A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

IAM Server Status Post

My number one concern with these (apparently) hardware problems is user data (primarily this means forum data; images are on a different server that’s working perfectly). I’ve confirmed that as safe, and it’s currently creating a fresh backup. Tomorrow morning I’ll be going in and more aggressively testing the components of the machine to try and figure out why it’s shutting down seemingly at random [insert Windows joke here].

Anyway, I just wanted to let everyone know that other than the extreme annoyance of not being able to access the system, there’s nothing to worry about and I anticipate being back online within 48 hours (if not less).

Comments

86 responses to “IAM Server Status Post”

  1. Vienna Avatar

    *whistles* It better come back on by tomorrow, on my 18th birthday so I can totally put up nudes. Juussst kidding. =)

  2. Pseud Avatar
    Pseud

    Sucks I had to find better things to do.. BUT.. Thanks to MaidenDisaster I found something!. That sketch swap thing rocks! Sooo many funny pictures. I’ve been entertained for hours.

    Good luck Shannon.

  3. redredred Avatar
    redredred

    @ casketdreamer: thank you for the information.

  4. corinne Avatar
    corinne

    oh,hope we can be online again very very soon!

  5. vertigo Avatar
    vertigo

    Hey Shannon, thanks for the update. I hope you get everything worked out, thanks for working so hard.

  6. cere Avatar

    Why ess IAM no back up? Yu Stoopid ape american Buschy send troops to keel it! Canadia is close on border of the america country, no shuld be playing with small penis when i cut!

    Viva la france!

  7. Absinthe Avatar
    Absinthe

    Thanks to Shannon and anyone else helping out with this, it’s most appreciated!

  8. afilmbombs Avatar

    DEAR IAM DIARY, I CAN’T WRITE IN YOU
    I MISS YOU,
    LOVE JULIA

  9. Eternal_Ice Avatar

    still down…. need to update…. need to im others…gah
    *explodes*

  10. exitus84 Avatar

    damnit, i never tough that i’m so addicted to IAM!
    good luck

  11. steelwings Avatar
    steelwings

    Dear IAM,
    We love you. Please come back soon.
    Love,
    Iam addicts

  12. Wild SKin Avatar

    buaaaaahhhh!!!!!! i need to get into my home inside our big city 🙁

  13. Wild SKin Avatar

    anyway….good luck with that…for sure it’ll be solved quickier than we expect 🙂

  14. vertigo Avatar
    vertigo

    “It’s been almost 48 hours.. amagawd.”

    Uhm.. is it me.. orrrr.. has it not even been 24 yet….

    : D

    Don’t worry everyone I’m sure Shannon’s got it covered. Computers are just such… finnicky things sometimes.

  15. shawn.spc Avatar
    shawn.spc

    Since the QOD is also down, I’ll answer questions here:
    yes. sometimes. of course. not unless you are allergic. Once you turn 18. 10% works. Anal.

    that should cover it.

  16. Jen Avatar

    Comment #55 alone is worth the outage. I feel better now.

  17. Laura Avatar
    Laura

    No IAM is making me do my work….slowly….maybe this is a good thing

    and Vertigo I am pretty sure your right it hasnt even been 24 hours yet!

  18. bena Avatar

    cere…. cere.. i know that name… aren’t he that guy that knows brian decker?

  19. Sadhaka Avatar

    cere.. hahahahahahah

  20. lola Avatar

    okay so when everyone recovers from their withdrawal we can thank shannon by visiting his wishlist!

    with iam being down, i actually got a lot of homework done 🙁

  21. Iselilja Avatar
    Iselilja

    lol i know, but it feeeeeeeeeeeels like forever.

    you can do it shannon, kick him in hairy balls.

  22. Jonathan Piercing Avatar

    is this the modboxing-ring-blog?

    lol

  23. fishie Avatar

    Damn. I work in server support so I can imagine this is a freaking nightmare for you.

  24. Starr Avatar

    junkie or not but- i have friends to catch up with!!!

    thanx Shannon & i’m sure u’re working ur ass off to get us back up-

  25. smurf Avatar

    Looking at the positive side of this, our house is getting cleaner by the minute while IAM is down.
    Thanks for the hard work Shannon,

  26. calk Avatar
    calk

    oh noooooooo i cant wait any longer…… im an IAM junkie too :{
    but thank you for all the hard work, Shannon. i hope you can do it asap!

  27. tattoodfreak206 Avatar

    It had to happen when i was off work for the week with a load of pics to upload…

    Typical…!!! lol

    Hope you manage to get it sorted soon Shannon. :o)

  28. TristaniA Avatar

    Haha, cere, thanks for the good laughs! 😀

  29. raevyn Avatar

    Agreed! Cere has just rocked this thread! yay cere!

  30. INKstar Avatar
    INKstar

    Our Harddrive in RAID-Unit,
    hallowed be your name,
    your filetransmit come,
    your data be acurate,
    on RAID as in single use.
    Give us today our daily IAM.
    Forgive us our dirty uploads
    as we forgive those who do not tolerate us.
    Save us from the censorship
    and deliver us from conformity.

    For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours
    now and for ever.

    Amen.

  31. bena Avatar

    what religion is that?

    i NEED iam back online! i’ve looked in this forum like every fifth minute today!

  32. raevyn Avatar

    Give us today our daily IAM.
    Forgive us our dirty uploads
    as we forgive those who do not tolerate us.
    Save us from the censorship
    and deliver us from conformity.

    LOVE IT.

  33. Eternal_Ice Avatar

    Agreed #80, best comment ever…

  34. SNR Avatar
    SNR

    Yeah I might need permission (chmod o=rx prayer.INKstar) to use that at least once a day please 🙂

  35. electric heart Avatar

    It feels like its been forever, but INKstar, you definitely made my day. I don’t know how many times ive said that prayer in my life haha but you made it entertaining

  36. Bill Avatar

    MSN I NIIPET
    MSN

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