Radical Transparency

We are in the warehouse!!!

I've been exploring the warehouse for the last few days, and all the discs that haven't been shipped are still here. There are also quite a few computers and LOTS of usb optical drives. I've been organizing the wareheouse a lot, and am trying to get it set up to rip discs to re enable streaming.

I've updated the dev website again, it is now running on the large server in the datacenter in Utah. You will now be able to see album artwork and track listings for your discs.

I ran into some problems while exploring the warehouse and checking discs. Many of the CDs that have been returned are not marked as returned in the database. It the next few days I'm going to be checking up on several things that I was unaware of. To restart streaming and download access it's critical that I know which items are in the warehouse.

The closing on the permanent warehouse in Arkansas has been postponed again due to the sellers issues getting clear title. It is now scheduled for Feb 21st.

Insurance has been paid for, and is now pending. We will have access as soon as the certificate of insurance is issued.

The dev server is up now at https://dev.murfie.com and users can log in and see a listing of discs the database lists as belonging to them.

Server install was delayed until today, but the OS is installed, and setup has begun.

Live streaming is going well.

The landlord has not given us access to the warehouse yet. It is likely that they are waiting for us to obtain insurance, which we have not been able to do yet. We were told by the company that previously insured Murfie that the old underwriter no longer wished to insure Murfie and that the premium would likely be over $10,000. Other insurers have declined to write a commercial policy lasting only the 2 months we need it for. The property management company handling communication between us and the building owner is not open on the weekend, so it will likely be Feb 3rd before we find out exactly what the hold up is, and can try to work something out.

We have rented a rack in a datacenter in Utah, and a dedicated server has been purchased. It is scheduled for install on Monday Feb 3rd. (some drive bays were lost in shipping, or it would have been installed earlier)

Re-writing the website is going smoothly, and there are no technical problems anticipated. The re-write is significantly faster, and looks almost identical to the old site so far.