another slow day

I've written 65 words of the novel. Which isn't much, but at least I worked on it a little. The immediate problem is that I'm working on two (for the moment) separate subplots/streams of events, and I'm not sure where either one goes next. So I can't put one aside by working on the other.

Other than that, the high point of the day was making pancakes; the low point, probably spilling a bunch of frozen blueberries because the resealable bag hadn't, and having to pick them all off the carpet and throw them away.

another slow day

I've written 65 words of the novel. Which isn't much, but at least I worked on it a little. The immediate problem is that I'm working on two (for the moment) separate subplots/streams of events, and I'm not sure where either one goes next. So I can't put one aside by working on the other.

Other than that, the high point of the day was making pancakes; the low point, probably spilling a bunch of frozen blueberries because the resealable bag hadn't, and having to pick them all off the carpet and throw them away.

Disadvantages of a vanity domain

My domain, redbird.org, is hosted by mydomain.com. Hosted in this case means they provide DNS services, and redirection for the Web site and email. The actual Web pages live on Panix, where I have an account I pay for. (Hosting, shell account, all sorts of cool stuff.)

Mydomain.com is down. Hosed. No DNS services, no mail forwarding, nothing. This is being carried as a news story on the Register, because enough other people are affected by this.

I can still get mail, as vr@panix.com. But almost everyone I know has the redbird address at this point, so my mail is (I hope) sitting in limbo until this is fixed. I can also still serve my Web pages, either with the longer address at panix or as www.yawl.org (which I also own, and which is hosted by GANDI, which is doing fine).

The one person I know I needed to talk to, eleanor, I sent a follow-up message to, explaining the problem and asking her to write to the Panix account, and we're doing fine. But I don't know who else may be trying to reach me. Rationally, I know that anyone who's likely to need me in an emergency has my home phone number, which is in any case not difficult to discover. The problem is that since they don't know that the email is down, they may assume they have reached me. Still, my mother and roadnotes will think to call, and cattitude's parents don't even use email in the first place, and the assorted mailing lists cope without me all the time.

If I go to bed now, maybe I can write tomorrow morning.

Disadvantages of a vanity domain

My domain, redbird.org, is hosted by mydomain.com. Hosted in this case means they provide DNS services, and redirection for the Web site and email. The actual Web pages live on Panix, where I have an account I pay for. (Hosting, shell account, all sorts of cool stuff.)

Mydomain.com is down. Hosed. No DNS services, no mail forwarding, nothing. This is being carried as a news story on the Register, because enough other people are affected by this.

I can still get mail, as vr@panix.com. But almost everyone I know has the redbird address at this point, so my mail is (I hope) sitting in limbo until this is fixed. I can also still serve my Web pages, either with the longer address at panix or as www.yawl.org (which I also own, and which is hosted by GANDI, which is doing fine).

The one person I know I needed to talk to, eleanor, I sent a follow-up message to, explaining the problem and asking her to write to the Panix account, and we're doing fine. But I don't know who else may be trying to reach me. Rationally, I know that anyone who's likely to need me in an emergency has my home phone number, which is in any case not difficult to discover. The problem is that since they don't know that the email is down, they may assume they have reached me. Still, my mother and roadnotes will think to call, and cattitude's parents don't even use email in the first place, and the assorted mailing lists cope without me all the time.

If I go to bed now, maybe I can write tomorrow morning.