Life, Kids, Technology & that move to another continent
It is 11PM and I am not tired yet. I am not going to work so I don’t have to worry about getting up early. I just wish I can have normal sleeping habits again. Now I am just bored. I watched a bunch of stuff on my Tivo. I have checked my email. I even ordered Freshdirect for tomorrow.
This entry was written while listening to Are You Happy Now from the album Hotel Paper by Michelle Branch
I am taking the day off tomorrow. I have no plans, other than taking the day off. I may just lie around. I may go and do something productive. What I won’t be doing is going to work, or answering my cell phone for work.
I wonder how long this plan will stay in effect?
Now that I have moved to a new hosting provider (Typepad) I have decided to try out a new layout of this blog. I am now using a 3 column layout with links and lists on the left as you can see. Not sure how much use I will get out of the list function once the novelty wears off, but I am trying it out now.
I like the subtle color scheme instead of the in your face yellow and black I used to have. I liked that scheme too, but this new look seems cleaner.
Expect more tweaks and changes over the next few weeks.
I am not able to sleep. I am going to try and lie down in a few minutes. I know I won’t be able to get up for work on time if I don’t get some sleep soon. I hate not being able to sleep. I have been having issues for the past week and half or more.
Must try….
I have taken the plunge. I have left my cushy free hosting provider. My friend had a problem with his linux server. I almost lost 2 months worth of posts. That was a big scare, but not the reason I moved. In the end Gus got the box up and I was able to backup my stuff. If I didn’t have a backup that was my fault anyway.
Gus now has to rebuild that box at some point. I will be down for that. That was a motivating factor in my decision. The simple fact is I have been eyeing a different solution for my blog for some time. I actually am now trying out SixApart’s (If you are from mars, they make MoveableType) Typepad. Typepad is a pay service, but they offer more functionality than the free moveabletype. Most of my website now consists of just my blog entries, so I am trying the free trial out. Then if I like it I will fork over the nine bucks or so a month for the hosting.
The one problem I have run into is the fact that I cannot get blog.Scott.ac to resolve to the new typepad site. Turns out they offer domain aliasing but only for www.sitename.com, not somethingelse.sitename.com. I am going to email them and see if they can get this to work. I don’t want to redirect my entire site to my blog. If I cannot get typepad to resolve blog.Scott.ac, then I will loose all my links and people wont find the site. Not that many people view it, but it will be annoying.
I am trying out a new look on the Typepad site. Not as out there as the yellow and black look of the old site. Let me know what you think.