In a fit of impulse geekitude, I’ve rented a dedicated server. It runs Ubuntu Linux, which is what I run at home and am currently writing this post with, so the ground is familiar, however I’ll have to get used to managing things entirely by command line. Something I should be doing regardless.

I’m not sure what I’m going to do about this website. Davebgimp.com is hosted on a shared server with BlueHost, who are seriously superb webhosts, IMHO. My account is paid in advance with them for another fifteen months, so probably I’ll just leave this website where it is.

For the near future, I’ll mainly be using this new-fangled server as a secure proxy host so I can get around redundant web filtering and also safely use open wifi spots without risking my passwords and data. I have a few other domains registered that I suppose I could move over to it, maybe even set up a mail server, I’m not sure. I’ve never really run a server before, so it’s all new shit to me.

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The domain name has transferred and everything seems to be up and running correctly. Please let me know if you encounter errors.
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Please bear with me over the next couple of days as I once again change webhosts. I’m setting the new site up today and the domain transfer should be finished in 48 hours or less. It’s likely that the whole move will be unnoticeable.

My current host, hostinglite.com, is completely unreliable and it’s one of those things where at least once a week, something on their end fucks up. They’re cheap as hell, so I guess I’m getting what I paid for, but I need a site that works and is not consistently down because of SQL problems and nameserver issues, so if I have to pay more, so be it.

This time I am taking the easy route and selecting the host at the top of the recommended list on WordPress.org. If I pay a year up front, it’s only a dollar more than what I pay now for my lame-ass service. BlueHost.com, let’s hope they pull through.

Except for a couple very recent posts which I’m not particularly worried about losing, all posts from the old blog have been imported and incorporated within the current blog you happen to be reading now (you lazy fat fucking worm, quit jerking off and get back to work). Notice all the posts? All the categories? Originally, the plan was to just archive all the old stuff separately, but I ended up importing it so to keep site searching a bit more easier.

Commenting and trackbacking are both enabled, but pretty heavily policed as the old blog was slammed by spammers on a regular basis. I’m employing a bunch of different methods so if you are finding you cannot comment or are having any trouble, let me know what you were doing and what happened.

There’s a whole shitload of links running down the left side. They should all be pretty self-explanatory and will continue to be added to.