I’ve slacked on posting here because I’ve been in the process of moving webhosts, and I just haven’t had the time to be around long enough to ensure everything moved over without any major hiccups. Of course, like any server move though, there were hiccups. Moving was a bit of a pain, between database inconsistencies and my old host being a pain in my rear. Everything seems to be okay now, and I’m so happy to actually be on a dedicated server so I have more control over everything. Shining Polaris’ new home is quite cozy, and speedy to boost.
The biggest issue about doing a server move is that it’s more than just my own domain I have to caretake for, it’s about 3 others also that I carry with me. And all their data. One of these days I’ll stop being such a nice guy and stop hosting everyone else’s stuff, but for the time being this is the price I pay. If anything this gives me more experience and I’ve learned a lot in the past few days which I’m sure will prove invaluable for the future.
I’ve been working on a brand spanking new emulation and ROM website, with the amusing name of Pants Emulation. I found a nice site design on OSWD to be the base of my site layout, and coded everything else from there. I was really impressed with myself with how I was able to get everything down, from the searching and results, to integrating phpBB3 login cookies with the rest of the site. And of course, the downloads database is massive. It’s only getting bigger too; as of this writing I’m adding in the entire MAME arcade set. Soon after that, it’ll be the entire Gameboy Advance set. I’m not messing around here, it’s crazy enough I put the whole N64 collection on there already. I have the emulators section almost done so that’s going live soon. After that it’s just sit and watch the download counts rise, and hopefully get some affiliates in the process. I’m still contemplating ads, as much as I hate sounding selfish I would like to make a little cash from this if possible.
Internet things aside, I’ve been spending a lot of my spare time with Liz and suffice to say things are great and we’re really happy together. She’s working some funky hours but we’re doing what we can to spend time together whenever possible and it’s working out pretty well so far. We’re heading back to her parents’ place this weekend so that should be fun. Next friday is her birthday; we’re contemplating getting drunk and watching Rambo in the theatres.
Time for me to get back to work and possibly sleep.