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  1. Yes, We're Back!

    Doesn't look like the same place, does it? New paint, some new furnishings....:) It's been a bit of a struggle but here we are in the new digs. If you're visiting on a mobile device, a phone or tablet, you may notice more good changes. We&# ...

    - 2014/09/30 - 3:26pm - 105 comments

  2. Fixed vs Still Broken

    Hi Everyone! This is a quick rundown of things we feel we've fixed, vs things we feel are still broken. If you have an item you'd like to add to the still broken list please comment, or send an email to [email protected]. FIXED! Name in th ...

    - 2015/08/28 - 8:02pm - 95 comments

  3. Logging in with email addresses

    We have turned logging in with email addresses off for security reasons. If you have been using your email addy to login, please use your username. If you had set up your username the same as your email, you will have to change that and you may not be abl ...

    - 2014/10/14 - 7:53pm

  4. BigCloset East Coast (US) Fall MeetUp!

    Hi everyone! So we have a date, and a place! We've put a lot of work into trying to find an optimal venue for our gathering, and we've settled at a local (local to me) Chinese/Sushi/Hibachi Buffet. Because of the fact that I live in a college to ...

    - 2014/11/04 - 8:43pm - 19 comments

  5. Short Downtime Expected: Shifting Resources

    Hey Everyone! I hope everyone is enjoying our new search features (The return of SOLR search and other additions.). Many of you may remember that we recently brought 2 new servers into the mix, making BigCloset a cluster of 5 servers by itself (front end, ...

    - 2015/08/28 - 8:01pm - 4 comments

  6. Upgraded!

    Welcome to our NEW Home. Meet Ariel (DB Server) and Belle (Front-End). Both servers are Cloud-Servers, hosted outside bridgewater but we are still maintaining our Bridgewater Facility for the time being. Let me know if you notice any speed/performance inc ...

    - 2016/04/13 - 9:03am - 26 comments

  7. BigCloset down time

    As Erin mentioned in her blog we are moving things around at the data center, as a result the website will be offline as we power servers down and one by one bring them back online. There is no firm ETA for everything to be back running so please be patie ...

    - 2016/10/04 - 10:16pm - 1 comment

  8. Updates on Stuff and Things

    Hey Everyone! I just wanted to update on a few things. There are several things going on at once. One is that we are being spidered by several sources and they seem to spin up bots just as fast as we can have them blocked. Another is that we think someone ...

    - 2019/01/24 - 3:26pm - 14 comments

  9. Merry Christmas to US!

    Merry Christmas Everyone! Presents are here! Well let me clarify, our 4 new servers are here! I will be dragging a friend with me to do heavy lifting, but the servers are headed to the Datacenter in Bridgewater, NJ tomorrow. Over the next several days I w ...

    - 2018/03/31 - 5:21pm - 10 comments

  10. Stuff Is Broken...

    I know most of you are going to look at the site and be like "No shit Sherlock", but trust me when I tell you that you have no F'ing clue how broken shit is. What we have now, is probably what you will see for the next couple days. My days ...

    - 2018/03/31 - 5:21pm - 20 comments

  11. We've Gone Cloud!

    BigCloset has Officially completed it's Cloud-Transition! This isn't a fully virtualized cloud for BigCloset, but more of a hybrid-cloud setup where we still have multiple physical database servers that are clustered together for replication and ...

    - 2018/10/07 - 6:47pm - 12 comments

  12. We Aint Got No, algorithm....

    My apologies to Pink Floyd for the title. I definitely sang it in my head when I thought of it and typed it. So this post has been one I've been thinking of in drips and drabs for a while now. It's based on things I've seen in blogs, commen ...

    - 2019/07/19 - 10:26am - 12 comments

  13. Big Moves Ahead...

    So right now we are preparing for a BIG move... Don't worry, it's not quite time for a big change to Drupal... YET... No this move is even bigger. We are moving everything from New Jersey to New York! Well, all the servers and sites at least. So ...

    - 2020/01/26 - 1:01am - 4 comments

  14. BigCloset TopShelf Has Moved...

    But don't worry. If you can read this, you found our new home!:) Welcome to BigCloset TopShelf! So we have moved, at least virtually. We have moved to new equipment in a new data-center. We still have ancillary sites and services to move, and then mo ...

    - 2020/07/26 - 11:44am - 17 comments

  15. BigCloset TopShelf's December 2012 One Winter's Eve Story Contest

    Entry Submission Dates are from December 1, 2012 until December 24, 2012. Voting on the Submissions should tentatively occur between December 25, 2012 through December 31st, 2012(midnight Pacific time), with the Winner Announcements on January 1, 2013. Th ...

    - 2021/10/08 - 9:09pm - 37 comments

  16. BigCloset TopShelf's February 2013 Valentine's Day Contest

    TopShelf's February 2013 Valentine's Day Story Contest Entry Submission Dates are from January 10, 2013 until February 25, 2013. Voting Dates are from Tuesday February 26, 2013- Tuesday March 5, 2013. Contest Award Page afterwards. Contest Begin ...

    - 2021/10/08 - 9:09pm - 8 comments

  17. February 2013 Valentine's Day Story Contest Results

    TopShelf's February 2013 Valentine's Day Story Contest Results! Peek inside to see our winners!         Our Winners are...     Sephrena & Erin's Pick 1     Scarlet Ribbons by the Rev. Anam Chara✚ Click the story title name to read it! ...

    - 2021/10/08 - 9:09pm - 25 comments

  18. We're Back! (Updated)

    We'll be working on problems here for most of the weekend it looks like, so be patient and be kind.:) Here's a list of known problems. Site going up and down. Working on this, software optimizations will help but really, we are limping along on ...

    - 2014/03/06 - 12:52am - 40 comments

  19. Rule One- Keep it Friendly

    Rule One This is a friendly place... What this means is that if something offends you, you are polite about it or you keep quiet. You can talk to me or one of the other admins but if it is a story that has offended you, you're probably not going to b ...

    - 2023/02/22 - 1:55pm - 2 comments

  20. Rule Two- Give Everyone the Benefit of the Doubt

    This is just as important as Rule One. If you think someone has deliberately offended you, think a second time. What if you're wrong? Of course you're sure they were talking about you even though they did not mention your name, but what if you&# ...

    - 2023/02/22 - 1:59pm - 2 comments

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