Family Life

It’s Spring! Warmer weather, sunny days, tulips pushing out of the ground, birds, squirrels and the occasional fox back from hibernation. In that same spirit of renewal I’ve moved this blog to a new server. My frustration had been mounting at the problems with my old web host until I finally took the plunge and moved.

You may want to take the opportunity to update your bookmark (if you have one) to the new host: http://stephen.rothlis.net/blog/. If you follow this blog in an RSS reader (e.g. Google Reader) or get blog posts by email, you don’t have to do anything. Things will automatically continue as they were. If you subscribed to the blog comments feed you will have to re-subscribe. See the sidebar on the right.*

I’ve instructed the old web host to redirect browsing to the new server so your browsing and links should carry over seamlessly. I’ll eventually cancel that old account and the redirection will stop working, so update your links.

The new server is a more hands-on affair. Some assembly required. It’s a good opportunity to add to my skills, but the learning curve has been a little harsh at times. John (my brother) has provided some very useful suggestions and links along the way. It’s jolly handy having an IT expert in the family.

Which reminds me of a story from my university days. John and I rented a small flat together at the start of our first term, and I set up my PC in the living room where we could both use it (It was a 286! With a massive 1.2GB hard drive!). At one point John decided to upgrade some software–it might have been Windows 95–and I chewed him out because he’d taken the initiative without consulting me. It was my computer! John was deeply offended that I called his abilities, competence and judgment into question. Words were exchanged and we stewed over it for days, until I realized, Hey! This computer works so much better! He’s helped answer my IT-related technical questions ever since. Thanks John. Sorry I ever doubted you.

* Technical reason: subscriptions to blog posts through a reader or email go through FeedBurner. All I have to do is change the details in FeedBurner and everybody’s subscriptions are moved over to the new server automatically. Subscriptions to blog comments, on the other hand, come directly from the server that hosts the blog. Those subscriptions can’t be transferred automatically.

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