Server Down Message And 3d Model
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Yesterday, I made a 3d model to be displayed in case my friend's server is down. As his server is actually a mainstream desktop system in a cardboard box, I thought that I should do a model consisting of some desktop components.
Scythe Ninja, Kingston Value Ram, Dominator Corsair, Blender 3d motherboard, Blender 3d cooler, Blender 3d ram, Clear Cover Hard Disk, Blender 3d Harddisk
The model is made using Blender 3d, a free open source 3d modeling software. Most of the CSS codes, flash, php, tutorial sample files for this blog are kindly hosted by him for free. But sometimes, servers behave unexpectedly, like most computers do. They hang, perform weird stuff, etc. Furthermore, even if the server is completely 100% fault free, internet service providers do have downtime from time to time.
In case of his server being unavailable, this blog will have a broken layout and broken content, which is definitely not a pleasant experience to have. Even though I would like to host everything with blogger alone, but due to its restrictive hosting features, not all content can be hosted by it.
If you want to test out the server down notice, you can click here to see it.
I've packed the 3d model (.blend), the images and the website code for a server down message (html and javascript inline popup) into a zip file which you can download here: serverdown.zip (2.38 MB)
You may have noticed that the 3d model in my error message has an outline. The outline is actually rendered separately and resized to make it thinner. I have a tutorial regarding on how to do it here: Blender 3d: Rendering Outlines Separately.
If you like the 3d model, you may use it and redistribute it freely for non-commercial purposes. If you find it useful, do us a small favor by linking back to us. Reciprocal linking is purely voluntarily though. =) But you may not claim my work as yours (eg. redistribute the files watermarked with your own logos). However, if you modify the 3d model to something that looks really different, then you may claim the end result as yours.
Labels: Blender 3d, Web Design
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