At around 6:45am on Thursday January 28th, I was aroused by my girlfriend who smelled smoke. I ran into the lab and saw the ceiling fan was missing and the ceiling had a large hole with flames in it. The room above had an electrical fault with set the whole room on fire. Firemen put the fire out, but the lab (my home) was destroyed. Insurance says it will be months before I can move back in and that most of the units in the server rack were not covered as they had a “data processing” limit of $1,500. Sadly, we were just about to release software for Google Android and we were head on in our new show Taming the Electron. I apologize to those who actually relied on our servers for shells and storage. We have suffered a huge loss, even though we made it out of the emergency alive. I buried three pets 2 days ago. WeakNet was my life, my life’s work and my proudest investment. To stand in the snow and watch things get destroyed by fire and water was something that will probably haunt me forever.
This can only make us stronger and we will not stop releasing media and software. Please stay posted and watch our RSS feeds, even if we have long delays. Thank you all.
~Trevelyn
January 31st, 2010 at 11:32 pm
Wow, I’m incredibly sorry to hear about your losses. You don’t know me or anything like that, but I’ve used your sites and followed your tutorials for awhile, always finding them extremely useful. Best of luck through this tough time,
Dave
February 1st, 2010 at 1:01 am
Wow, that is horrible. I am really sorry to hear that.
February 2nd, 2010 at 4:25 pm
Better build strongunflammablenet next time
February 2nd, 2010 at 6:35 pm
Damn man that’s a hard blow to take sorry for your loss and I hope you don’t get discouraged to rebuild.
February 3rd, 2010 at 7:26 am
Thank you all, I will be back in full swing, i’m sure, once I get moved back in.
February 6th, 2010 at 4:46 am
Man!!! I’m so sorry to hear about your tragedy…. I have been following you for a while now and I’m shocked by this. My heart goes out to you and your loved ones…. As always… Please, if I can be of any assistance to you…. Don’t hesitate to speak up! I feel I somewhat owe what little Linux knowledge I have to you and WeaknetLabs…. Thanks and hope to see you bounce back soon!
February 21st, 2010 at 7:02 pm
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February 22nd, 2010 at 6:06 pm
Can I get an, 000000wn3d? Sorry, had to. Suck it up you big puss. It’s not like you have a brain tumor. Glass half full! Glass half full!1.
Now build it bigger and better. Be Haitian mon.
The pets are a shame though.