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WebsiteThe Forum is Dead. Long Live the Forum!Welcome to the NEW CSS Pilot's Forum README: Forum Posting TipsHere are some notes about using the new forum. Posting: Simple or Complex - Your Choice
Deleted Posts or Comments in the Recall Discussion?I have not deleted any posts or comments from the forum in quite some time. A forum user thinks some content has been removed. The site logs for the last couple of days don't show any deletions, but there's been so much activity that they only go back a couple of days at this point. {UPDATE: I've just increased the log retention} [b]Normal procedure is for those with deletion rights (i.e. the CSS Board) to discuss it with other board members before deleting anything. We've only deleted a couple of items in the last four years. Weather Station SituationSo, the Simba weather station went off line a couple of Sundays ago and a simple reboot didn't get it back online. On inspection I found that the weather equipment was fine and that the mini computer between it and the internet wasn't connecting to the LAN via ethernet. The only way to communicate with the device is via the LAN, so I had to send it in for service. This is the machine we repaired this summer by replacing the motherboard, keeping the RAM and the Flash memory with the OS and programs already on them, to the tune of $300. I expect the manufacturer to cover the failure under warranty. Epoxy!I got a new rotor and cups assembly for the weather station anemometer and installed them today. Last night I epoxied the cups into the snap-in brackets on the rotor. The cup I super-glued back on to the old rotor a couple of weeks ago held but one of the others came out in the last high wind event. I had put drops of super-glue on the other cup brackets, but not in the junctions. Hanggliding.org Problem?I just went to the site http://www.hanggliding.org via my usual link and got a page from GoDaddy.com (domain registration and hosting service) saying that hanggliding.org is being parked for free. Does anyone know what the problem might be? UPDATE: WX Computer (SiMBa) is Back7/21/09 UPDATE: The manufacturer replaced the motherboard and re-used the Operating System chip (no longer available) and the Flash memory from the old unit, so all settings were preserved. It was literally plug-and-play! The webcam time lapse images are also functional once again - they stopped working because the scripts that manage them depend on the weather data. ------------------------------------------------------------- Website ProblemsOur webhost had some problems with the hardware at the data center such that they've migrated our account to a new machine. There have been problems with the weather station and webcam updating over the last few days, but as of the latest reboot the weather station is updating, so maybe the problem was at the remote end and not with the local hardware. Let's keep our fingers crossed. I might even be able to grab the actual data for the last few days from Simba, so we don't see those straight lines between update times. hey girls!natalia bonilla has started a website for women who fly! (just in case you don't already know) it's cool and she's put a ton of work into it! check it out! http://www.flygirlsinternational.com/profiles/friend/listFeatured Website Restored!The proximate cause of the webserver overload seems to have been some kind of fruitless but resource hogging spam bot attack, which I think we've dealt with. A couple of other minor issues, which have been dealt with by the webhost, may have been contributing factors. I know everyone's post-fly-in enthusiasm may have waned a bit by now, but it would be great to have reports and pictures of that great event. Wind Data Restored. Installed New Anemometer.Comparing the replacement anemometer/wind vane ($139) with the old one, it is obvious that ice got up inside the old unit (when the mast bent over) and damaged the bearings or whatever. The old vane and cups wiggle around like a hula dancer. Sorry it took so long to replace. Simba Weather StationAfter voting (With a paper ballot! My candidate might win this time!) I went to the Ball's house to see what I could do for the weather station. They weren't home, so I couldn't get to anything, but looking at the sensor mast I saw that one of the lower mounts had shifted around a bit, making the mast only appear to be bent. One of the anemometer cups is off and David found it on their deck. If the cup can't be snapped back on (they have to be snapped on when the unit is unpacked) I can replace the anemometer/wind vane with the old non-heated one. The heated one freezes up pretty readily, so no big deal. Website Glitches / Image Size Fixed - Jan 08Our webhost applied some upgrades to the server last night, and our website naturally had a number of problems today. At first, only the weather pages were working, then the site was displaying properly but user logins were broken and the Oz Report Headlines weren't being fetched. If you run into any odd/new website behaviors, please let me know. Latest Glitch: Adding Images to Your PostsWant to add a jpg or gif image to your forum posts? You can upload an image the the CSS website and display it OR you can use an 'img' tag to point to an image that's already on the the internet on some other server. First, the UPLOAD method: Events & Projects Added!I've added pages for the proposed HAM class and the two summer fly-ins to the Events section and the Events menu. There's also a new 'Projects' page and menu item. Lost Flytec Propeller Airspeed IndicatorI was flying Marshall on Saturday the 21st and I lost my Airspeed indicator. I launched from Marshall around 4:45 (without my indicator). I remember not putting it on my glider and mindlessly flying without it. If anyone has found it please email me or give me a call at: 505-496-9486 Thanks Lost & Found | HG | Equipment | Learning | Power Systems | Marshall | 2007 | Pilots | Gliders & Gear | Website | login or register to post comments
Table View on Weather Page FunctionalThe controls for the tabular weather info listing in the weather page are once again functional, so you can change both the number of records displayed and the interval between displayed records. The page refreshes the table info once a minute (without reloading the page) so the latest info will always be shown. The data is also refreshed when you change the number of records or interval, or just push the 'set table' button (hidden until you click one of the boxes). Forum Posting StreamlinedSome feedback has confirmed that posting to the Pilot's Forum seems cumbersome, Fly-In Images, New Member, Forum & ContributorsTrish Stitz, whose fiancee is WW's Rob Kells, sent a bunch of great photos from the recent Fly-In - I've posted them on her behalf. Thanks Trish! Also, thanks to Mishi for the pics she took the time to post. Added Instructor Checkboxes to Pilot InfoI've added checkboxes for indicating pilots' instructor status to the Pilot Info tab of the my account page. With these fields we can easily generate lists of local HG & PG Instructors and Tandem Instructors, which will be available via links in the site info section(s). |
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