Now with servers and network in six data centres in three countries. We're really good at managing Linux servers, email, websites and domains with the odd cute cat picture thrown in. https://www.mythic-beasts.com/ https://status.mythic-beasts.net.uk/https://bsky.app/profile/mythic-beasts.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/mythic-beasts.com/post/3mks4azptec2tWe've written up the really quite boring changes we made to improve our website. https://www.mythic-beasts.com/blog/2026/05/01/website-update/ We're hopeful other organisations will steal our dull but functional ideas.01 May 2026 12:16 +0000at://did:plc:cjdxs5f66nb5ml6grcyfd2ss/app.bsky.feed.post/3mks4azptec2thttps://bsky.app/profile/mythic-beasts.com/post/3m5ybxt4oe22bWe're out and about again today, off to London for the London Internet Exchange #LINX member meeting.19 Nov 2025 12:47 +0000at://did:plc:cjdxs5f66nb5ml6grcyfd2ss/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5ybxt4oe22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/mythic-beasts.com/post/3m5vewzbxvc2bOff to the #IPv6 council meeting today. With UK adoption over 50% we're now working on connecting up the minority of internet users who are v4 only.18 Nov 2025 09:02 +0000at://did:plc:cjdxs5f66nb5ml6grcyfd2ss/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5vewzbxvc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/mythic-beasts.com/post/3m5t7nnxd5k2uWe recently became Accredited .ie Registrars and the first part of our .ie integration is now live. Transfer your .ie domains to us and enjoy our refreshingly boring pricing. https://www.mythic-beasts.com/blog/2025/11/14/ie-domains/17 Nov 2025 12:22 +0000at://did:plc:cjdxs5f66nb5ml6grcyfd2ss/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5t7nnxd5k2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mythic-beasts.com/post/3lzlmjjvjvc2lWe've joined the panel for Nominets new DNS Fund, they have £370k to be distributed to open source DNS projects and their dependencies. https://www.mythic-beasts.com/blog/2025/09/24/funding-open-source-dns/24 Sep 2025 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:cjdxs5f66nb5ml6grcyfd2ss/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzlmjjvjvc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mythic-beasts.com/post/3lzl7oxr5qk2lThe Green Web Foundation has re-verified that we use renewable energy in our UK and EU zones. https://app.greenweb.org/directory/#133324 Sep 2025 10:21 +0000at://did:plc:cjdxs5f66nb5ml6grcyfd2ss/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzl7oxr5qk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mythic-beasts.com/post/3lyzd6pik7c2vOff to the @nominet.uk members conference today. https://nominet.uk/uk-members-conference-2025/17 Sep 2025 07:35 +0000at://did:plc:cjdxs5f66nb5ml6grcyfd2ss/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyzd6pik7c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mythic-beasts.com/post/3ly3etdv3ms2cWhy we no longer support the use of Cloudflare on our web and email hosting accounts. Spoiler: it's AI bot scraping. https://www.mythic-beasts.com/blog/2025/09/03/web-hosting-and-cloudflare/05 Sep 2025 09:45 +0000at://did:plc:cjdxs5f66nb5ml6grcyfd2ss/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly3etdv3ms2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mythic-beasts.com/post/3lu5itskuvk2qWe think we might have some engineering nerds on staff. The live stream of Big Karl lowering a 245 ton steel dome onto @hinkleypointc.bsky.social is causing some distractions this morning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT-nRChS-Gw17 Jul 2025 08:21 +0000at://did:plc:cjdxs5f66nb5ml6grcyfd2ss/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu5itskuvk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mythic-beasts.com/post/3ltwmi7p5ls2r"The reason I am here is because my parents bought me a @raspberrypi.com as a child'. New talented summer student demonstrates a very slow but very valuable return on investment.14 Jul 2025 14:38 +0000at://did:plc:cjdxs5f66nb5ml6grcyfd2ss/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltwmi7p5ls2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mythic-beasts.com/post/3lrxfevw3bs2dVMHaus is now fully closed. The unused customer balances totaled €4550 after we rounded them all up and this has been donated to NLNet to support the Open Internet. https://www.mythic-beasts.com/blog/2025/06/18/vmhaus-closure-nlnet-donation/19 Jun 2025 11:13 +0000at://did:plc:cjdxs5f66nb5ml6grcyfd2ss/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrxfevw3bs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mythic-beasts.com/post/3lnhrfjfud22p#IPv6 usage in the UK now over 50% according to Google. Still someway behind Germany (75%) and France (84%) but to out of context quote Jon Bon Jovi, "woah oh, we're half way there'. https://www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/statistics.html#tab=per-country-ipv6-adoption23 Apr 2025 08:25 +0000at://did:plc:cjdxs5f66nb5ml6grcyfd2ss/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnhrfjfud22phttps://bsky.app/profile/mythic-beasts.com/post/3lmrhrv4ft223Our secret research program reveals that more than one rubber duck per primary school girl optimises code generation efficiency in robot building challenges. Advances in #ActualIntelligence #AI https://www.mythic-beasts.com/blog/2025/04/14/self-driving-robot-dragons/14 Apr 2025 11:34 +0000at://did:plc:cjdxs5f66nb5ml6grcyfd2ss/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmrhrv4ft223https://bsky.app/profile/mythic-beasts.com/post/3llqvtyx7b22aWe once suggested blocking a million IPs to deal with abusive AI crawlers. In hindsight that was a pretty severe underestimate https://www.mythic-beasts.com/blog/2025/04/01/abusive-ai-web-crawlers-get-off-my-lawn/01 Apr 2025 12:48 +0000at://did:plc:cjdxs5f66nb5ml6grcyfd2ss/app.bsky.feed.post/3llqvtyx7b22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mythic-beasts.com/post/3llnuq2i4e222Today's special request from the order form.31 Mar 2025 07:50 +0000at://did:plc:cjdxs5f66nb5ml6grcyfd2ss/app.bsky.feed.post/3llnuq2i4e222https://bsky.app/profile/mythic-beasts.com/post/3llgupicimc2jAnother day with multiple staff focused on blocking abusive AI crawlers rather than doing something useful.28 Mar 2025 13:01 +0000at://did:plc:cjdxs5f66nb5ml6grcyfd2ss/app.bsky.feed.post/3llgupicimc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mythic-beasts.com/post/3lkdsoeny2k2iEmail alphabet soup, a variety of acronyms that throw your email away explained partly with the help of a cat. https://www.mythic-beasts.com/blog/2025/03/14/email-alphabet-soup/14 Mar 2025 14:21 +0000at://did:plc:cjdxs5f66nb5ml6grcyfd2ss/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkdsoeny2k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mythic-beasts.com/post/3lkaz4ukqgs2iWe sponsor the hosting for this not only because it unambiguously makes the UK a better place but also because we extensively use it for our own travel needs too. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Mar 2025 11:39 +0000at://did:plc:cjdxs5f66nb5ml6grcyfd2ss/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkaz4ukqgs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mythic-beasts.com/post/3ljatpda3w22yRemember we all must do our part to maintain Internet reliability so we have an un-interruptable supply of cat pictures. #FloofDayFriday28 Feb 2025 16:37 +0000at://did:plc:cjdxs5f66nb5ml6grcyfd2ss/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljatpda3w22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mythic-beasts.com/post/3liz65v43c22zWe've been sponsoring the @openrightsgroup.bsky.social with donated servers to assist them in campaigning for digital rights, most notably the ability to encrypt your data and keep it secure. https://www.mythic-beasts.com/blog/2025/02/25/supporting-the-open-rights-group/25 Feb 2025 15:22 +0000at://did:plc:cjdxs5f66nb5ml6grcyfd2ss/app.bsky.feed.post/3liz65v43c22z