New donation goal

The site is hosted by Linode and costs $864 yearly.

Update Sep 2022:
– The Paypal account is linked to Linode
– The counter is being constantly updated (it will go up&down according to the donations and payments)
– The counter goal is set to $864
– Related forum thread: Donations and hosting payments

Update Apr 2021:
– backups are allowed for 160GB
the new goals are
– minimum 320GB storage + backup ($1150)
– plan upgrade + backup ($1500 – shown below)



Thanks much again to those who already donated!

$130

You can also support the site at no cost to you by using these links shopping:

Aliexpress or eBay
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Anonymous comments and anonymous image uploading

anonymous latex masksDid you know that anonymous comments and anonymous image uploading are allowed in the blog (unlike the forum)? That means it can work as an anonymous image board. What might be convenient for those who do not like registering.

Any ideas what the subjects/topics (legal, please 😉 ) can be? So I can create posts with corresponding titles.

Paradigm shifts, cognitive dissonances, or how to use this site

mushroom butt-plugA couple of weeks ago I learned something new about diaries. Something I have never thought about. Diaries are like toilets or garbage containers – you dump your thoughts there, so they do not bother you anymore. Diaries are not for rereading, recollecting or reflecting, they are containers to keep stuck programs, that are eating your CPU cycles, winding up your energy bill.

In other words, usually I think way too much and way too long about posting something, and in the end, the posts are never published. They are either “eating my brain” or sitting in the draft folder forever, because I can’t figure out how to complete them. Familiar, isn’t it? So, finally, my first dump 😀

You may have noticed that the blog is not updated as often (mmm… one-two post a year?) as, say, 5 years ago (one-two posts a day?). Lost interest? Hmmm… No. Check the forum. My average “speed” is 5 posts a day. But there are reasons indeed.

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The server/site has been upgraded!

Yesterday the site was moved to a new server! Now we have 2GB of RAM (was 1GB), 8 core E5-2650L Xeon @1.8GHz 20MB cache CPU (was 4 core L5520 Xeon @ 2.27GHz 8MB cache), 48 GB or storage space (was 40GB), 4TB(!!!!) of monthly transfer (was 400GB), 10Gb/s Ethernet infrastructure (was 1Gb/s), new disks with more cache.

Not bad, huh? The most important upgrade is the RAM. One extra Gigabyte allows more possible connections and more cache (APC, pagespeed, MySQL). Not much, actually, you may not even notice the improvements (I think the latency decreased by 10-15%), but now we have more breathing space, more overload protection, more stability and almost unlimited bandwidth.

For example, as long as nobody’s ripping the whole site (I immediately block such IP addresses), the PHP content is served entirely from the APC cache (100% hit rate)!

See also Site performance, Server errors, outages and tunings

Do not use free image hosting services

I should’ve done it earlier, but since everything was working fine I decided to wait and concentrate on updates. But bloody Photobucket changed the way they addressed thumbnails, and as a result all linked pics disappeared from posts.

I’m removing everything related to these morons (who block classic art should a naked breast appear there), but it’s gonna take days.

That’s another lesson about the same rule – do not use free image hosting services. Sooner or later they will betray you.

Bondage Awards 2012 and annual report

You may remember that LikeRa.com was nominated in three categories. Here’s the result :

bondageAwards_3rdbondageAwards_honorable_mentionBest bondage How-To: 3d place
Best bondage blog: 7th place
Best free bondage web-site: no results yet

Thanks to all who voted! Without your support it could not have happened!

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The Bondage awards 2012 nomination

Updated on Oct 27, 2012 @ 03:24: The voting has begun! You can vote for this site DAILY! But you have to register first (yes, I know…).

The site is nominated in the following categories:

Thanks for voting!

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Tweaking the web-server again

Updated on Oct 21, 2012 @ 16:20:: Completed. I will continue to experiment with minor tweaks, but no major shutdowns are expected. See also Site performance, Server errors, outages and tunings
And yes, 1GB RAM is not enough 😉

Updated on Oct 20, 2012 @ 19:02: upgraded OS to the latest release. Looks like everything is still working. Next step is to make an attempt to migrate from MPM ITK + mod_php to MPM Worker (or even Events) + fcgid. Way too many things to consider … Or possibly Nginx? 😉

Published on: Oct 20, 2012 @ 15:07: I’m going to take the web-server apart again. No particular time. Just be aware and “reload” a minute later if the site is not responding.