I may never know the full truth in how the site harddrive failed and how EVERY one of 60 days of backups were corrupt I am just as guilty for not making my own FTP backup when I had the chance.
I hope to have the "real" website up with discussion software "soon"
Posted by: Dale Coffing | November 18, 2004 at 03:02 PM
Dale,
Missed ya', Bro. Great the have you back!
Bill
Posted by: Bill Sprague | November 18, 2004 at 05:55 PM
Great to have you back! :-))
Posted by: cyp | November 18, 2004 at 05:57 PM
hi there!!! we missed u !!! i always followed all the articles u posted on the site for allready 3 years and now with the comming back i'm shure u'll make somethig really new here. i heard from a friend : if u want to gain something better u have to loose something. so here we are all your followers. step by step u will run again
Posted by: menajem | November 18, 2004 at 06:48 PM
Welcome back Dale! good to see you. I look forward to seeing the new site. Perhaps even take on Gerard for his record of "Most prolific and loquacious poster". :D
Posted by: Cybrid | November 19, 2004 at 12:40 AM
Welcome back, Dale! Good to have you back here, even in the form of a blog. It has its advantages, you know, it is more personal,and so, and it can develop later to anything you'd like.
I wish you success in the new site.
Helio
Posted by: Helio Diamant | November 19, 2004 at 02:43 AM
Dale
you had the first mobile website I ever looked at and kept looking at each day religiously.
The first website I EVER posted some info to a community (got some inside information from Compaq on the old 3600 series options posted back in 2000)
Its fantastic to see you back !!!
You are a legend !!!!
Martyn in Scotland!
Posted by: Martyn Wallace (Scotland) | November 19, 2004 at 03:18 AM
Dale
Welcome back,
Looking forward to seeing your articles online.
Keep it going
Thanks
Posted by: Dave Angel in UK | November 19, 2004 at 04:18 AM
I'm so excited that you are back on the web ! I think stoning is WAY too easy on the nimrods who crashed the site !! We can get much more creative than that ! :)
I hope you are able to get the site back up and running close to before. It was the Pocket PC users next best thing to the Bible. I sent all newbies to the site for FAQ for their "new toys".
Thank you for doing such a great job for the last 3 years that I've been following the site.
Great to see you back. !!!! :)
Posted by: winniebear | November 19, 2004 at 06:55 AM
Wow, even though my SX46 died and I wasn't visiting daily, I sure missed this site!
Now crack some whips and get it back in shape, I need some audiovox ppc and smartphone reviews! :-)
You made this a happy Friday!
Posted by: Coquette | November 19, 2004 at 08:49 AM
mobilePASSION!!! mobilePASSION!!! mobilePASSION!!! Hooray, welcome back Dale!
Posted by: Nam | November 19, 2004 at 09:37 AM
Yours was the first Pocket PC site I visited when a friend introduced to PPCs a couple of years ago. There are many of us who are glad to see you back and who wish yu success.
Posted by: Bruce | November 19, 2004 at 10:03 AM
Hurray, I love this place. Welcome back Dale.
Don't Panic!
Bobby
Posted by: Don't Panic! | November 19, 2004 at 10:07 AM