News Item - January 29, 2002 07:36 PM
Lots of things to cover in the new year. I'm unemployed right now, so I'm spending some time in the background cleaning things up no the site & prepping 350Zforum.com for some real use this year.
1. RIDES: These people have had RIDES pages waiting to be started for who knows how long (by member number):
12633 142 15330 15631 16239 17564 17699 17720 18031 18138 18209 18230 1832 18735 18936 19022 19792 1994 20352 20820 21162 22979 234 2525 25446 26197 26312 26352 26358 26380 29094 29575 30908 31321 34755 35812 37142 38143 38707 3894 40086 586 7015
So that's over forty RIDES pages that are waiting...
2. Buzz has been helping with FAQ/TECH items, unfortunately his computer crashed hard & he's having to redo a lot of work. If he asks for pictures or info again, please re-send so we can try and get caught up on this.
3. I'm starting to plan out what we're going to do for the national convention this year. I'll be assembling a committee to handle planning. If you want to volunteer (and are in the San Antonio/TX area), send me mail please. Plan on at least a dinner meet on Wednesday, June 19th (after the car show)... that's what we're going to start with if we can pull this together. There will be some surveys shortly so we can get things set up.
4. Once again, the static to content ratio is getting out of control. E-mail truly is overrated & chat needs to go to chat/IM/ICQ or just not be posted. I'm getting tired of sounding like a bitchy old schoolteacher telling everyone to shut up when you've got nothing to say all the time... it's a drag already. Moderators are being asked to start trimming the 'fat' out of threads.
5. 'Drunk' and other substance induced posts will be deleted ASAP, as will any posts with discussion about whatever controlled substance. Do I really need to explain this? This is a car forum, think about it (if you're capable). Repeated stupidity on your part will get you kicked from the site.
6. We'll be taking on new moderators soon, a lot of our current staff has moved on etc. and we need to be playing full strength with springtime right around the corner.
Written by Dallas DamonZ
News Item - November 17, 2001 04:29 PM
Who is going to the National Z convention in 2002? I'm going because I'm hosting the Japanese Ultimate Z Club members that are coming over. I was just looking at the convention schedule and realized this thing is lame. Like 1 event a day for 6 flipping days... *sigh* it's June 17th-22nd. Why can't this be a 4 day event or less? The Japanese convention in October was 2 days. 2 very good days. Compact and efficient. OK, granted it was the first year for it, but I just don't see a point in 6 days worth of emptiness. OK, rant=off. Instead of just complaining about it, I want to do something to fix it for us at least! I'm proposing a tt.NET dinner/party/demo of genic's turbo beer bong on Wednesday night the 19th. It's a freshly hatched idea, but I'm sure we can string something together. My biggest problem is I'm not in San Antonio, or overly familiar with the layout of the convention there. So I'm not sure what's available to us... maybe a ballroom at the hotel, maybe go somewhere else, I don't know. What I do know is I want to shake a lot of member's hands in San Antonio and show the Japanese how we do things on tt.NET and this would be the best way to do it! I want to assemble a convention task force to handle the arrangements. Anyone interested in helping put this together, particularly from the SA area, send me e-mail please!
News Item - November 06, 2001 11:35 AM
Our 5(M)illionth hit on the site! Another milestone passed in rapid pace. Our winner in the contest to be # 5,000,000 was won by jbz32. Congrats Josh, we'll be in contact soon!!
Nov 06, 2001 11:31 a 4999995 Bob in Oz Nov 06, 2001 11:31 a 4999996 SpeedyZX Nov 06, 2001 11:31 a 4999997 SpeedyZX Nov 06, 2001 11:31 a 4999998 slickB Nov 06, 2001 11:31 a 4999999 Steven (TN) Nov 06, 2001 11:31 a 5000000 jbz32!!!!! Nov 06, 2001 11:31 a 5000001 slickB Nov 06, 2001 11:31 a 5000002 Hungryjack Nov 06, 2001 11:31 a 5000003 UNKNOWN NEWBIE! Hasn't logged on before!!! Nov 06, 2001 11:31 a 5000004 slickB
News Item - September 12, 2001 02:29 PM
In light of the tragic events on 9/11/01, we have decided to open up donations for the Red Cross to be submitted on behalf of the membership of TwinTurbo.NET. We have placed a specific donation item on the store page for your contribution. All proceeds will be forwarded to the Red Cross at a date to be determined, along with a list of names of all the donors.
A crisis like this makes us all stop and take a moment to consider what is really important in each of our lives. While we are joined by the common love of a specific vehicle and that camaraderie has allowed us to create our own special community, we feel that it is time to utilize the community for a greater good. Please join with us and help us support the rescue and rebuilding efforts that have affected so many lives by supporting the Red Cross through this forum.
Thanks for your support and may your God bless each of you and the United States in this time of mourning.
Written by Greg (Dallas)
News Item - August 01, 2001 07:24 PM
Most of us know Logik on a more personal level then other members. He's been around these parts for a long time now, and during that time spent here with him, we've come to know about his mother's battle with multiple sclerosis. Sadly, she passed away over the weekend. Alex, Greg & I had discussions about what we might do in memory of her from his friends on the forum. We think the most fitting thing to do is exactly what Logik asked us to do over the weekend, make a donation to the M.S. Society in her name, Carol A. Piper. Their phone number is (412)261-6347 9-5EST M-F. Please ring their phone off the hook and donate in her name. We can make a difference in this world for someone that really needs our help......
R.I.P. Mrs. Piper, I'm sure you're in a better place now and keeping an loving eye out for your family... any maybe even the rest of us if we were so lucky.
Thanks
News Item - July 17, 2001 09:44 PM
In an effort to catch up with routine duties around here, I got RIDES up to date. If you've submitted pics for RIDES pages, go edit your profile. If it fails, the you need to re-submit pics.. Sorry, for any host of reasons they didn't make it through. Please re-read the FAQ on submitting pics and adhere to it by the letter. Thanks.
If you haven't done it yet, visit the TwinTurbo.NET store and buy something. ;-) Good stuff and it helps keep the wheels on the site for your enjoyment.. things like this:
The fakey UBB view is now available here.
Just don't just happen on their own.
BTW if you're a professional web designer, or *really* good at web design, send me an e-mail... we're looking for new themes for the site. Maybe a totally new default look.
News Item - June 27, 2001 05:44 PM
The chatter on the forum needs to end now, especially after today. It's really dragging the site down. We're glad some of you get along so well together... but it needs to move off this site. IM, ICQ, E-mail or the chat room here (yes, we know it's not firewall friendly) are all alternatives we encourage you to use for chat. We've worked too hard on this site to make it the best and most popular Z site on the 'net to allow it to turn into another chat board like so many other automotive sites that just flat out stink. The admins let them get too far down the slippery slope of what's the norm. Not going to happen here. Moderators have been instructed to start deleting any and all messages that turns into chat. If you have an issue with this, I suggest you start looking for your own alternative before we force ours. Our alternative is giving everyone a vacation like we did last year. I don't mean to threaten, but it's really getting tiring when we're spending more and more time deleting things that really have no purpose for the betterment of the community. Please think before posting a new message or replying to a thread if what you're adding isn't better suited for one of the alternate communication channels I mentioned earlier. Let's be a little more focused on the car that brought us together and not posting our own or each other's personal issues.
News Item - May 02, 2001 03:49 PM
Our ISP had a router problem last night - right after tech support went home for the evening. I really hate it when that happens. Oh yeah, then the entire neighborhood lost power for most of today. When will the fun ever end?
Written by Steve Simmons
News Item - April 10, 2001 08:09 PM
Sigh! The speed is killing me, I'm sure it's not any better for the rest of you. We're still working on a solution to get this thing flying again like it was back in January when we first moved it.
As far as all the Classifieds transactions gone bad and ending up on the forums lately: We offer the Classifieds section as a free service to you as a member here. No, it's not going to a pay situation. If anything it will just go away. Yes, a couple bad apples can ruin the bunch if you don't take steps to protect yourself as a buyer. Just because someone is a member here, doesn't mean we've done any background on them to make certain they are on the up & up. I have made some changes where VTD on the Classified page take very few votes to remove a message now, making self moderation against perceived 'bad apples' more efficient. If you have an issue with someone's ads in Classifieds, click Vote to Delete please. Sorry, messages to warn other people in Classifieds will be removed. It's a complicated situation for us, but in a nutshell, there's not a way for the 'defendant' to make a follow up statement to the 'plaintiff's' claims against them. To make claims against someone whether true or false in a fashion where they are unable to rebut those claims just isn't going to work out. I want *you*, the member and buyer from other members in the Classifieds section to read through this:
TwinTurbo.NET provides this service for our members to buy and sell Z related products. TwinTurbo.NET takes precautions necessary to ensure that Sellers are legitimate by requiring a phone number, e-mail, name, city, state, and zip which is automatically appended to any posts. However, TwinTurbo.NET is not responsible for any false information that is presented by unscrupulous individuals. Please only buy from people for which you can verify a working phone number and E-mail account & feel comfortable doing business with. For larger purchases, an escrow company might make things more comfortable, www.IEscrow.com for example. Remember, Buyer Beware.
That's what has always appeared at the top of the Classifieds section. Maybe I need to stick it every Classified ad as well.... Let's read that again:
Please only buy from people for which you can verify a working phone number and E-mail account & feel comfortable doing business with. For larger purchases, an escrow company might make things more comfortable, www.IEscrow.com for example. Remember, Buyer Beware.
We don't like people using our web site to rip off other people, but we can't afford the time or effort to do something you should do for yourself in the first place. We'd love to be able to, but it's not practical at this point in time. We have larger issues to deal with (back to point 1 about site speed). If you want to air grievances on the General forum, that's your prerogative, just make sure you shoot absolutely straight and try to be as objective as possible.
News Item - April 07, 2001 08:39 PM
Couple items:
1. We've updated Bookmarks to track both the Technical forum as it always has, but also the General forum in similar fashion. Since we made the General forum searchable, bookmarks needed to work as well. Remember, we're still maintaining both forums for what they are. Please post Technical questions in the Technical forum and the General messages in the General forum. Seems simple enough, but it's amazing how many people just post whatever, wherever.
2. Little old TwinTurbo.NET got some magazine exposure! Go buy the May 2001 issue of Sport Compact Car and thumb over to page 68 to see what they had to say about us... OK, maybe it's not exciting to read. Just dropping in and scanning content doesn't expose someone to the greatness of tt.NET. You know it & I know it... the members here keep things moving and there's always something new and exciting to read on every visit. Like a soap opera, it takes more then one visit to start to get into it. But, like they say, any pub is good pub!
3. Looks like the speed issue (VeriZon data tariff issue, read below) is at a dead end. We're being told it can't be fixed until August. Just guess what we have to say about that... Anyway, we're working on an alternative to the absolutely substandard connection we're on right now for something bigger and faster (or at least get what we're paying for).
