BayW is undergoing major maintenance – we are upgrading to phpBB3 as you read this announcement. The conversion process is 70% finished and the rest of it should be done very soon. Be patient, bear with us, and we will be finished with this as quickly as possible.

The upgrade will fix our issues with the search engine. It will resolve the problem we have been having with internal errors. And it will provide all our users with more functions.

Bear in mind, the upgrade will not be added anytime soon, it will be done and selected group of users will be allowed to test the forum, share their opinion, and whence we have a consensus on it, it will be made default.

As expected we hit some problems with relaunching the site, these things are never the easiest to do, but many man hours spent reconfiguring server settings and getting things to the acceptable standard set by the admin team, we are moments from going live again!

The website has been restored, the database has been restored and the server switched! We are literally adding the finishing few touches required to go live right now.

I thank you for all your patience and for those who have offered us words of encouragement and help during our downtime. Sorry for any inconvenience caused but sometimes these things can not be helped.

See you on the board.

BayW Admin

Great news! BayW has successfully sourced yet another high spec'd server, now comes the boring part. We have already started the setup and configuration but this is a lengthy process which needs to be done in unison with our server hosts.

If all goes to plan with no hiccups we aim to have BayW back online in time for the weekend! Fingers crossed.

BayW Admin

BayW is experiencing some unexpected downtime, as soon as we know more we will post back and keep you all updated.

BayW Admin team

[Update 10/05/2011]

BayW is on the move, we are negotiating a new server host. As you can imagine this is a long tiresome process, so hang in there, more updates and ETA's to come soon!

BayW Admin team

We are having some problems with our bandwidth provider and are working to resolve this issue as soon as possible.

Update: 9:41 AM (NYC) - We have received words from the data-center the server should be back online in thirty-minutes.

BayW is back online, if you are unable to access it or still unable to connect, just flush your DNS and it should work beautifully.

The Google + Project

We all use Gmail to send and receive emails; in the old days (not that long ago) we used to use Yahoo mail until the advent of Gmail. Today, anyone with an online profile is using Facebook. Facebook like Yahoo Mail dominate the social network sphere of the Internet. And it does not have any formidable competitors -- that could change in matter of months.

When Gmail was released it had better offerings: 1 gigabyte of storage, a search engine to search all your emails, and a much cleaner, less adsey interface, no other email provider at the time offered so much.

In that same way Google has created Google Plus which is a Facebook killer. Why? It embodies all the ideas, plans, and strategies that Gmail at the start used to decimate Yahoo mail: invite only for now, better design, more efficient to use, has more privacy (most users have been yearning for it). Google + like Gmail has a better interface and design and no ads compared to FB. Check this video and see what I mean.

If the past is any indication Google Plus will overtake Facebook.

I use the VLC player and it works amazingly. Here is a video so you can do what I do. It is by far the best way to listen to the radio only second to clicking the link on the corner and having it automatically play. Here is how, watch the video.

The BayW radio plays everything -- seriously -- we play everything even tracks from 1920s as well as playing the latest songs from the greatest artists it has something for everyone. Give it a shot.

If you don't fall in love with the radio you have no heart.