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Site transition: Successful!
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
I am pleased to inform you that the move from my former web host to my new host, as well as the transition from ASP-driven pages to PHP-driven pages was successful and there was zero downtime. The DNS update was propogated within four hours of the initial update, and thanks to some handy tricks with my .htaccess file, search engine placement and bookmarks should be preserved perfectly.
The only thing that isn't currently working is the contact form, which I'll need to work on a bit. It's been using ASP Formmail for a few years now, so I've got to consider whether or not to use Dreamhost's free cgi Formmail or write my own script. Depends on my laziness level, I suppose.
Either way, if you discover a bug or find a broken link, please let me know via the comments for this post. Thanks!
Quick Picks
- Converting from Blogger to Wordpress. For my own edification.
- The Onion hits the mark again. I lol'ed.
- A fascinating look at job loss over the current and previous recessions with highly detailed charts. Very Nice
- Lifehacker: Battle of the Hardware-Boosting Hacks
- More Lifehacker: Most Popular Desktops of 2008
- Last one, I promise: HD Hacker Backs Up Your Master Boot Record - A good utility to have if you're constantly screwing around with different operating systems on one machine.
- SubModal: "A usability technique for web browsers that allows you to show floating content over other content." For my own (future) edification.
- Here's something neat: Kalyway (OSx86 Project) tutorial, a way to install OS X 10.5 on my new Acer Aspire One netbook. Very cool!
- Looks like my favorite new book, World War Z, is being made into a movie.
- Marc Ambinder points out something my coworkers and I have noticed for weeks.
- I really, really love the sign up form at Huffduffer.com!
- From the Washington Post: A simplified chart of the McCain tax cuts vs. Obama tax cuts.
- Matt Damon on Sarah Palin: "You do the actuary tables, there's a one out of three chance, if not more, that McCain doesn't survive his first term, and it'll be President Palin. It's like a really bad Disney movie, "The Hockey Mom.' Oh, I'm just a hockey mom from Alaska, and she's president. "She's facing down Vladimir Putin and using the folksy stuff she learned at the hockey rink. It's absurd." Amen!
- Google's new browser, Chrome, passes the ACID2 test with flying colors. w00t.
- Karl Rove calls Joe Biden a "big blowhard doofus". Yeah, coming from the closest thing to a real-life Emperor Palpatine that really stings. LOL.
- McCain's running mate has a pregnant and unwed 17 year old daughter. Family values indeed!