The server hosting Stashbox and Shup was down overnight. It was a nightmarish time in which I dreamt of all forms of ghouls and goblins causing trouble inside the server. Luckily it was just a power outage and now we are back in full glory.

However, our colo (a makeshift collection of shatalysts and cat-5, along with a server or two) is in need of love. The backup power situation there is dire and it is up to those with servers at the colo to fix the problem! So of course I’m pawning it off to all of you.

I haven’t asked for donations before, but we could really use a new UPS (uninterruptable power supply) to help ensure the server stays on even when the powery is out. So, if you’re feeling kind, use the button below to donate. We appreciate it! (Sorry that it uses PayPal, I know it sucks.)

Yes, you read the title correctly. We have finally added to Shup support for Stashbox (and derivative sites’) user accounts, so now all of your lovely shups can go straight to your own special little slice of the Internet.

Stashbox itself also received a small upgrade, in the form of a Forgot Password page. You’ll have to add an email address to your Stashbox account for this to be of use, but it is handy when you forget your password. =)

Additionally, we now also have a Shup Firefox extension which provides some useful functionality, like capturing entire pages or single images and uploading them (with Shup if you have it installed, without if not).

Three good reasons to get both Shup and a Stashbox account if you’re one of that most minimal few who remain without!

Download Shup v0.23 here.

Download the Shup Firefox extension here.

PS - Check out this cool Shup / Word Press integration

Hello Internetter, did you know Shup v0.22 is out? The main changes are: a resizable image editor window (yes, you can size it to fit your screen and scroll the image now); a performance scaler in the Shup preferences dialog that lets you “dial back” the image editor if it uses too much CPU; a few bugs, too, like filename sanitization and memory/resource leaks. All in all, a solid release.

Download Shup v0.22 here.

By the way, I am under no small amount of pressure to remind you that you can resize your paintbrush by holding control and scrolling the mousewheel. This is similar to how it used to work (with just the mousewheel), but was a required change when we added scrollbars to the editor window. Additionally, if you select an area with the marquee tool and hold control while dragging it, the selected piece of the underlying image will be moved along with the marquee.

While those less hardy might have succumbed to the temptation of lazyness, we worked for literally part of the day to get this release out the door. Shup v0.21 is a good Shup, a happy Shup. It contains changes to the image editor tools (resize/move/upload selected areas), the history list (more butter), and custom output formatting, for those times when a simple URL in the clipboard isn’t enough. There are also some bug-fixes, and a new installer as well.

Get Shup v0.21 here.

Happy New Year.

PS - Orkut users: join our group!

Shup v0.20 is out the door and includes the addition of a couple new history list right-click menu items as well as bug fixes to browser autocropping and tagging support. A small but useful sequel to v0.19.

Download it here.

Speaking of Shup, zdnet.be picked it up and reviewed it — click here to read it; translated to english. The reviewer was kind to us; for example, “Shup is a useful intermediary for some time actions and deserves a prominent place in your system tray.” Awesome!

I guess it’s time for language packs =)

Just a quick note tonight to say that I released Shup v0.19 tonight. The main change in this version is the addition of web browser autocropping, which removes browser chrome from four major browsers (Firefox, IE, Opera, Netscape). Aside from that, there are a couple of bug fixes and tweaks that should make Shup run a little bit more nicely.

Download Shup v0.19 here.

I also moved the beta version of Stashbox into the main site, so get to using all those hot new features!

Another month passes and we roll out another delicious Shupdate. In this release, Josh added a nicely-theme-able history list (check out the bundled skins, and get more at stashbox.org in the coming weeks!). Also added is automatic window client area cropping, drag-and-drop files onto Shup to upload, the option to start Shup with Windows, and a handful of bugfixes that make v0.18 a pretty solid release.

Download Shup v0.18 here.

Again, remember to check out the Shup image gallery, Stashbox file requests map, and the Shup review in the October 2007 edition of Computer Power User magazine.

Welcome to Shup v0.16.

After a bit of manual labor, Josh and I settled into a night of Shuppin’ at the warehouse. Bad jokes were made, KMFDM was listened to, and code was written. In the end, we decided to include changes like a blur effect in the image editor, more support for existing effects in IGNITE, and some new useful options for the upload history list (try right-clicking it.) We also fixed the bug introduced in v0.15 which you are all about to witness as I push v0.16 live. Sorry! Hopefully the crash makes you wonder if there’s an update to fix it, etc… =)

Download Shup v0.16 here.

Again, remember to check out the Shup image gallery, Stashbox file requests map, and the Shup review in the October 2007 edition of Computer Power User magazine.

Two months later and we’re back with a release that includes support for multiple image formats and image resizing. It also has optional user pins for Ignite, so you can see where your cohorts are painting. Additionally, there are a few bug fixes.

Download Shup v0.15 here.

Remember to check out the Shup image gallery, Stashbox file requests map, and the Shup review in the October 2007 edition of Computer Power User magazine.

Today I updated shup.com by adding an image gallery of paintings made with Shup. Hopefully this page will stay updated with the latest and greatest Shup art. Feel free to email it to me (dan at this domain).

On both stashbox.org and shup.com I decided to get rid of the AdBrite ads. They were a pretty big eyesore and didn’t make jack for the site, so screw em. Plus, now the banners for our friends will show up all the time =)

Stashbox also saw the addition of a file request Google Maps thing. This page places pins on a map of the earth in locations from which Stashbox file requests originate. So if you download a file, you’ll show up on the map (anonymously, of course). Nothing too fancy but I threw this together in like 20 minutes the other day. Maybe sometime I’ll even get around to making it show the requests “live” instead of just simulating it!

Shup got a decent review! Click here to read it, or go buy the October 2007 issue of COMPUTER POWER USER magazine.

Finally, in server news, we still have yet to do our reinstall so expect that in the coming week or two.