MUD History and Facts

Rigger · 07-25-07, 10:51 PM

Woody:

Who started MUD? And when? Who owns MUD? What is the history of MUD? Inquiring minds want to know.

:Rigger

-Spike- · 07-26-07, 12:51 AM

If you put your first word at the end of your post, you will have answered your question grasshoppah.

-Spike

woody · 07-26-07, 06:21 AM

the long version (and I'm gonna sticki it this time...lol)

Bought my first FJ40 in 1989, and did mud drag racing with it....after a couple years of fun, I got tired of cleaning the truck and finding places where the mud just seemed to never get cleaned from...and would usually glop on your face during maintenance and repairs....the IH8MUD license plate was born in September 1992 (and yes, I still have that plate, with the year tag, on the garage wall)

I also started getting online around that time, on the old ORML (OffRoad Mailing List, hosted by Stefan Roth at GaTech.edu)...a few years later, around 1996ish, the LCML (Land Cruiser Mailing List) was started by Gary Bjork...during this time, I was collecting tech link url's from projects around the world, as people were doing online writeups. Folks would post on the LCML looking for advice, and I frequently had a bookmark in my personal browser that I would then post up so they could see what others had done.

In 1997ish, I thot it would be nice to have these links all collected in one place online, rather than just in my own browser....so I started my own personal web page on vbe.com/~woody/ and had buildups of my own rig as well as the initial links that now create http://www.ih8mud.com/cruisertech.php

In September 2000 I bought the IH8MUD.com domain and re-directed the site into a more general Cruiser tech idea http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.ih8mud.com - it was hosted free by a friend who was starting up OffroadHQ.

As folks read these tech writeups, they often assumed that since I linked them I had also written them...and the emails and questions got overwhelming...sometime around January 2002, the Forum began (in June 2002, the forum had 372 topics and 1459 posts). The site went thru a few changes and growing pains...it was hosted by OffroadHQ for about a year, by Birfield.com for about 9 months (during which the forum broke away in mid-2003 to a separate host), and finally in December 2003 to the dedicated server setup we use presently, all hosted by American Hosting in Reno NV.

From a logo standpoint, the IH8MUD.com image was created by Brian Goudie (Chemical442) in April 2003...the vehicle line drawings have been added over time.

<more coming>

Rigger · 07-26-07, 01:29 PM

The line drawings of the Cruisers are really well-done. Who is the artist? Ever considered doing shirts or stickers of them individually? I have the collage shirt. It's quite nice.

woody · 07-26-07, 01:32 PM

the initial FJ40 image was done by denis - he's in...mmm....France? I sent that to Chemical442 and he cleaned up to what I wanted it....the balance of the line images are treerootCO creations...he does more when he gets free time....and yer right, he does a GREAT job with them, catching the lines and uniqueness of each rig but keeping them clean....

Junk · 07-26-07, 01:39 PM

If you're doing a history of mud you need to discuss the : urinate : smilie

Damn I miss that one.

Woody, ever consider letting someone document the important occurrences/milestones of ih8mud? Would make a great read.

woody · 07-26-07, 01:51 PM

yeah, that history stuff would be kewl....learn what 6-4-6 means, and socks, and all that....lol

oh...and Junk's momma....but that's ancient history

Rigger · 07-26-07, 02:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by woody

yeah, that history stuff would be kewl....learn what 6-4-6 means, and socks, and all that....lol

oh...and Junk's momma....but that's ancient history

Oh I am gonna HAVE to know the story about Junk's Momma. That sounds like a good one.

LukeZero · 07-26-07, 06:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by woody

yeah, that history stuff would be kewl....learn what 6-4-6 means, and socks, and all that....lol

oh...and Junk's momma....but that's ancient history

That's because Junks mom is ancient

beno · 07-26-07, 09:28 PM

I do case studies and histories in my academic work...I'd volunteer for the job.....

If it's ok with Junk....

Rigger · 07-26-07, 09:46 PM

How many moderators does it take to keep up w/ all the postings here on MUD?

beno · 07-26-07, 09:51 PM

Here you go:

http://forum.ih8mud.com/showgroups.php

rchalmers3 · 08-10-07, 07:13 PM

Jeez, there are some great moderators "Handles" there!!! "Ratpuke", "trainrech" and my favorite: "Metal Spice". I'm feeling undergunned. Gotta git a handle and snappy avatar....

Junk · 08-10-07, 08:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by beno

I do case studies and histories in my academic work...I'd volunteer for the job.....

If it's ok with Junk....

Ask Woody, it's not my forum

I can make a hit list of things that come to mind though and I'd say you should ask a bunch of regulars both old and new.

beno · 08-11-07, 01:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Junk

Ask Woody, it's not my forum

I can make a hit list of things that come to mind though and I'd say you should ask a bunch of regulars both old and new.

If Woody gave the ok, I'd be game.

Don't worry, I'd interview you for that oh so Junk point of view....

-o-

EricG · 10-16-07, 04:21 PM

A question I've been wondering about ... given the wealth of information that's been developed on the forums over the years, what are the backup plans like? It'd be a shame to lose everything to a drive failure or such.

woody · 10-16-07, 11:01 PM

four hard drives in a raid5 config....with nightly off-server backups...

it's taken care of

2ndGenToyotaFan · 10-16-07, 11:48 PM

Mmmmm..... I'll sleep well tonight!

EricG · 10-17-07, 10:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by woody

four hard drives in a raid5 config....with nightly off-server backups...

it's taken care of

Excellent

Tapage · 03-12-08, 11:53 AM

Woody .. thanks for this history, never ( since I'm a mud member ) found this info until now.

Proud Mud member ..

P.S. I can't hate the mud .. it's that we have here ..

07-25-07, 10:51 PM	#1
Rigger Two Many Cruisers Join Date: May 2007 Location: Montana Posts: 722	MUD History and Facts Woody: Who started MUD? And when? Who owns MUD? What is the history of MUD? Inquiring minds want to know. :Rigger __________________ Now a TLCA member '70 FJ40; a work in progress '89 FJ62; OME springs & a MUD sticker "The first step to problem solving is to call things by their right name."

07-26-07, 12:51 AM	#2
-Spike- Sponsored by Bull Join Date: May 2005 Location: Phoenix Posts: 3,038	If you put your first word at the end of your post, you will have answered your question grasshoppah. -Spike __________________ His 1994 TLC 'White Elephant' +6"/35" Locked and loaded. Hers '95 TLC Bare bones. "I don't understand this business of illegal aliens giving birth to American citizens. If your cat has kittens in the oven, would you call them biscuits?" -Unknown

07-26-07, 06:21 AM	#3
woody Admin Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Appleton, WI TLCA# 1548 Posts: 9,353 Blog Entries: 1	the long version (and I'm gonna sticki it this time...lol) Bought my first FJ40 in 1989, and did mud drag racing with it....after a couple years of fun, I got tired of cleaning the truck and finding places where the mud just seemed to never get cleaned from...and would usually glop on your face during maintenance and repairs....the IH8MUD license plate was born in September 1992 (and yes, I still have that plate, with the year tag, on the garage wall) I also started getting online around that time, on the old ORML (OffRoad Mailing List, hosted by Stefan Roth at GaTech.edu)...a few years later, around 1996ish, the LCML (Land Cruiser Mailing List) was started by Gary Bjork...during this time, I was collecting tech link url's from projects around the world, as people were doing online writeups. Folks would post on the LCML looking for advice, and I frequently had a bookmark in my personal browser that I would then post up so they could see what others had done. In 1997ish, I thot it would be nice to have these links all collected in one place online, rather than just in my own browser....so I started my own personal web page on vbe.com/~woody/ and had buildups of my own rig as well as the initial links that now create http://www.ih8mud.com/cruisertech.php In September 2000 I bought the IH8MUD.com domain and re-directed the site into a more general Cruiser tech idea http://web.archive.org/web//http://www.ih8mud.com - it was hosted free by a friend who was starting up OffroadHQ. As folks read these tech writeups, they often assumed that since I linked them I had also written them...and the emails and questions got overwhelming...sometime around January 2002, the Forum began (in June 2002, the forum had 372 topics and 1459 posts). The site went thru a few changes and growing pains...it was hosted by OffroadHQ for about a year, by Birfield.com for about 9 months (during which the forum broke away in mid-2003 to a separate host), and finally in December 2003 to the dedicated server setup we use presently, all hosted by American Hosting in Reno NV. From a logo standpoint, the IH8MUD.com image was created by Brian Goudie (Chemical442) in April 2003...the vehicle line drawings have been added over time. <more coming> __________________ Brian 'woody' Swearingen Lead Driver, Toyota Trail Team (Central) '07 FJ Cruiser...Revtek, 285 BFG-AT's, ARB/Warn, BudBuilts, 80k miles... '74 FJ40 'The Raisin'...TBI350, mVB 700r, 4:1 32-spline D300, SOA/ellip 4-link, RoundEyes, 8274-50/WinchLine, 30-Longs, 37" PBR's/TR's... '95 HZJ75...1HZ, H55F, mine bed, BFG-MT's... '96 FZJ80 'Gretchen'...OME, E-loks, 285 FCII's, ARB/T-Max10k/WinchLine'd, MetalTech'd, 4x4Lab'd, IPOR'd, Slee'd, UltAir'd, INTI'd... '03 Chevy 2500HD Dmax, Diamond Eye 4", Diablosport, Bose, 285 Nitto TG's, B&W... '08 ABU 14,000# 32' gooseneck car hauler... '?? buggy ??...5.3 Chev, 700r, Atlas, axles?, SAW's, 7075/QA-1's...design phase 1... Glock 17C - Kahr CW9 - Sig Mosquito - Davis D-32 - Remington 7600 - Marlin 30AS - Ruger 10/22 Last edited by woody; 07-26-07 at 06:40 AM.*

07-26-07, 01:29 PM	#4
Rigger Two Many Cruisers Join Date: May 2007 Location: Montana Posts: 722	The line drawings of the Cruisers are really well-done. Who is the artist? Ever considered doing shirts or stickers of them individually? I have the collage shirt. It's quite nice. __________________ Now a TLCA member '70 FJ40; a work in progress '89 FJ62; OME springs & a MUD sticker "The first step to problem solving is to call things by their right name."

07-26-07, 01:32 PM	#5
woody Admin Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Appleton, WI TLCA# 1548 Posts: 9,353 Blog Entries: 1	the initial FJ40 image was done by denis - he's in...mmm....France? I sent that to Chemical442 and he cleaned up to what I wanted it....the balance of the line images are treerootCO creations...he does more when he gets free time....and yer right, he does a GREAT job with them, catching the lines and uniqueness of each rig but keeping them clean.... __________________ Brian 'woody' Swearingen Lead Driver, Toyota Trail Team (Central) '07 FJ Cruiser...Revtek, 285 BFG-AT's, ARB/Warn, BudBuilts, 80k miles... '74 FJ40 'The Raisin'...TBI350, mVB 700r, 4:1 32-spline D300, SOA/ellip 4-link, RoundEyes, 8274-50/WinchLine, 30-Longs, 37" PBR's/TR's... '95 HZJ75...1HZ, H55F, mine bed, BFG-MT's... '96 FZJ80 'Gretchen'...OME, E-loks, 285 FCII's, ARB/T-Max10k/WinchLine'd, MetalTech'd, 4x4Lab'd, IPOR'd, Slee'd, UltAir'd, INTI'd... '03 Chevy 2500HD Dmax, Diamond Eye 4", Diablosport, Bose, 285 Nitto TG's, B&W... '08 ABU 14,000# 32' gooseneck car hauler... '?? buggy ??...5.3 Chev, 700r, Atlas, axles?, SAW's, 7075/QA-1's...design phase 1... Glock 17C - Kahr CW9 - Sig Mosquito - Davis D-32 - Remington 7600 - Marlin 30AS - Ruger 10/22

07-26-07, 01:39 PM	#6
Junk IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: buggerville nj Posts: 5,549 Blog Entries: 1	If you're doing a history of mud you need to discuss the : urinate : smilie Damn I miss that one. Woody, ever consider letting someone document the important occurrences/milestones of ih8mud? Would make a great read.

07-26-07, 01:51 PM	#7
woody Admin Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Appleton, WI TLCA# 1548 Posts: 9,353 Blog Entries: 1	yeah, that history stuff would be kewl....learn what 6-4-6 means, and socks, and all that....lol oh...and Junk's momma....but that's ancient history __________________ Brian 'woody' Swearingen Lead Driver, Toyota Trail Team (Central) '07 FJ Cruiser...Revtek, 285 BFG-AT's, ARB/Warn, BudBuilts, 80k miles... '74 FJ40 'The Raisin'...TBI350, mVB 700r, 4:1 32-spline D300, SOA/ellip 4-link, RoundEyes, 8274-50/WinchLine, 30-Longs, 37" PBR's/TR's... '95 HZJ75...1HZ, H55F, mine bed, BFG-MT's... '96 FZJ80 'Gretchen'...OME, E-loks, 285 FCII's, ARB/T-Max10k/WinchLine'd, MetalTech'd, 4x4Lab'd, IPOR'd, Slee'd, UltAir'd, INTI'd... '03 Chevy 2500HD Dmax, Diamond Eye 4", Diablosport, Bose, 285 Nitto TG's, B&W... '08 ABU 14,000# 32' gooseneck car hauler... '?? buggy ??...5.3 Chev, 700r, Atlas, axles?, SAW's, 7075/QA-1's...design phase 1... Glock 17C - Kahr CW9 - Sig Mosquito - Davis D-32 - Remington 7600 - Marlin 30AS - Ruger 10/22

07-26-07, 09:28 PM	#10
beno IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Corrales, NM TLCA# 14607 Posts: 3,484	I do case studies and histories in my academic work...I'd volunteer for the job..... If it's ok with Junk.... __________________ And love dares you to change our way of caring about ourselves.

07-26-07, 09:46 PM	#11
Rigger Two Many Cruisers Join Date: May 2007 Location: Montana Posts: 722	How many moderators does it take to keep up w/ all the postings here on MUD? __________________ Now a TLCA member '70 FJ40; a work in progress '89 FJ62; OME springs & a MUD sticker "The first step to problem solving is to call things by their right name."

07-26-07, 09:51 PM	#12
beno IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Corrales, NM TLCA# 14607 Posts: 3,484	Here you go: http://forum.ih8mud.com/showgroups.php __________________ And love dares you to change our way of caring about ourselves.

08-10-07, 07:13 PM	#13
rchalmers3 IH8MUD Addict Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Costa Rica, Central America, Earth Posts: 629	Moderators handles!!! Jeez, there are some great moderators "Handles" there!!! "Ratpuke", "trainrech" and my favorite: "Metal Spice". I'm feeling undergunned. Gotta git a handle and snappy avatar....

10-16-07, 04:21 PM	#16
EricG IH8MUD Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Colorado Springs, CO Posts: 516	A question I've been wondering about ... given the wealth of information that's been developed on the forums over the years, what are the backup plans like? It'd be a shame to lose everything to a drive failure or such. __________________ It is neither necessary or possible to educate someone who never questions anything. - Josephe Heller, Catch 22 93 FZJ80 - Locked & Lifted - still waiting on Loaded (CDL, 7pin, Axle transplant from Jenny Cruiser, 2" OME lift)

10-16-07, 11:01 PM	#17
woody Admin Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Appleton, WI TLCA# 1548 Posts: 9,353 Blog Entries: 1	four hard drives in a raid5 config....with nightly off-server backups... it's taken care of __________________ Brian 'woody' Swearingen Lead Driver, Toyota Trail Team (Central) '07 FJ Cruiser...Revtek, 285 BFG-AT's, ARB/Warn, BudBuilts, 80k miles... '74 FJ40 'The Raisin'...TBI350, mVB 700r, 4:1 32-spline D300, SOA/ellip 4-link, RoundEyes, 8274-50/WinchLine, 30-Longs, 37" PBR's/TR's... '95 HZJ75...1HZ, H55F, mine bed, BFG-MT's... '96 FZJ80 'Gretchen'...OME, E-loks, 285 FCII's, ARB/T-Max10k/WinchLine'd, MetalTech'd, 4x4Lab'd, IPOR'd, Slee'd, UltAir'd, INTI'd... '03 Chevy 2500HD Dmax, Diamond Eye 4", Diablosport, Bose, 285 Nitto TG's, B&W... '08 ABU 14,000# 32' gooseneck car hauler... '?? buggy ??...5.3 Chev, 700r, Atlas, axles?, SAW's, 7075/QA-1's...design phase 1... Glock 17C - Kahr CW9 - Sig Mosquito - Davis D-32 - Remington 7600 - Marlin 30AS - Ruger 10/22

10-16-07, 11:48 PM	#18
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