Getting things done

[mdlbear]

In startling contrast to the absolute zoo that is Ikea on weekends, Ikea at 5pm on a Monday is well-stocked and practically deserted. I'll have to remember that. I was also rather surprised to discover that I can manhandle a 99-pound box by myself without either dropping it on my foot or wrecking my back.

Only had time for about a half-hour walk today, but combined with a lighter-than-usual lunch and all the weight-lifting and stair-climbing I've done over the past three days I think I've gotten my exercise for the weekend.

Got to work fairly late because I spent probably more time than I needed to signing up for DSL with sonic.net. Toyed briefly with the possibility of staying with the Death Star for a fast, dynamic-IP connection on my main number and moving my mail and websites to a virtual host offsite. It would have been cheaper, but it would have taken more effort to set up and I would still have lost my static IP and hacker-friendly terms of service. When my rates go up after a year I'll reconsider -- I'll have had time to work on it and make a smooth transition. And I'll still be on Sonic.

No telling how long it will take for the Death Star to provision my line; they have to roll a truck (at a cost of $200) because I have too many extensions for the usual one-filter-per-phone approach to work. OK with me; I wanted a splitter at the demarc in the first place. I'll save the tech some trouble and run the cat5 myself. The attic access is through the Younger Daughter's bedroom, which fortunately has been recently cleaned. (Hence all the business sent in Ikea's direction.)

When I do go with a virtual server, it may very well be with dreamhost.com, but I'll take suggestions.

Comments

[ravan.livejournal.com]

Go Dreamhost! I just renewed again - we've been there for 3 years now. The platform is Debian, plus their web admin interface is nice (for a web gui) and has some power user options.

BTW, if you sign up through the link on http://ravan.asteris.org/, I get a referral bonus.

[mdlbear]

Sounds great! Debian is a real plus for me.

I really don't want to deal with this now, though -- I'm going to try real hard not to think about hosting until after taxes, and preferably after Baycon.

[ravan.livejournal.com]

Heh. Yeah, I have to do mine, too... bleah.

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

I've heard good things about Dreamhost...