(filtered for Baseball Bias people)
I’m going to section this news/info up a little bit for you guys:

Forums
So, our forums are up, but they look empty. Could you guys start posting in your respective division boards to populate them with at least one or two posts? Much obliged.
Forums: http://smf.baseballbias.com

The logins for the Main site and the forums are tied, like on the old site, but email is separate from the main site/forums!

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Email
Webmail access: http://email.baseballbias.com

User: first initial/last name (ie: jsmith)
Pass: password (change this ASAP)

If you want to use a POP3 Client instead of the webmail interface, please use the following informaiton:

User: jsmith@baseballbias.com
Pass:

POP: pop.baseballbias.com
SMTP: smtp.baseballbias.com
IMAP: imap.baseballbias.com

All standard ports apply. Easy, right?

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Mailing Lists
Writers’ List: bbb-writers@thebebop.net
– All of your @baseballbias.com addies are getting mail from this. List is to be used for announcements of importance. Otherwise, we’ll use the forums for discussion.

Editors list: bbb-editors@thebebop.net
– Editorial discussion/problems/issues.

Of course, don’t forget our main site: http://www.baseballbias.com

Everyone should have a user/pass setup. If you don’t, then you can register using the main site and tell me what your username is. Please use the naming convention in place above. Thanks!

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From a previous post:

Things happening before exhibition in March:
- Site’s moving servers.
- We’re upgrading to different software.
- Email will be moving to another server, so back up your accounts, because it’ll be a clean slate come March.

Some updates:

- We have officially moved to a professional hosting service and have paid for a year in advance.
- We are no longer using php-Nuke 7, we are now using Joomla! v1.0.8. This means that all previous accounts are no longer with us You will need to contact me about creating a new account on the new site as soon as you can.
- Tap has stepped down as Assistant Editor. ;_; Tasha () is going to be taking her place. Julia will be coming on board as our accountant and HR person.
- Baseball Bias will be moving from volunteer model to business model starting this season. and I are starting an LLP to manage it as a project and report it for next year’s income tax. What does this mean in terms of writing for us? That you might actually get to write off baseball tickets as a business expense for income taxes next year since you’re freelancing for us. Also, that we might be paying writers and photographers, depending on what kind of traffic and advertising revenue we get. So promote, promote, promote!
- Team Writers: Start coming up with predictions for this season (Pennant Winners, Champions, and World Series Winners. Pick your ROYs!)

, , and anyone else who has not yet talked to me, you need to let me know whether you’re in or out this season. I’m trying to get things setup and it would go a lot easier on me if I could get an answer now than a month from now. I’m looking for (at the very least) weekly content for a team of your choice.

Also, if we could please work on the communications problem this season, that would be great. Last season, getting anyone to talk with me was like pulling teeth.

Edit: Duh, I forgot to add that you can check out a possible new look for us at the live site: http://www.baseballbias.com

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Andreas Katsulas (Ambassador G’Kar) is dead.
Edit: Someone posted a tribute (using B5 scenes) to him here. It’s quite moving.

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Attention Baseball Bias Writers:

Things happening before exhibition in March
- Site’s moving servers.
- We’re upgrading to different software.
- Email will be moving to another server, so back up your accounts, because it’ll be a clean slate come March.
- We will be doing /daily/ columns this season. If interested, let me know.
- If you’re no longer interested in doing BBB, let me know ASAP.

This is going to get emailed out as well, so if you see it twice, my bad.

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http://www.xtracurricularfilm.com

According to the information over at imDb, they admit it’s heavily inspired by Project: A-ko. Okay, I seriously need to see this film.

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So, it’s that time, and to keep things nice and current, we’re going to do a carryover league this year since we had so much fun.

However, to do a carryover league, we need to pay for it. I’m in a Sportsline league with another group right now and I love it. I’d like to use the same system, but we can do a buy-in and prize at the end if everyone wants to chip in. The cost of the league is $130 total, so if we had 10 teams, each one buying in at $13 for the year, it’d be great. The more players who join, the lower the price will be per player. You will need to have an account at www.sportsline.com. Odd-numbered teams per division are okay, but I need a minimum of 10 willing participants to make this fly at $13 or else it’s a no-go.

I need firm committments from people who’re wanting in, and want to do this over the course of several seasons. It’s a pitcher’s only league, and we’re counting the following stats:

BB (Walks Issued), BS, CG, ER, ERA, GO (Ground Outs), HA (Hits Allowed)0, HD (Holds), HRA (Home Runs Allowed), INN, K, PG (Perfect Games), RL (Relief Losses), RW (Relief Wins), SV, SHO, W, and WHIP.

I’m taking suggestions for other stats to score or to not score.

Not-so-simple rules: Week-long periods, head-to-head scoring for wins/losses; lineups are locked for the week (except in the occurance of a player going on the DL). Trades voted on by the owners by majority within 3 days, and the deadline is August 31st. Waivers for 2 days. Owners keep a healthy percentage of their teams at the end of the season. Ownerless teams at the end of the season will be up for sale between November and January, and if they have no new owner, they’ll be absorbed into the pool for the draft. Draft order to be determined in ascending order of playoff eligibility (ie: last place team goes first, etc) with a serpentine round.

Draft is single-player autopick on March 31, 2006.

Please reply here if you’re interested or have questions or whatever. Those who want to buy-in (at $20 to start), send me mail at the email addy in my userinfo.

x-posted to , . I apologize if you saw this more than once. I just wanted to show this to as many people as possible to make this happen.

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(ganked from many)

1. My uncle once: hired me for two summers and asked me to build his first Windows PC for his office.

2. Never in my life have I: skydived.

3. The one person who can drive me nuts, but then can always manage to make me smile:

4. High School is/was: memorable.

5. When I’m nervous: I laugh.

6. The last time I cried was: after watching Rent.

7. If I were to get married right now, my bridesmaids/groomsmen would be: Todd, Jody, and Tap.

9. My feet are: size 13.5s

10. When I was six: I skipped first grade.

11. Last Christmas I: introduced Julia to my family.

12. When I turn my head left, I see: the door to my office

13. When I turn my head right, I see: fidelis compiling.

14. When I look down, I see: my keyboard and my tall glass of iced tea.

15. The craziest recent event was: going on tons of job interviews and ending up with 2 job offers from 2 companies I didn’t even want to interview with.

16. If I was a character on ‘Friends’ I’d be: Chandler.

17. By this time next year: I will have season tickets to the Giants, and I’ll be married.

18. My favorite kind of tea is: Nestea or Lipton.

19. I have a hard time understanding: Math.

20. One time at a family gathering: my sister shocked my mom by telling her that she eloped with her boyfriend.

21. You know I “like” you if: I tell you.

22. If I won an award, the first person (people) I’d thank is: my muse.

23. Take my advice: 30 Helens don’t always agree.

24. My ideal breakfast is: Scrambled eggs, fried potatoes, refried beans, and flour tortillas.

25. If you visit my hometown: and if you find something interesting to do, let me know.

26. Where do you plan to visit anytime soon: Anaheim and Maui in July.

27. If you spend the night at my house: Good luck finding a place to sleep.

29. The world could do without: Neo-conservatives.

30. I’d rather lick the belly of a cockroach than: lick the belly of a cockroach.

31. Most recent thing you’ve bought yourself: Laundry service.

32. Most recent thing someone else bought you: Food.

33. My favorite blonde is: Marilyn Monroe. (didn’t see that coming, did you?)

34. My favorite brunette/black is:

35. My favorite red head is: Too many to list.

36. And by the way: I have a sexy ass.

37. Last time you got high: Never.

38. The animal I would like to see flying besides birds: dogs. I think having a flying dog as a companion would rule.

39. I shouldn’t have been: nervous when asking Julia out.

40. Once, at a bar/club: I watched Super Bowl XXIV with my dad.

41. Last night: we played Trivial Pursuit, watched Kids in the Hall, and fell asleep.

42. There’s this girl I know who: ruins a conversation by opening her mouth.

43. This guy I know: acts like an ass and then wonders why no one likes him.

44. A better name for me would be: asshole.

45. If I ever go back to school: it will be to get my degree(s).

46. My birthday is: not too far away.

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That’s what I’ve been calliing my little hovel here in the back of the building. Because it’s this windowless room with one door.
Since last week, I’ve now built three server, all FreeBSD (much to the local sysadmin’s dismay, who favors Linux above all), and all with separate services:

semper (aka noc1-hq) runs monitoring only.
fidelis (aka noc2-hq) runs the wiki and mysql 5.
paratus (aka noc3-hq) runs the portal and the ticketing system.

Semper Fidelis Paratus is Latin for “always faithful and ready.”

Everyone here thinks I’m either an ex-marine or an ex-coast guard member. I just wanted to name my servers something cool and invoke a sense of always being ready and faithful.
I’ve been pulling these long days, though. Thankfully, with ’s help, I’ve been able to build out three snazzy machines and they’ll be equal to the task. I hope I didn’t just set them up for failure with the names, because that would suck serious ass.

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Remember before, when I wrote that the room heats up fierce? It’s because there’s a SmartPak 3000 (UPS unit) sitting underneath my desk. It has an extended power pack underneath and whenever it cools off (by blowing out the hot air at my legs), the room is sweltering shortly after. Anyway, I asked my CTO about it, and he told me, “It belongs to you. You’re supposed to use it for the NOC equipment and servers.” WTF?! Holy fuck, are you kidding me?

I need a small rack in here. Now.

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Grandpa Munster is dead.
He outlived Fred Gwynne (Herman Munster), though, which was surprising. I feel like another piece of my childhood has flittered away. :/

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