It’s been a VERY stressful past couple of weeks for us here, but I think/hope the end of the server problems are finally here!

/me knocks on wood

We’ve certainly had our share of technology related issues over the years, just like most highly trafficked websites. Historically we’ve bounced back from any glitches rather quickly. This time around however the root cause of the problem was especially hard to track down, which made it that much harder to fix, and that much more painful/stressful.

Technology problems are very much like human problems. When your body aches, you go to a doctor and s/he asks you where it hurts. S/he then uses that information and a series of test to diagnose the problem, and from there provide a solution. That same process usually works with technology. When it breaks, it spits out an error message telling you the problem, you then run a series of tests to replicate the problem, and you use that information to provide a solution. Everyone lives happily ever after.

Well this time around the errors we were receiving from the server we’re very obscure, and seemingly random, with very little information. So naturally that made tracking down the cause EXTREMELY difficult. It wasn’t until two days ago that I was FINALLY able to pinpoint the problem, and more importantly replicate it. From that point it took less than 48 hours to get a patch from a 3rd party software vendor that we use to render images on the website. I verified the patch worked on a handful of test cases, and then deployed the patch to the live server. So assuming the patch works we should be all fixed, which I’m sure is a huge relief to everyone!

We’ll still be monitoring the server very closely over the next couple of days/weeks to make 100% sure there is no sign of this particular bug rearing it’s ugly head again! And if you see anything odd, please don’t hesitate to let us know!

Thanks again for all of you that reported the errors you were noticing to us. Believe it or not, it’s a huge help as it augments our own internal reporting tools. I know how frustrating it must have been for you when the site wasn’t working as expected, so for that I apologize. I can only offer my handful of gray hairs that I yanked out as proof that it was at least equally frustrating for me, if not more so!

We’ll also be extending all premium memberships free of charge for a full extra week as a good gesture to account for the sites downtime. I hope it can offer some sort of condolence, along with our appreciation of your patience and understanding!

Earlier this week on one of Australia’s biggest morning shows, the Kyle and Jackie O show, our own Cindy Sweet woke up extra early to give an interview about her experience on MyFreeImplants. Here is an audio clip from the show:

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A huge thank you to Cindy for her participation and for spreading the word!

We tallied the votes, listened to your feedback, thought long and hard about all of the submissions, and have finally come to a decision on the winners! In the end, eight different shirt designs we’re selected as winners by four different designers! We decided to expand the total number of winning shirts after we realized from a lot of the comments that we needed at least two different types of shirts for each category. One type would be a more subtle and subdued shirt that still evokes a level of pride in your participating in MFI, but doesn’t just scream out to the world around you “HEY LOOK AT MY HOOTERS!” the other type, is well, much more open and verbose, and loud about your love of jugs!

First up are the three HOF shirts

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There’s been a TON of work going on behind the scenes here on the new and improved MFI website, and we just wanted to post a quick update to keep ya’ll informed of the progress thus far. Obviously the new logo was completed a while ago. We also spent some time soliciting feedback from several of you on the wireframes of the new website layout. With some of your ideas incorporated, and the wireframes locked we then had 19 different website pages fully designed. And just this last week we signed off on all of those final designs! Over the course of the next couple of weeks we’ll begin slicing up those designs and converting them into website framework code.

And while all of that’s been going on… we’ve been hiding out in a dark underground lair, feverishly coding all of the “business logic” code that will connect the newly designed front-end facade to the back-end engine. Then within the coming weeks we will finally start seeing all of these pieces coming together as one cohesive, functional website!!

And on top of ALL THAT, this past weekend we brought a few MFI Hall Of Famers out to California to partake in a photoshoot for the new website. As many of you may know, MFI started out with just one success story; Natasha. Fast-forward 5 years later and there have been many many more success stories, and many more people in general, involved in the success of MFI. So we thought it would only be right to showcase real members of the community in the next incarnation of the website! This first shoot included 3 post-op ladies, 2 pre-op, and even a benefactor! We shot over 6,000 photos over 7 hours with a pro-photographer, hair, make-up, the whole shebang. It was a rollercoaster of frustration at times trying to coordinate all the moving parts (only to have it topped off with a flat tire the day of the shoot) but in the end we got some great shots for the new site. We hope to not only use these shots on the new website, but also as templates so that others who want to be featured can also submit their own similarly styled photos to us to be used on the home page and elsewhere throughout the site. So even if you are in New Zealand, or Norway, you can still be just as big a part of MFI as those closer to us. Here are a few behind-the-scenes photos from this weekends shoot…

Mae and Kendra sit patiently during their hair/makeup session

Jay and Kendra discuss the next shot.

Jason tests the weight bearing load of the prop wall that he just assembled

Kendra gets comfortable atop the wall

Abby heats up the set with her skin-tight dress

Mae and Kendra show Carl their appreciation

Laceys cleavage cuddling corset

Jeanette and Kendra ponder shoe options

Kendra and Abby, two voluptuous vixens!

A huge thanks to those of you that participated in the shoot, and also a huge thanks to those of you that continue to give us great feedback that helps us shape MFI. We look forward to bringing you more updates as things progress further.

We’ve culled through all of the entries we’ve received for the contest and selected some of the most popular designs. We then had to weed out any designs that just weren’t feasible in terms of the actual printing of a t-shirt. Below you will find the remaining designs from which we will select a finalist in each of the 3 categories (Guy, Girl, HOF). In some cases we’ve taken the liberty of recreating a design and/or superimposing it on top of a shirt in order to put all designs on the same playing field and to give a better sense of scale and the actual end result.

We’d love to hear all of your feedback one more time on these final designs, especially to know which shirts you might actually wear out in public. After all, that is sort of the point!

A huge thanks to all that participated in the contest and submitted entries!

Here are the designs, in no particular order…
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Here are the 2nd round of design entries we’ve received for the T-Shirt Design Contest. Just like before, you can click each of the images to view a larger version, and also post comments on each individual entry. Read the rest of this entry »

Here are the entries we’ve received for the T-Shirt Design Contest so far… You can click each of the images to view a larger version, and also post comments on each individual entry.

They are in listed in no particular order. We realize not everyone is master at designing t-shirt, so we’re not judging based on design skills. More so based on the idea behind the shirt. So when commenting on the entries, please keep in mind that these are not final designs, and at this point we would ask you to focus on evaluating the CONCEPT of the design.

We are extending the contest for another week, making the new deadline June 28th. Please continue to send your designs to contact.us@myfreeimplants.com. Remember: you can submit as many entries as you’d like, and everyone is free to participate.

Thanks to everyone that took the time to submit an entry!

I’m usually partial to Brazilians, but a couple of the ladies on the German squad can certainly hold their own (if ya know what I mean (and I think you do)).

More pics here.

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