We’re back to normal.
We’ve resumed our normal operations, thanks to Obama killing SOPA for now (according to this Forbes article). While we were going to protest along with other sites like reddit, since this news has surfaced, we’ve called our protest against SOPA off.
SOPA is dead, but who knows what might happen yet – the debate (in the US) is still on the table, and we’ll keep you posted on any updates.
January 18th: Coburn’s Domain Blackout Edition
Simply put: On January 18th, from 8am to 8pm EST (US Time), Coburn’s Domain will be blacked out. Or censored, if you like. This will only last for the specified time frame, and we’ll be back after the time frame has passed.
Even though I (Coburn) am a Australian, when the Stop Online Piracy Act was announced, I knew that if that act was introduced into the online world, that the internet would be doomed.
Merry Xmas from the Coburn’s Domain crew!
As I write this, I’m half-perked on Pepsi and feeling a little blue after eating too much chicken, on behalf of all the Coburn’s Domain staff team, I wish you a Merry Christmas.
Also, we’ve turned two! That’s right, Coburn’s Domain is 2 years old. It was 2009 when it entered the battlefield on the internet from it’s protected beta form, and I didn’t know what it would be up against. 2 years on and we’re not dead. Sure, we might have a small userbase, but that’s one of the things that makes us unique.
Plugin & Site Updates
No site is ever bug-free, and regular maintenance is a must to keep systems running at peak performance. We’ve identified a few problems and addressed them as follows:
Firstly, we had 2 spambots pass through the registration page on the website. Since we mail you a password upon registration, those bots didn’t have time to strike. We’ve installed a plugin to monitor the situation, and it should be rather effective.
Coburn’s Domain Launches our own Team Fortress 2 Server!
If you don’t check the founder’s twitter (@coburn64), you may not have known that a Team Fortress 2 Server was quietly on the to-do list. Well, we’ve made this possible, harnessing the power of a old laptop* that we had kicking around in the storage room.
At the moment, we have capacity for just 6 players, which is ideal for 3v3 matches. As we get more bandwidth, we’ll expand to a maximum of 12 players (hopefully).
Coburn’s Domain launches Nintendo 3DS Hacking Wiki; let’s hack that Nintendo 3DS
The Nintendo 3DS Hacking Wiki is a wiki deciated to portable freedom on the recently released Nintendo 3DS. By portable freedom, we mean, custom software (also known as homebrew) running on the 3DS, such as console emulation, movie players, system software mods and 3DS Linux, just to name a few.
The 3DS Hacking Wiki can be found here, at http://3ds.coburndomain.net. Of course, it’ll be a slow start, but if we all pitch in and help out, before we know it, we’ll have homebrew running on our 3DS consoles. See you there!
Our new IRC Channel is ready to go!
Feeling bored or just want to chill out with the Coburn’s Domain crew? Well, we’ve got our new channel all set up and ready to go. For the people who don’t like clicking on the IRC Chat page, they can input the following info into their IRC client (mIRC, Xchat, Colloquy, irssi and countless others) and join the discussion:
IRC Server: irc.rizon.net (automatically connects to a server closest to your location)
Channel: #CoburnDomain
We aren’t dead…
No, we’re still alive and kicking. I, myself, have been quite busy working on Coburn’s Domain 4. It’s coming along nicely.
I have also been promoted to editor status in the fan-subbing group we do mobile releases for (Shini-Subs), but that won’t affect my time that I have to code Coburn’s Domain 4.
We’ve got some more content in the works plus some mobile releases of anime fansubs, so stay tuned. Don’t forget to say “Hi!” on our Message Boards.