Oddball Update

The time has come (once again) to move my myriad of websites to a new web host! I’ve had numerous issues with my current host(s) — most notably, emails that show up late or not at all — and ever since Oddball Update was moved to a new server, I’ve had more random issues than I can count. They’re not constant, but they crop up at the most annoying times. So I’m going to try something new.

I’ll also be retiring the current photo gallery in lieu of a Flickr Pro account. Maintaining the gallery here on the server was becoming too much work, what with so many files in it — plus it still randomly crashes for no apparent reason. And of course, with all of my photos on Flickr, I won’t have to move hundreds of megabytes of photos every time I switch web hosts. Yay for easy portability.

When I first got a Flickr account, Flickr was new and I was afraid if I put all of my photos on it, it might not be there tomorrow. Well, yeah…I’d say by now we can be pretty sure Flickr isn’t going anywhere anytime soon, as it seems to be more popular than ever — the YouTube of photo sharing, really. And by paying for a Pro account (at a mere $15 annually), I’ll be contributing to their continued existence anyway.

This might strike you as strange timing for this undertaking, what with my being so busy at work and all. Trust me…this is my outlet. If my job throws up a barricade to progress at every turn, at least with my own website, I can feel like I’m accomplishing something.

Things might be weird with my site and/or my email for the next couple of days. If so, deal with it.

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