Happy New Year!
- Pat W -

Message from Don at Zeppole:

Hello Folks,

We will begin changing IP addresses today.

As our Host DNS servers require time to propagate
new addresses throughout the Internet, some of you
may have difficulty logging on for a period of time,
usually no more than 24 to 48 hours. Others may
find that they will be able to renew their connections
to news.zeppole.com or news2.zeppole.com within a
matter of hours.

In the SERVER NAME field of you client software, if you do not
use the correct URL,’NEWS.ZEPPOLE.COM’ or ‘NEWS2.ZEPPOLE.COM’,
and instead use IP address’s, or the incorrect url ‘ZEPPOLE.COM’,
when changes are made at the DNS servers at the Zeppole’s host,
you will experience connection difficulties.

Those of you using your own Domain Name, make sure you use
the correct URL also, (NEWS.YourDomainName), (NEWS2.YourDomainName).

Using either of the two correct URL’s is always recommended.

-Don Barba-
Zeppole Services

If we know anything you’ll see a notification on the left-hand side under ‘Recent Posts’, which is repeated at the bottom of the page – or click ‘Blog’ on the menu bar.

If there’s no message here, either the downtime has just occurred and we’ve not had time to update the site, or the problem is with your connection. These updates are because we think it is best to let everyone know that the problem isn’t with their connection and to prevent panicked emails flying around!

We are lucky in that we don’t often have downtime on F1NGers, so this shouldn’t be a big issue.

Keep checking www.F1NGers.com and if you have any ideas for future development of the site, do let us know!

Finally, donations are always welcome by using the form on the left-hand side of the main page or by sending something via Paypal to funds@f1ngers.com.

See you on F1NGers!
Pat W

Firstly, for those who already have a Last.fm profile, simply click here to join the group.

Secondly, for those who don’t, what the hell is Last.fm?

Last.fm is a music site. If you love music as I do, this site will change your life, especially if you are a big listener of music stored on your computer.

It can track the music you play on your computer and uses the data to:

• generate a personal chart;
• to recommend other music you might like;
• to generates DJ-free webstreamed radio stations, for which you can love/skip/ban the tracks;

There’s a whole lot of other stuff too, like tags and forums and song previews, but I’ll leave you to find that for yourselves – half the fun is finding the cool stuff they put on the site.

As well as all this, you can create a group for your community or interest. That’s what we did, ‘cos we’re a community or interest. For all the people who are a member of the group, their listens for the week are added up and we get a chart for the group. For every person who listens to a song, 1 listen gets added to the group chart (that’s 1 listen even if the same person listens to it 4 times, it counts people not plays, it isn’t like the personal charts).

We also have F1NGers Radio!

F1NGers Radio is directly influenced by the music our group members log to Last.fm, whether that’s their own MP3s or by using other Last.fm radio stations. Why not join us and help shape our radio station?

Before you join the F1NGers group you have to set up a profile, which is free, just go to www.last.fm and all the instructions and information you need are there. You might like to check out our individual profiles first, via the F1NGers Group and the Members link. Your charts will follow in a few days, the big weekly update happens on a Sunday, your music recommendations a day or two after that. Be patient and have faith!

Don’t want a Last.fm account but still want to listen to our radio?

That’s fine – just check out ‘On The Web’ in the navigation bar above – that page is best suited for people who want to hear F1NGers Radio but don’t want to have a Last.fm account. Careful though, if you listen via our ‘On The Web’ page as a Last.fm member, your plays won’t be registered with your Last.fm account.

This is the most addictive ‘net presence there is, after F1NGers. Prepare to lose hours of your life.

Enjoy!