I’m a pioneer!
Last week I migrated rantspace to a new server… which subsequently went down because of a few problems at the datacenter. That’s what I get for being the guinea pig pioneer of the new server. But everything is back up now and the problems have been fixed so hopefully it’s smooth sailing from here. I’ve been given direct access to the control panel (which may or may not have been a good idea…), so I’ve had to figure out a number of things for myself, but it’s been fun.
The reason for the move was so I could get the latest versions of php and mysql, so I could start on a facebook app idea I have. While I did start it on the same server, I moved it to a Joyent host when the server went down and I think I’ll leave it there for now. The app is still a while away from being complete, but I have made significant progress on learning the facebook API and getting the base of the app done. I bought myself a whiteboard and have been using it to keep track of tasks, which has been a great boost to productivity. I’m trying to use it for my tasks around the house as well, hopefully it will help out with my productivity in that area too. If this app goes well I already have a few ideas for more, hopefully I can make some useful things and make a few bucks off them too 