Up and Running on New Host

Well, that was easier than I thought it would be. I’ll probably jinx it by saying so, but the move was pretty easy. Cantoni.org is now being hosted by Pair.com. The biggest unknown for me was the DNS change. I was skeptical when they claimed it takes “24 – 72 hours” for the change to propagate through, but I noticed it at just over 24 hours. Not bad. For now, I’m keeping the old site up until I make sure everything made it over safely (http://216.247.87.96/). Update 11/12/02: This whole transition points out another great benefit of CityDesk. Once my…

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Changing Web Host

Ever since Cantoni.org first appears (way back in November 1999), I’ve used Interland.com as my web/e-mail provider. Since my current subscription is about to expire, I decided to switch to a different provider: Pair.com. Here are some of the reasons: Cost: the basic cost is very similar ($17/mo Interland, $18/mo Pair) Databases would cost extra on Interland but a couple are included with Pair Scripting would cost extra on Interland but is included with Pair Pair includes secure interfaces for logging in, for uploading files, and for reading e-mail Virtual domains cost $1/mo on Pair — this will let me…

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What’s a Blogroll anyways?

Started putting together a “blogroll” — basically a list of other sites that I regularly read. Rather than maintain a separate list, I’m going to publish my list of channels that I’m currently subscribed to with AmphetaDesk. For now, the blogroll is located at the bottom of the index page, but not on every page of the site. Update 10/22/02: Pulled all the blogroll stuff until I can spend some time to figure it out.

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