<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' version='2.0'><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503107523843755730</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:49:50 +0000</lastBuildDate><title>Richard's Animorphs Forum - RAF Blog</title><description>Your backstage pass into Richard's Animorphs Forum.</description><link>http://blog.animorphsforum.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Richard)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>233</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503107523843755730.post-6644674102083185908</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:41:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-06T20:49:50.189-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>raf donate</category><title>Thanks to Adam for his second donation!</title><atom:summary type='text'>
Adam has donated a second time. He is now #1 on the donator leader-board. </atom:summary><link>http://blog.animorphsforum.com/2009/01/thanks-to-adam-for-his-second-donation.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Richard)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503107523843755730.post-7563945470130506813</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-06T17:01:21.710-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>raf down</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>raf issues</category><title>An Actual Scheduled Downtime</title><atom:summary type='text'>I was just contacted by HostGator; they're willing to look into my problem further.The forum will be turned off anytime in the very near future, and I hope to have it back up soon. This will facilitate the move back to HostGator.Update: move complete.</atom:summary><link>http://blog.animorphsforum.com/2009/01/actual-scheduled-downtime.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Richard)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503107523843755730.post-4760503579184618263</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-05T12:00:01.411-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>raf tips</category><title>TIP: Change Time on RAF Forum</title><atom:summary type='text'>Is the forum time on RAF wrong?Simple solution:You can try clicking on Auto detect; if that doesn't work input the difference between what your time is now, and what the forum is saying. Say for example the time is 7pm where you are, and the forum is saying 6pm. In the box, type -1.</atom:summary><link>http://blog.animorphsforum.com/2009/01/tip-change-time-on-raf-forum.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Richard)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503107523843755730.post-4776033001789726844</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:42:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-03T22:17:43.672-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>personal</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>raf issues</category><title>Richard Joins Twitter</title><atom:summary type='text'>


That's right. This is for all those who use Twitter. Follow me here.
I will use twitter to update mostly on downtimes, and statuses.</atom:summary><link>http://blog.animorphsforum.com/2009/01/richard-joins-twitter.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Richard)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503107523843755730.post-8267656798332959576</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-03T09:28:19.260-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>audiobooks</category><title>Animorphs Audiobook Project - rising from the dead</title><atom:summary type='text'>I was just informed by mrguy36 that the Animorphs Audiobook Project is looking to get going again. Have a look at their production plan, and if you want to join, or assist in any way, just see the board.</atom:summary><link>http://blog.animorphsforum.com/2009/01/animorphs-audiobook-project-rising-from.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Richard)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503107523843755730.post-5264883995794064111</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:56:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-02T20:59:47.937-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Estelore</category><title>RAFcouples: A Rising Trend</title><atom:summary type='text'>It all started with Esplin9466's "RAF Crush" thread, back in Classic RAF: RAFcouples. Members of RAF announced their jesting interest in other RAFians, and these tentative RAFpairings took on lives of their own. They grew slowly at first, with RAFdating and RAF-PDA during the chats, culminating with RAFengagements, when each member of a RAFcouple would place an announcement in their signature, </atom:summary><link>http://blog.animorphsforum.com/2008/12/rafcouples-rising-trend.html</link><author>Estelore@gmail.com (Estelore)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503107523843755730.post-2033911555690527820</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-03T09:05:33.087-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>raf down</category><title>RAF's Main Host Down... (updated)</title><atom:summary type='text'>RAF's main host has been down from 12pm today January 2, 2009. One hour later I decided to flip the switch so to speak on the host we recently acquired.I am feverishly working to bring the website up-to-date.Update 5pm: Updating complete. Attachments which were uploaded after the 27th of December will not work. In addition, attaching files, and uploading avatars have been disabled.Update 8am </atom:summary><link>http://blog.animorphsforum.com/2009/01/rafs-main-host-down.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Richard)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503107523843755730.post-3426954585364308082</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-02T09:54:53.299-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>raf donate</category><title>Thanks to Desperado Newfie for his Donation!</title><atom:summary type='text'>
That's right; Jeff, Desperado Newfie, or Slushie Man has been promoted to the Donator group. He becomes the first member to get the +50 karma points under the new system. His donation comes at a time when we'll be needing to pay some bills, so if you have some extra cash lying around (figuratively of course), then please head on down to RAF Donate. Or click on the DONATE on the right of this </atom:summary><link>http://blog.animorphsforum.com/2009/01/thanks-to-desperado-newfie-for-his.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Richard)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503107523843755730.post-3450338540246678675</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-02T09:53:38.842-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>raf donate</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>raf issues</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>raf update</category><title>Donator Rewards Updated</title><atom:summary type='text'>In addition to their placement on the Donator Leader Board (which is shown across RAF), the gold username, the 10 stars, the unlimited PM space, the ability to move and lock their own posts, edit their custom title, and name; Donators now will get +50 karma. This is effective immediately (January 1 2009).</atom:summary><link>http://blog.animorphsforum.com/2009/01/donator-rewards-updated.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Richard)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503107523843755730.post-3186938091219435422</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 07:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-01T02:30:00.437-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>raf randomness</category><title>Happy New Year!</title><atom:summary type='text'>
Happy 2009 to all; RAFians, and visitors. How did you ring in the new year? Discuss here!</atom:summary><link>http://blog.animorphsforum.com/2009/01/happy-new-year.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Richard)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503107523843755730.post-5703022386100739636</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-01T00:00:01.142-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>raf awards</category><title>2008 Winners Reveiled</title><atom:summary type='text'>The 2008 RAF Award winners have been reveiled. </atom:summary><link>http://blog.animorphsforum.com/2009/01/2008-winners-reveiled.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Richard)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503107523843755730.post-8022704494581233226</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-31T19:12:02.338-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>e-books</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>remnants</category><title>Remnants eBooks Complete</title><atom:summary type='text'>

Thanks to members of RAF, all REMNANTS books written by K.A. Applegate are available in PDF and ZIP formats.These books may have errors. If found, please visit this forum.</atom:summary><link>http://blog.animorphsforum.com/2008/12/remnants-ebooks-complete.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Richard)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503107523843755730.post-7308750069911194680</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-30T22:39:56.714-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>raf statistics</category><title>2 Million Hits on RAF Forum</title><atom:summary type='text'>
Just 3 months after getting to 1 million hits, RAF Forum recorded its 2,000,000th hit today.</atom:summary><link>http://blog.animorphsforum.com/2008/12/2-million-hits-on-raf-forum.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Richard)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503107523843755730.post-1128402326150521805</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-30T06:36:27.417-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>duff</category><title>Duff Welcomes Himself to RAFblog</title><atom:summary type='text'>Wow. Thank you Richard; for allowing me to contribute to this blog, and for giving me such a cool entrance. “Popular, and active member, Duff” I swear, I did not tell him to say that. I’ve been itching to put out a little introduction to you guys, mainly thanking Richard for letting me do this, and tell you a little bit about what I planned to write about. To be honest, I really don’t have a plan</atom:summary><link>http://blog.animorphsforum.com/2008/12/duff-welcomes-himself-to-rafblog.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Duff)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503107523843755730.post-3424591374244538920</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:33:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-29T19:39:42.661-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>raf tips</category><title>TIP: Hide Signatures</title><atom:summary type='text'>If you're ever annoyed with the amount of images in member's signatures, don't sweat it; just disable them. Simply tick the "Don't show users' signatures".Pages will now load much faster, so if you're on dial-up this is tip should be great for you.</atom:summary><link>http://blog.animorphsforum.com/2008/12/tip-hide-signatures.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Richard)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503107523843755730.post-9012857847789956307</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 16:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-28T11:43:58.392-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>duff</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>raf blog</category><title>Duff Joins the RAF Blog</title><atom:summary type='text'>Popular, and active member, Duff, has joined the authoring team here on the RAF Blog. Member of the RAFCast (the Animorphs Podcast) and the RAF Audiobook Project, he will hopefully have some nice blog posts for us in the near future.</atom:summary><link>http://blog.animorphsforum.com/2008/12/duff-joins-raf-blog.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Richard)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503107523843755730.post-3974895740510707681</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 18:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-27T14:07:11.977-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>name change</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>raf issues</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>raf update</category><title>The R is back in RAF</title><atom:summary type='text'>After a bit of deliberation, I've decided to put back the R in RAF. No matter how I try to escape people calling our Animorphs community Richard's Animorphs Forum, it keeps haunting me.So I've come to the conclusion that RAF is inextricably linked with my name. So I have regressed on my October 2007 decision to rename us The Animorphs Forum.It's Richard's Animorphs Forum... or RAF for short.I </atom:summary><link>http://blog.animorphsforum.com/2008/12/r-is-back-in-raf.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Richard)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503107523843755730.post-7022716859793917555</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-26T19:47:23.388-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>introduction</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>morfowt</category><title>introducing me</title><atom:summary type='text'>Hello everyone! My name's morfowt, as many of you might already know. I'm one of the youngest members of RAF, but I've spent more time on RAF than almost any other RAFian.

I'll mostly post stats and updates on the RAFparties (if you don't know what they are, you seriously need to attend one).  If you have some of your own stats or things that, you believe, deserve to be noted, and that I've </atom:summary><link>http://blog.animorphsforum.com/2008/12/introducing-me.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (animfan)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503107523843755730.post-4591053121786585451</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-26T12:54:18.701-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>introduction</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Touquie</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>raf blog</category><title>Your New Blogger</title><atom:summary type='text'>Hello my fellow RAFians! I hope your winter break is going well. As some of you already know, I'm Touquie. I've been an active member on RAF for just over a year now and I intend on staying for as long as possible. I'll be bringing you some RAFlicious news now and then to keep you informed on what's happening. If you have any suggestions, or just want to contact me you can shoot me an e-mail at </atom:summary><link>http://blog.animorphsforum.com/2008/12/your-new-blogger_26.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Touquie)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503107523843755730.post-2053453619552951545</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 15:43:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-26T10:46:58.155-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>raf blog</category><title>Sakae/ morfowt / lezduet joins the RAF Blog</title><atom:summary type='text'>Another member has decided to join the authoring team here on the RAF Blog. None other than God lezduet. Keep an eye out for him in the coming weeks.</atom:summary><link>http://blog.animorphsforum.com/2008/12/sakae-morfowt-lezduet-joins-raf-blog.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Richard)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503107523843755730.post-4432992468392177344</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:41:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-26T10:53:41.169-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>raf down</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>raf issues</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>raf update</category><title>Doing a database host switch...</title><atom:summary type='text'>That's why the Forum is down. It should be back up in no time.

Move only took 10 minutes.The connection problems should be reduced now.</atom:summary><link>http://blog.animorphsforum.com/2008/12/doing-database-host-switch.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Richard)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503107523843755730.post-1133514435650045241</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-23T21:45:15.933-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>raf issues</category><title>Massive downtime caused by expired domains</title><atom:summary type='text'>CEO of XeSolutions Sean Frank indicated that the reason for RAF being down was nothing more than miscommunication. The name servers, or computers that point you to the respective host that RAF is on, apparently expired. The members of staff at the company were not informed, which led to the extended day downtime, which lasted from Thursday December 18 to Sunday December 21.So in light of this </atom:summary><link>http://blog.animorphsforum.com/2008/12/massive-downtime-caused-by-expired.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Richard)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503107523843755730.post-6500735654955400588</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-21T16:13:44.048-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>personal</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>raf issues</category><title>Details of RAF Downtime - will wait</title><atom:summary type='text'>I need to sleep or just back away from the computers. I'll give you all the details of what happened, and what will be done. But right now, I'm going to rest. As I type, the entire website is being backed up independently of our host.</atom:summary><link>http://blog.animorphsforum.com/2008/12/details-of-raf-downtime-will-wait.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Richard)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503107523843755730.post-5295282049221972373</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-18T20:26:22.197-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Touquie</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>raf blog</category><title>Touquie / Rachel Joins the RAF Blog</title><atom:summary type='text'>

Another RAFian joins the RAF Blog. This time, it's Touquie. I'd like to welcome her, and look forward to her posts.</atom:summary><link>http://blog.animorphsforum.com/2008/12/touquie-rachel-joins-raf-blog.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Richard)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503107523843755730.post-2853446445186138506</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:48:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-18T21:08:43.661-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Estelore</category><title>What to expect... or at least what to hope...from your new blogger.</title><atom:summary type='text'>Hello, RAF! It's me, Estelore. I'm sure most of you know me pretty well, and if you don't, then talk to me. I may be one of the older members here (time spent in the forum and actual age), but I love to meet new people.

As most of you may know, winter places major limits on my free time, but I devote what time I can to RAF, RAFipedia, RAFchat, and now the RAF Blog.
My intent is to make at least </atom:summary><link>http://blog.animorphsforum.com/2008/12/what-to-expect-or-at-least-what-to.html</link><author>Estelore@gmail.com (Estelore)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>