Blog Archive
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Changes to ChanServ regarding cloaks
edk on 2020-11-28
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[Scheduled Maintenance] Services database spring cleaning
Fuchs on 2020-02-22
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Private Internet Access and the freenode project
christel on 2019-11-23
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Matrix GDPR access request data overshare
edk on 2019-08-11
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Moving webchat to Kiwi IRC
Fuchs, ilbelkyr on 2019-06-22
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ircd-seven 1.1.8
edk on 2019-06-17
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freenode Next Gen Tor Hidden Service
dax on 2019-05-04
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freenode #live 2018 is a wrap, thank YOU!
christel on 2018-11-04
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Did you hear? freenode #live is coming to town!
mattl from Handshake on 2018-10-01
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Spam filtering
edk on 2018-09-24
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Continued and persistent spambot attack and clarification
christel on 2018-08-06
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Current spambot attack on freenode (and elsewhere)
christel on 2018-07-27
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freenode #live 2018: Welcoming (some of) this year's keynote speakers
christel on 2018-07-13
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freenode Security Update: Reused Password Attack
christel on 2018-06-29
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freenode and irc.com
christel on 2018-06-22
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Announcement: jobs.freenode.net - New Service
christel on 2018-06-06
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Services maintenance and password security
ilbelkyr on 2018-05-26
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Updated Privacy Policy
christel on 2018-05-24
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Channel moderation and channel topics
christel on 2018-05-14
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freenode #live 2018 - Call for Proposals now open!
christel on 2018-02-26
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Celebrating FOSS, and twenty years of Open Source
christel on 2018-02-05
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"Joe-Job" spam on other networks referring to freenode
bigpresh on 2017-12-05
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On Shadowbans
edk on 2017-11-15
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freenode #live - even more confirmed speakers
bigpresh on 2017-08-25
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freenode #live - more confirmed speakers
bigpresh on 2017-08-23
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Spambot attack
christel on 2017-08-17
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freenode #live - Opening Keynote
christel on 2017-07-24
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freenode at DEFCON25
christel on 2017-07-24
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Exhibiting at freenode #live
christel on 2017-07-18
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freenode #live - Registration and CFP now open
christel on 2017-07-13
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Policy Updates
christel on 2017-06-29
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PIA and freenode joining forces
christel on 2017-04-12
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Django AMA
Swant on 2017-02-17
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Django and freenode
Tim Graham (timograham) on 2017-02-08
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Fedora AMA
Nathan Handler (nhandler) on 2017-01-21
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New Year, New freenode
christel on 2017-01-03
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Happy New Year!
christel on 2016-12-31
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Celebrating Fedora 25 with freenode
Justin W. Flory (jflory7) on 2016-12-21
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A brief security update from the infrastructure team
christel on 2016-12-20
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freenode Community Team
Swant on 2016-10-18
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Resurrecting Tor, continued
christel on 2016-09-18
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Resurrecting tor-sasl
edk on 2016-09-05
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Happy Birthday to the World Wide Web
Swant on 2016-08-06
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A Reminder
edk on 2016-07-18
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Help protect net neutrality in the EU
edk on 2016-07-04
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AFD quiz
mniip on 2016-04-01
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New Website
christel on 2016-03-22
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Recent Events and Future Changes
spb on 2016-02-19
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The New Policies
spb on 2016-02-19
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Services database purge
mrmist on 2015-09-18
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Helping GNOME defend its trademark
christel on 2014-11-11
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Atheme 7.2 and freenode
tomaw on 2014-11-08
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User-enabled sendpass
njan on 2014-10-29
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Server Issues: Update
Pricey on 2014-10-15
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Server issues
mrmist on 2014-09-13
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New extban: $j
Pricey on 2014-06-18
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April 1st 2014, Followup
yano on 2014-04-26
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Heartbleed
Pricey on 2014-04-15
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+freenode
Pricey on 2014-04-01
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Turbulence
njan on 2014-02-03
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Reminder: Keep your NickServ email up to date.
Pricey on 2013-08-09
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Server hosting and trust
christel on 2013-07-22
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Fosscon, an open source conference in Philadelphia PA, Saturday August 10th
JonathanD on 2013-07-17
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New TLS/SSL Channel Modes & Webchat Features
Pricey on 2013-06-27
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Over 9000 * 10
RichiH on 2013-05-24
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The good, the bad, and the ugly...
christel on 2013-05-14
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April 1st 2013, the aftermath
RichiH on 2013-04-09
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Insert witty title here
RichiH on 2013-03-31
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Bye bye PDPC
RichiH on 2013-03-19
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Happy 2013, hope you had a good 2012
RichiH on 2012-12-31
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Upgrade and database prune completed
mrmist on 2012-06-16
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Group Registration Closure
mrmist on 2012-06-09
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Services upgrade and database prune
mrmist on 2012-06-09
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Fosscon 2012, Saturday August 11th in Philadelphia PA
JonathanD on 2012-06-09
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April 1st, the aftermath
RichiH on 2012-04-15
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Database prune
Martinp23 on 2012-04-06
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Help us test our services upgrade!
Pricey on 2012-04-06
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80k...
RichiH on 2012-04-02
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April Fool's Day!
Martinp23 on 2012-04-02
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Network wide policy privacy change
JonathanD on 2012-04-01
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planet.freenode.net
RichiH on 2012-03-10
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At dawn, we ride for FOSDEM Castle
RichiH on 2012-02-02
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Defocus''s visit to the opticians: new guidelines
Martinp23 on 2012-01-29
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On SOPA/PIPA
RichiH on 2012-01-18
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Focus on #defocus
mrmist on 2011-12-30
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Merry Christmas
christel on 2011-12-23
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ircd upgrades
Martinp23 on 2011-10-31
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New GRF-freenode process
Martinp23 on 2011-09-17
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Wednesday Server Updates
JonathanD on 2011-09-13
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IRCD Upgrades
christel on 2011-09-07
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Fixing #defocus
christel on 2011-08-31
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A short mention on Mibbit
tomaw on 2011-08-14
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Fosscon 2011: Philadelphia Pennsylvania, 23rd July, 2011.
JonathanD on 2011-07-14
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This is a public service announcement...
RichiH on 2011-05-28
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The Cat Enigma!
njan on 2011-04-03
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April 1st, the aftermatch
RichiH on 2011-04-02
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Important service announcement regarding #defocus
RichiH on 2011-04-01
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Change in nick expiry times
RichiH on 2011-03-11
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Default port for IRC via TLS/SSL (hint: it''s 6697)
RichiH on 2011-02-23
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PDPC Fundraiser 2011
Martinp23 on 2011-02-14
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Sponsorship Roundup
Martinp23 on 2011-02-13
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freenode 70k
RichiH on 2011-01-31
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We are going to FOSDEM
RichiH on 2011-01-30
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Happy Holidays!
christel on 2010-12-24
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Be Safe Out There
jayne on 2010-11-14
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Further webchat issues
Martinp23 on 2010-10-18
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Webchat downtime
Martinp23 on 2010-10-02
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Java webclient decommissioning
Martinp23 on 2010-08-04
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Fosscon 2010 Free and Open Source Software Conference.
JonathanD on 2010-06-15
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Group Registration Form verifications
Martinp23 on 2010-06-12
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freenode webchat changes
JonathanD on 2010-06-10
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Groups Advisory Board
Martinp23 on 2010-04-03
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fosscon 2010 and Northeast US geeknic++ camping trip
JonathanD on 2010-03-16
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Yes, we are going to FOSDEM
RichiH on 2010-02-03
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freenode is dead, long live freenode
christel on 2010-01-30
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Connecting to freenode using Tor: SASL
Martinp23 on 2010-01-29
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Migration to ircd-seven.
JonathanD on 2010-01-26
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Javascript spam
JonathanD on 2010-01-17
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ircd Migration Sat Jan 30th 2010
JonathanD on 2010-01-14
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Happy New Year 2010
christel on 2009-12-31
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December 15th DDoS
JonathanD on 2009-12-15
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December 8 2009 Connectivity Issues and Netsplits
JonathanD on 2009-12-08
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DCC spam, and how to handle it.
JonathanD on 2009-11-20
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Testing the nets
JonathanD on 2009-11-09
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When bots go bad..
christel on 2009-11-01
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Free as in freenode
JonathanD on 2009-09-15
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Web chat updates
tomaw on 2009-07-26
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fossevents.org
JonathanD on 2009-07-06
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Possible SORBS closure
tomaw on 2009-06-22
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New freenode webchat (and why to use it)
JonathanD on 2009-06-19
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We want YOU!
christel on 2009-06-17
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freenode Network Services Cleanup and Changes.
JonathanD on 2009-06-11
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[Scheduled Maintenance] Services database clear-out.
christel on 2009-06-09
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Free-as-in-Node episode 5 released!
JonathanD on 2009-05-29
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SouthEast LinuxFest (SELF) 2009
JonathanD on 2009-05-20
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Summer of Geeknics Off to a Great Start!
JonathanD on 2009-04-20
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pdpc and the open source community
JonathanD on 2009-04-18
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Community Leadership Summit - July 18-19th 2009, San Jose, CA.
christel on 2009-04-14
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Wikipedia licensing change?
christel on 2009-04-14
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PHP TestFest
christel on 2009-04-14
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Free-as-in-node episode 3 released!
JonathanD on 2009-04-13
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Geeknics
JonathanD on 2009-04-03
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PDPC Yahoo acquisition
JonathanD on 2009-04-01
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Irssi 0.8.13
christel on 2009-03-31
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free-as-in-node: Episode 2 release
JonathanD on 2009-03-30
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Update on the PDPC 2008/2009 donation campaign (SUCCESS!)
JonathanD on 2009-03-24
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free-as-in-node
JonathanD on 2009-03-17
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2008/2009 fundraiser campaign update
JonathanD on 2009-03-09
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freenode t-shirts
JonathanD on 2009-02-09
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Who Are freenode Staff? (Part 2 of ?)
SportChick on 2009-02-02
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The Beauty of #freenode
SportChick on 2009-01-30
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Happy 15th!
christel on 2009-01-29
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Canonical Pledges Matching Funds
njan on 2009-01-29
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2008/2009 Fundraiser.
christel on 2009-01-05
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Nickserv Access Module Loaded.
christel on 2009-01-05
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
christel on 2008-12-24
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New servers
Martinp23 on 2008-12-20
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Help us test ircd-seven!
christel on 2008-11-02
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[Maintenance] Downtime warning -- lem, orwell
christel on 2008-11-02
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Fundraising for Charity Status!
christel on 2008-10-30
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50,000 Active Users
njan on 2008-09-15
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Change in #defocus policy - and what do you think?
njan on 2008-09-14
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Happy 25th Birthday, GNU!
christel on 2008-09-02
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#freenode: Autovoice Trial
skenmy on 2008-08-28
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Lugradio Live: The grand finale
christel on 2008-07-02
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Who Are freenode Staff? (Part 1 of ?)
SportChick on 2008-06-10
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New Services: Nicknames and Accounts
skenmy on 2008-05-31
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Services Migration
Martinp23 on 2008-05-29
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Registering a channel on freenode
denny on 2008-04-22
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Helping others help you.
numist on 2008-03-22
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Thanks for volunteering!
seanw on 2008-01-16
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Happy holidays!
christel on 2007-12-23
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More blogging about logging...
christel on 2007-12-23
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We are recruiting!
christel on 2007-12-11
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Blogging about logging..
christel on 2007-12-01
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Keeping tabs on channel bans
seanw on 2007-11-18
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A very brief mention of upcoming changes..
christel on 2007-11-11
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Thank you!
christel on 2007-11-04
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freenode has reached 40 000 users
seanw on 2007-08-28
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CIA Bots - 'The Instant Version Control Informants' -- an annoyance?
christel on 2007-08-26
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We're still here!
christel on 2007-08-14
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#freenode & #defocus: an evaluation
seanw on 2007-07-11
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Communicating with the irc Community
SportChick on 2007-05-26
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So much is happening...
christel on 2007-05-22
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Changes to the board structure of the PDPC
christel on 2007-05-22
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All roads lead to #defocus
christel on 2007-05-15
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A Re-/De-focus
SportChick on 2007-05-12
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Silence is Golden: Handling trolls and spammers
SportChick on 2007-05-02
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Upcoming changes to hyperion, our ircd software
nenolod on 2007-04-19
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Getting voice in #freenode-social
seanw on 2007-04-19
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What's your story?
RichiH on 2007-04-06
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Building Bridges
denny on 2007-04-05
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NickServ Is Your Friend
SportChick on 2007-03-24
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PDPC Design Contest!
christel on 2007-03-24
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freenode is about you and don't just take our word for it
RichiH on 2007-02-28
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FOSDEM 2007
RichiH on 2007-02-28
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The Heart and Mind of a Catalyst
SportChick on 2007-02-23
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Group registration with freenode
seanw on 2007-02-16
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Bringing people together?
christel on 2007-02-15
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Here, there be blog posts
RichiH on 2007-02-15
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[Scheduled Maintenance] IRCD upgrade.
christel on 2006-12-22
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[Announcement] Introducing the PDPC board
christel on 2006-11-11
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[Downtime] Unexpected downtime.
christel on 2006-11-02
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Rob Levin, a man who will be greatly missed
christel on 2006-09-23
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[Announcement] Rob Levin has passed away
christel on 2006-09-16
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[Scheduled Maintenance] European Rehubbing
christel on 2006-05-02
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[Announcement] Group registration and fundraising.
christel on 2006-02-20
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Happy New Year!
christel on 2005-12-31
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[Announcement] Network problems
christel on 2005-12-22
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[Announcement] Temporary DNS Change
christel on 2005-12-17
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[Announcement] DNS change
christel on 2005-12-16
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[Scheduled Maintenance] Memory Upgrade
christel on 2005-09-10
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[Scheduled Maintenance] Services Upgrade
christel on 2005-08-30
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[Scheduled Maintenance] IRCD upgrade.
christel on 2005-08-29
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[Announcement] Introducing /stats p
christel on 2005-08-07
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[Scheduled Maintenance] Changes to the scheduled downtime
christel on 2005-06-28
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[Scheduled Maintenance] Rescheduling planned outages
christel on 2005-06-27
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[Scheduled Maintenance] Server Upgrades
christel on 2005-06-20
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[Scheduled Maintenance] Major Server Maintenance
christel on 2005-05-20
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[Scheduled Maintenance] Expected downtime due to software upgrade
christel on 2005-05-20
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[Scheduled Maintenance] Network Outages
christel on 2005-02-02
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[Announcement] Late notice of outages
christel on 2005-01-27
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[Announcement] PDPC Fundraiser
christel on 2005-01-23
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[Scheduled Maintenance] Switch Maintenance
christel on 2004-12-29
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[Scheduled Maintenance] Re-hubbing
christel on 2004-12-18
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[Scheduled Maintenance] Emergency reboot
christel on 2004-11-03
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A couple of items of possible interest.
christel on 2004-10-28
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[Scheduled Maintenance] Upgrading Rotation Servers
christel on 2004-10-11
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[Scheduled Maintenance] Services database clear-out.
christel on 2004-09-08
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[Scheduled Maintenance] Services Downtime
christel on 2004-09-05
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[Scheduled Maintenance] Maintenance and Re-routing
christel on 2004-08-12
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[Announcement] Fundraising Update & Scheduled Maintenance
christel on 2004-07-12
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Fundraising Event
christel on 2004-07-06
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PDPC Fundraiser Event
christel on 2004-07-05
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GCF Delays
christel on 2004-05-17
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Group Contacts
christel on 2004-04-16
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[Announcement] Policy Changes
christel on 2004-04-13
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Customised Project Cloaks
christel on 2004-03-25
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A big thank you to Digium.
christel on 2004-03-19
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[Announcement] Feature Addition, freenode-info.
christel on 2004-03-16
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[Scheduled Maintenance] Bug fixes, expected network disturbances
christel on 2004-02-14
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[Scheduled Maintenance] IRCD Upgrades
christel on 2004-01-31
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Happy Birthday freenode!
christel on 2004-01-27
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[Release] dancer-ircd 1.0.32
christel on 2003-09-01
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Network Status Update
christel on 2003-08-11
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[Scheduled Maintenance] IRCD Upgrade
christel on 2003-08-03
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Hubbing Problems
christel on 2003-07-21
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Dropping unused and expired nick and channel registrations.
christel on 2003-06-05
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[Announcement] Polling for statistics
christel on 2003-06-05
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New IRC Server Code Approaches Release
christel on 2003-05-28
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Pre-release -- dancer-ircd 1.0.32
christel on 2003-05-19
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[Announcement] Additional FAQ items
christel on 2003-04-25
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[Scheduled Maintenance] Rehubbing
christel on 2003-04-17
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Server Hosting
christel on 2003-04-10
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Expired Nicks/Channels Purge
christel on 2003-03-16
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Happy New Year 2003!
christel on 2003-01-01
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Hubbing Issues
christel on 2002-10-02
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Server Issues
christel on 2002-10-01
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Updates to Policy Document
christel on 2002-09-11
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Welcome FSF and GNU!
christel on 2002-08-26
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Open Projects is now freenode!
christel on 2002-08-14