Holy smokes, I had no idea there were so many of you out there! One of the things I can do with my new hosting company is look at server logs. Now that I’ve done that, well, I feel a bit like Wile E. Coyote running off the edge of a cliff and looking down. Awareness. What a trip.
Anyway, thanks for coming by and hanging out at my place. At the moment there isn’t much baseball talk happening here because of technical issues, but that will change soon. I’ll be popping in regularly with my thoughts on the World Series once that gets underway. Lucky you.
Meantime, regarding the technical issues, here’s the deal. Ducksnorts.com still isn’t functioning (I’m pinging it obsessively, 5-10 times an hour; funny how that doesn’t make the DNS change go any faster). But you can reach the site at the URL listed in yesterday’s entry. You can also reach it at ducksnorts.geoffreynyoung.com or geoffreynyoung.com/ducksnorts. If you choose the latter, the formatting will be all screwy, but what the heck, it’s better than nothing (or not, depending on whom you ask).
And if you’re wondering why we’re making all these changes, it boils down to the following:
- My ISP, formerly a local company which I’d been with for several years, was bought out last year and no longer works with non-businesses (other than existing customers, such as myself, who were grandfathered in). The service isn’t what it once was, and the price is too high for what it is (yes, I’m still on dial-up).
- In going to a professional hosting company (as opposed to using free space provided by my ISP), there are many more options in terms of presentation, functionality, etc. I can do CGI, PHP, and a bunch of other acronyms. What this means, theoretically, is more interactivity. When that will happen and in what form, I do not know, but at least now the potential is there. This is something I’ll be thinking about a great deal in the coming months; if you have any ideas, please let me know. I’m always trying to find ways to make Ducksnorts better.
So, apologies for the technical difficulties and for bogging down my blog with a bunch of technobabble. But as someone who deals with the Internet every day on many different levels, I thought you should know what’s happening here and that everything will be back to normal before too long.
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