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I am about to make an effort to change hosts. The site was down for most of the last 24 hours. Support was useless, and in fact advised me against rebooting the server as part of an attempt to fix the problem, even though I finally did that and it immediately resolved the issue. I hate when the site is down for even a minute, and this latest outage--only the most recent in a string of them--was the last straw.

Moving servers is tricky. I don't know how well it will go, due to the sheer volume of files the site now relies upon. I have backed up the mysql database to significantly lessen the impact of any move, but please know that if the site does indeed move, any messages and submissions produced after I post this forum post you're reading right now may not make the move.

Of course I will keep you all informed once the move is finalized, and I hope any impact will last only briefly. I just thought you all should know!

"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." - John F. Kennedy on reality

"What if everything you see is more than what you see--the person next to you is a warrior and the space that appears empty is a secret door to another world? What if something appears that shouldn't? You either dismiss it, or you accept that there is much more to the world than you think. Perhaps it really is a doorway, and if you choose to go inside, you'll find many unexpected things." - Shigeru Miyamoto on secret doors to another world2

That must be frustrating for you to see that. Hope all goes well with the move.

I head spaceshit noises.

Okay, looks like the server move went through as desired. Of course we could still find minor issues here and there, so please let me know if you see any of that along the way, but we should now be ready to resume normal activity. Thanks for your patience!

"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." - John F. Kennedy on reality

"What if everything you see is more than what you see--the person next to you is a warrior and the space that appears empty is a secret door to another world? What if something appears that shouldn't? You either dismiss it, or you accept that there is much more to the world than you think. Perhaps it really is a doorway, and if you choose to go inside, you'll find many unexpected things." - Shigeru Miyamoto on secret doors to another world2