Discussion » 9 years of iamcal.com

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Posted by cal, 14th May 2009:
 
Seems like only yesterday that I registered this domain and started blogging here. But not yesterday! 9 years ago. Jesus
Posted by Gary, 14th May 2009:
 
Happy Anniversary! :)
Posted by Miki, 14th May 2009:
 
happy anniversary :D
Posted by syl, 14th May 2009:
 
Congrats! I've been here 5 of the 9
/13 May 2009
Posted by Saltation, 14th May 2009:
 
criminy
Posted by WarHead, 14th May 2009:
 
And sometimes it's been quite good.
Posted by che, 14th May 2009:
 
"9 years ago. Jesus"

Christ on a bike!

"Congrats! I've been here 5 of the 9"

Christ on a bike squared!

Damn so when did I join up?! I feel so old :'(
Posted by che, 14th May 2009:
 
According to the iamcal database my old alter ego "Chandler"

* Signed up on 31st December 1969
* Started 84 new topics
* Posted 8,553 replies

Damn that time travel, I've completely screwed my own timeline!

Still it was most excellent though...

^&^($%"$)%&^*)"*$%)"$*"^
Posted by Sul, 14th May 2009:
 
wow, happy 8th birthday iamcal.com. Really is shocking where the time has gone.
Posted by syl, 14th May 2009:
 
Cal, I love the fireworks! :D

It's been fun being here. Met some truly lovely and interesting people.
Also by stumbling onto this site, I ended up at B3ta where I met the most wonderful man ever, and he is coming to visit me in August. We are going on a Safari, to Victoria Falls in Zambia, Cape Town, Sun City, the De Wildt Cheetah Sanctuary and swimming with Dolphins in Mozambique. So thanks Cal and iamcal dot com. :D
Posted by WarHead, 14th May 2009:
 
I met the most wonderful man ever


That's not me, by the way, although I know that's hard to believe.
Posted by Grim..., 14th May 2009:
 
Nice Fireworks =]
We should have a big party next year. I'll DJ, obviously.
Posted by Meatwood Flack, 14th May 2009:
 
Wow. Nine years. That's a long time. I reckon I've been here about seven or so. Maybe longer. And what good times they were...

was that in relation to the "tulip touch" or the "dinky"?

I Love Arsepuppy,
Best of all the animals!
I Love Arsepuppy,
He's me friend!
Posted by che, 14th May 2009:
 
fireworks? I just get an error code on the status bar and a load of grey squares appearing, but then I am at work and forced to use IE7
Posted by WarHead, 14th May 2009:
 
Prolly just as well, they make yer eyes go funny after a couple of minutes.
Posted by Uncle Moc, 14th May 2009:
 
Yes! Moc is back!
Posted by syl, 15th May 2009:
 
Welcome back Uncle Moc! :D
Posted by Miki, 15th May 2009:
 
I see black squares everywhere
che when did I register?
Posted by arsepuppy, 15th May 2009:
 
Bloody hell! Nice one!

Great to see Moc back - please someone dig out the "Moc Posing With Gun" pic. Shit's awesome.
Posted by Saltation, 15th May 2009:
 
:) those fireworks gave me a brief blank staring "wtf" moment before i twigged
Posted by Saltation, 15th May 2009:
 
cal, are the only changes you made the addin of the following javascript libs?
soundmanager.js
fireworks.js

you may have just fortuitously pinpointed an obscure macosx mozilla "cruft" problem that is exponentially slowing mac firefox/flock/netscape/etc users all over
Posted by cal, 15th May 2009:
 
it's pretty much slowing every browser down - fires *a lot* of timer events for the animation. you should it on an iphone :D

the fireworks will disappear in a day or two
Posted by cal, 15th May 2009:
 
the other code added is in the footer, starting with <div id="sound"></div>
Posted by Saltation, 15th May 2009:
 
and that's javascript again.

superb, cal: ta. the mac community salutes your sterling contribution in so categorically and precisely determining the definite cause of the problem
Posted by che, 15th May 2009:
 
Fireworks are working lovely on firefox here at home
Posted by cal, 15th May 2009:
 
i'm making some modifications to the site this week

part of that is (finally) merging the several user databases that results in accounts like cal_DUPE1. this might cause you to be logged out, but your password wont change. where you have several accounts, i'll retain all of the details from your currently active account, move all posting under it and make sure you have the lowest user number out of all your dupes (so gary will be 122 instead of 2341).

this only applies to accounts which had duplicate names! i will not be merging alter egos or renamed accounts
Posted by cal, 15th May 2009:
 
post numbers should now be correct, including all versions of the site:

www.iamcal.com/users/loud

If you merge alter-egos, that puts:

chay at 16th & 17th for topics (effective 9th)
grim at 4th & 8th for topics (effective 2nd)

chay at 2nd & 13th for replies (effective 1st)
vic at 4th & 15th for replies (effective 2nd)


grim - do you want Grim... and Grim...3 to be merged? Which name would you keep?

and i miss 'RUSS'
Posted by Grim..., 15th May 2009:
 
'Grim...', please. But user-id 9 is nice* =]
I miss a lot of these people. Mass email time for all the loud folk, perhaps?

*especially if this becomes the next Slashdot...

You might want to fix the edit box too - it's a bit wide
Posted by che, 15th May 2009:
 
chandler 84 Topics
Alfie 64 Topics
che 28 Topics

chandler 8,553 Replies
Alfie 3,386 Replies
che 481 Replies


I win!
And also lose, really badly. :(
Posted by che, 15th May 2009:
 
Although I did get a wife out of it, so can't really complain!
Posted by Meatwood Flack, 15th May 2009:
 
Doctor Lucid 88 Topics
Meatwood Flack 24 Topics

Doctor Lucid 1,954 Replies
Meatwood Flack 452 Replies
Uncle Moc 371 Replies

Vic wins on the longest-period-of-absence-but-still-in-the-charts. And Salty, a relative newcomer, is second in the topic starting stakes. But how many of these topics did people reply to?

Rosie? Beargod? Foggie? Nov? RUSS?

I'm still very impressed by Gary's ability to pop up on any thread like this after a considerable absense. Or indeed any thread that mentions Mariah Carey.
Posted by WarHead, 15th May 2009:
 
/waits for the man to appear ......
Posted by Meatwood Flack, 15th May 2009:
 
Too late - he's there at the top...

Which leads me to consider that Gary watches iamcal all the time but only pops up when someone mentions MC or the sun...
Posted by che, 15th May 2009:
 
Miki - I dont know exactly when you signed up, it was around question 2.17 i think
Posted by cal, 15th May 2009:
 
i've added some aggregation:
www.iamcal.com/users/loud

does anyone remember who these people were?
Victor Menendezz
trim...
Posted by arsepuppy, 15th May 2009:
 
trim was Jess (sorry Jess!)
Posted by arsepuppy, 15th May 2009:
 
Also Cal, you forgot to add Uma and Liandle to Syl's count ;)
Posted by cal, 15th May 2009:
 
oh, easy - i can just look at their (hidden) email addresses :)

repliers leaderboard/loserboard is now:

1) chay
2) vic
3) sul
4) ap
5) cal
Posted by arsepuppy, 15th May 2009:
 
Yay 4th! IN YOUR FACE, HENDERSON!
Posted by cal, 15th May 2009:
 
jesus - syl is now in 6th and 8th
Posted by che, 15th May 2009:
 
That's a whole lot of mental.
Posted by Uncle Moc, 15th May 2009:
 
I ain't not no Axeman!

Can you reset the password to my Salman Rushdie account? Can you change it to "fatwa"?
Posted by che, 15th May 2009:
 
hahaha
Posted by cal, 15th May 2009:
 
you sure you're not axeman?

the email for salman is white_noise_indeed at hotmail if you want to reset the password, else i can choose one and email it to you (what address?)

we don't need more people knowing the password to your accounts ;)
Posted by syl, 16th May 2009:
 
Haha, those were the days *sigh*
Posted by syl, 16th May 2009:
 
Cal I think I also had Sylvia, Clara and Scrybl. Hopefully that pushes me higher up the loser board. ;) I think I might have been near the top but I spent 3 months in hospital and another year away from the internet.
Posted by Gary, 16th May 2009:
 
Very nice, Cal. I've only ever used the name 'Gary' at iamcal.com, so I bet merging my accounts was quite easy. Just one question, though: isn't my sign up date wrong? I'm sure I signed up when we were both still at UCE... :)

I'm still very impressed by Gary's ability to pop up on any thread like this after a considerable absense. Or indeed any thread that mentions Mariah Carey.


Thanks! I only post from time to time, but I do visit almost daily. :)
Posted by cal, 16th May 2009:
 
yeah, lots of the signup dates are a bit screwy. i think i'll try and fix that later today
Posted by cal, 16th May 2009:
 
done some more rollups in the 'chart', for syl, reddy and nov. not a huge changes
Posted by cal, 16th May 2009:
 
the only users with signup dates before their first posts:

9 Grim... 1116160754 > 960886596
122 Gary 1116434109 > 1002297623
165 reitsma 1116291193 > 1012451306
1150 WarHead 1115108523 > 1065796698
1293 Brock 1115100878 > 1069876919

i guess i kept the signup dates from your second accounts instead of your originals. all 'fixed' now
Posted by cal, 16th May 2009:
 
and while i was at it, really old users now have signup dates of their first post, instead of Jan 1st 1970

www.iamcal.com/users/1
Posted by WarHead, around 17th May 2009:
 
Hmm, I must have been gauging the lay of the land before I actually posted. I remember some gadgy at my office sending me a link to a thread that he found amusing otherwise I'd prolly never have found it.
Posted by Grim..., around 17th May 2009:
 
Yay 4th! IN YOUR FACE, HENDERSON!

If you combine SuperFunGordan with mine, I come in at fifth. Not sure how to feel about that, really.
Posted by cal, around 18th May 2009:
 
is superfungordan you, grim?
Posted by syl, around 18th May 2009:
 
Yep, Cal, Grim was SFG
Posted by cal, around 18th May 2009:
 
now merged. i'm falling down the charts. jesus
Posted by syl, around 18th May 2009:
 
Does your post count only include those on the discussion board or on your blog as well?
Posted by cal, around 18th May 2009:
 
mine only includes the old blog (which was part of the discussion forum) and the regular discussion forum

it doesn't include the linklog, which would add an extra 2183 posts
Posted by su, around 18th May 2009:
 
happy blog birthday
i hope there were donuts
Posted by Meatwood Flack, around 18th May 2009:
 
No way! Grim was Supergunforden?

I thought SFG was french...
Posted by Grim..., around 18th May 2009:
 
The thread where all was revealed was here: www.iamcal.com/discuss/topi...
But it seems to have vanished.
Posted by WarHead, around 19th May 2009:
 
It's all a pigment of your imagination then.
Posted by Meatwood Flack, around 19th May 2009:
 
There definately are some non topics in the archives... unless they're part of the secret forum?
Posted by cal, around 19th May 2009:
 
there are some missing IDs from when the old and new forums were merged together. a bunch of topic IDs changed too. there is no topic 336 in the database
Posted by che, around 19th May 2009:
 
Also don't forget the posting black hole which destroyed a large chunk of posts once...
Posted by cal, 19th May 2009:
 
i seem to remember that. what happened?
Posted by Grim..., 19th May 2009:
 
Black Tuesday, was it?
Posted by che, 20th May 2009:
 
"i seem to remember that. what happened?"

You tell us!

I think wasn't there some sort of horrible database crash or something, and you got 99% of it back
Posted by cal, 20th May 2009:
 
yeah, maybe we had to revert to a backup of the database. so long ago now
Posted by Saltation, 20th May 2009:
 
everyone should backup their memory more often too.
Posted by mischief.bound, 20th May 2009:
 
9 years! Wow! Congrats!
Posted by arsepuppy, 21st May 2009:
 
Shit just got real.
Posted by Saltation, 21st May 2009:
 
wipe
Posted by eatmypiano, 21st May 2009:
 
I actually made it on to the "Repliers" chart. Quite an achievement since I don't say much.

Happy Birthday iamcal!
Posted by Brock, 25th May 2009:
 
Fuckola. That's a long time. Apparently, I've been here for nearly 5 1/2 years too.

And, Victor Menendezz is not me. I did have a Vic related account, but I remember it not. Or, at least, I recognise none of the posts attributed to that account.
Posted by Brock, 25th May 2009:
 
Oh, and editing breaks the fuck out of the comment box - it doesn't wrap properly.

YOU'RE SHIT AT PROGRAMMING, HENDERSON. You really need to sort that out before you get a job doing this shit.
Posted by cal, around 26th May 2009:
 
i checked the IPs, and it sure looks like it was you

as for the edit box - i'm in the process of making the whole site wider (like this page), but not quite finished it :)
Posted by Miki, around 26th May 2009:
 
mischief.bound = nov
Posted by cal, around 26th May 2009:
 
i remember that one, but that account doesn't appear in the top users list anyway
Posted by che, around 26th May 2009:
 
"that account doesn't appear in the top users list anyway"

That's because the Pad Diaries were posted on her own blog, not on here.
Posted by Brock, around 27th May 2009:
 
Hmmm. I have to say, though, my fake Abe/Vic moment was only fleeting (and, I think, mainly aimed at direct confrontation with Vic*), and I genuinely don't recognise any of those posts. In addition, I could never have been bothered to have made 301 posts under a fake name, nor to have posted under both pseudonyms in the same thread.

How bizarre. Do the IP's match exactly? That's fucking weird if they do, as either my memory is utterly fucked, or Vic was cleverer than I ever gave him credit for!

*Happy days. He used to make me laugh my arse off. I miss him :(
Posted by syl, around 27th May 2009:
 
Pfft!
Posted by AxeMan, around 27th May 2009:
 
happy aniversary! i have been away for a while, dont talk to me about that crazy polish girl - lets just say I'm missing some things that i ad before but on the other hand i have gAINED some things

it been a funny few years
how are you syl?

oh and warhead she keeps asling about you too dont worry I idnt give her your real name
Posted by syl, around 27th May 2009:
 
Howzit Axeman, I am fine thanks. Sorry the romance didn't work out. My romance however, is going wonderfully :D

YAY! At long last. Someone who understands a nutter like me.
Posted by che, around 28th May 2009:
 
"Someone who understands a nutter like me"

Are they a psychiatrist? ;)
Posted by mischief.bound, around May 2009:
 
Miki - remembers. :)

Mischief.Bound = November Eclectica = Novie

Che: Pad Diaries???? I don't remember that one.
Posted by Grim..., around June 2009:
 
Goodness. Hello Nov. How's it going?
Posted by syl, around June 2009:
 
Hello Nov :)
Posted by Brock, around June 2009:
 
Straight in after the psychiatrist post!

HEY NOV! Where the hell have YOU been? :)
Posted by mischief.bound, around June 2009:
 
I leave and everyone starts talking about how crazy I am. How nice of you. I would like to think in those days we all had a lot of growing to do and my life back then was crazy as hell. LOL.

I have been living life. I have a wonderful hubby and handsome little boy and another one of the way. I couldn't be happier.

I spend most of my time on Facebook now.

How are you guys doing?
Posted by Grim..., around June 2009:
 
Not talking to you now you're married.
Posted by mischief.bound, around June 2009:
 
Grim - That is so very silly. :)
Posted by Gary, around June 2009:
 
Hey, Nov. :)
Posted by mischief.bound, around June 2009:
 
Hi Gary! How are you?
Posted by Brock, 4th June 2009:
 
Hey, that's not fair. We talked about you being crazy back then, too!

We may not be nice, but I think we were certainly consistent.
Posted by cal, 4th June 2009:
 
i think brock has a point


hi desi :)
Posted by mischief.bound, around 4th June 2009:
 
Brock - you do have a point there mate. I can tell you I am not the same person as back then.

Cal - hello to you as well. What are you up to these days? Why did you leave Flickr?
Posted by Gary, around 5th June 2009:
 
Hey, Nov. I'm fine, thank you. :)
Posted by Brock, around 5th June 2009:
 
I can tell you I am not the same person as back then.

Indeed. From your posting style and language, you sound like someone completely different, as it happens. Hmmm.

Cal? Have you checked IP's? Is this someone playing silly buggers and pretending to be Nov, conveniently just after we start talking about her?
Posted by cal, around 5th June 2009:
 
impossible to say. ISP appears to be in south carolina, so quite likely it's the real thing
Posted by Saltation, around 5th June 2009:
 
hi nov
Posted by eatmypiano, around 5th June 2009:
 
I spend most of my time on Facebook now


I was just looking at the members of this group.

Who are these people? They've all got proper names with surnames and all that stuff. I know who "Steve Thompson" is 'cos he's exceptionally handsome and probably me. And I assume the "Cal" person has something to do with this website.
Posted by cal, around 6th June 2009:
 
i'd forgotten about that group
Posted by Miki, around 7th June 2009:
 
I assume a lot of people know who's who
but for emp: I'm mirjana
Posted by jeffry, around 8th June 2009:
 
I've been facebook free for 8 months now. Ironic (or plain stupid) really when you consider what I do for a living (if I ever actually get another job).
Posted by arsepuppy, around 8th June 2009:
 
I'm surprised you're still moderating the "I LUV GREGGS 4EVA!!!1" Facebook group for a living! ;)
Posted by jeffry, around 9th June 2009:
 
you can't underestimate the commitment that takes
Posted by Grim..., 23rd June 2009:
 
Where's that picture of IAmCal world, with Beargod and me and Cal on a throne of doughnuts? I'm sure someone re-posted it recently.
Posted by cal, 23rd June 2009:
 
it's on the iamcal facebook page
Posted by WarHead, around 24th June 2009:
 
Blast its eyes
Posted by Grim..., 25th June 2009:
 
That one is tiny, though.
Hey ho.
Posted by eatmypiano, 25th June 2009:
 
Didn't want to start a new thread for this so I thought I'd post it here.

Had an interview today for a job as the Systems Admin for a web startup. During the technical test, one of the questions was "Have you read 'Building Scalable Websites' by Cal Henderson."
Posted by cal, around 26th June 2009:
 
wow
Posted by WarHead, 26th June 2009:
 
That sounds like a trick question to me. Answering 'yes' OR 'no' could easily blow your chances.
Posted by eatmypiano, around 29th June 2009:
 
It was an understandable question because they're a web startup currently running on a ZX81 with a 16 RAM Pack.

Seriously, they have big plans so every other question was somehow related to scaling. They obviously think that BSW is a benchmark for how it should be done. Fortunately I bought the book because Cal wrote it, not because it was ever any use to me at the time. And I did read it and it seems some of it stuck. Dunno if I got the job yet though. If I didn't it's because of the shit book by Cal. Should never have bought it.
Posted by cal, around 29th June 2009:
 
at least they have the RAM extension
Posted by jeffry, around 29th June 2009:
 
Cal I name-dropped you in an interview the other day. I feel dirty.
Posted by che, around 29th June 2009:
 
was it a KFC interview?
Cos I imagine they would have been pretty impressed to know you hang out with 5-Buckets-Henderson
Posted by jeffry, 1st July 2009:
 
if I don't get a job soon I'll remember that for my KFC application. Does his name hold any weight in burger king?
Posted by che, around 3rd July 2009:
 
yeah, about 40 stone

;)
Posted by cal, around 3rd July 2009:
 
omg, so i went to burger king 3 days ago - haven't gone in several years

they had a transformers burger called the quad stacticon. 4 burgers, cheese, bacon & barbeque sauce. win
Posted by Miki, around 5th July 2009:
 
steve is very jealous
Posted by che, around 6th July 2009:
 
i saw adverts for some weird BK 6 pack burger thing that was somehow transformer related.
Posted by che, around 6th July 2009:
 
I just remembered, it transformed from "a burger" into "coronary heart disease".
Posted by cal, around 7th July 2009:
 
hehehe
Posted by beargod, around 8th July 2009:
 
I still have _DUPE1 at the end of my name :P

Facebook, i am simon brumfitt

burger kings are virtually non existance outside of major towns and cities in the england

why do people appear and disapeer on this all the time?
Posted by cal, around 8th July 2009:
 
all fixed
Posted by beargod, around 8th July 2009:
 
yay thank you cal :)
Posted by beargod, around 8th July 2009:
 
I have been here off and on for 6 years, if the title page is right :)



* Signed up on 26th February 2003
* Started 50 new topics
* Posted 5,085 replies
Posted by Miki, around 9th July 2009:
 
welcome back :D
xx
Posted by beargod, around 9th July 2009:
 
cheers miki :D
Posted by Grim..., around 9th July 2009:
 
BEARGOD!
Posted by beargod, around 10th July 2009:
 
squirrel! :)

Its alot quieter on here then it ever was back then, what ever happened?
Posted by WarHead, around 10th July 2009:
 
Only the strong survived.
Posted by beargod, around 11th July 2009:
 
I think its more the people who could restrain themselves from typing every minute of everyday, then getting sacked in the process, it used to be more exciting then facebook, but that's shitty now
Posted by Miki, around 11th July 2009:
 
I'm still here :)
not so much the strong as the stubborn
Posted by beargod, around 14th July 2009:
 
stubboerness wins out all the time, i mean look at the dodo, it was stubborn enough not to run away, and now its not there infecting the environment with its useless non flying technique, and the cans of coke they just left there
Posted by Miki, 14th July 2009:
 
and they are famous
Posted by Saltation, 16th July 2009:
 
dead as a YEAH! LOOK AT ME, GUYS!
Posted by friday, 4th August 2009:
 
9 years is fab! 10 years means a party, surely? I would spend more time here if a) I had more time and b) if I could understand what everyone was going on about. Still keep coming back though in an attempt to understand.. :)
Posted by syl, 4th August 2009:
 
Hey Friday! *hugs*

How's your lovely chilluns?
Posted by beargod, around 8th August 2009:
 
Would the party be in london, or would cal pay for us to visit him?
Posted by eatmypiano, around 11th August 2009:
 
not so much the strong as the stubborn


I'm only here because I never worked out how to change the home page in Safari.
Posted by Miki, around 12th August 2009:
 
ok "and the lazy"
Posted by beargod, around 12th April 2010:
 
Its nearly ten years now, whens the party?
Posted by Grim..., around 12th April 2010:
 
Yeah. And "where's the party" is probably quite an important question.
Posted by syl, around 12th April 2010:
 
South Africa! All welcome in my house.
Posted by eatmypiano, around 12th April 2010:
 
Date for your diaries is

domain: iamcal.com
reg_created: 2000-05-16 09:11:42

That gives us a month to get a present. What do you buy a website?
Posted by Grim..., around 15th April 2010:
 
Er... Redundant nameservers?
Posted by beargod, around 19th April 2010:
 
A way of bringing it forward to web5 standards before it has even been thought of?