I've noticed a few weird things lately on the BBS computer, which is also a "temporary" place for my websites. Last week the database server service stopped running by itself and I had to start it back up manually. Also I noticed bbs users connecting and waiting so long for the bbs to start up that they give up and disconnect.
I suspect the hard drive is starting to fail, or some of the old memory I stuffed in months ago is cheap and going bad. I backed up all the important files and if the computer goes bad it might be a little while before I get things back up and running.
I have put off a re-write of my website for years. A large part of that was because I wanted to do it in Java, had some experience in it but not enough to do the rewrite to the level of sophistication and quality that I wanted. I've been gaining a lot of experience at work and might actually get started on the rewrite soon (as in first quarter of 2007 :)
Working from his home office in Toronto,
Ryan de Laplante can be found developing software in
Java by day, and obsessing with technology by night.
Ryan has been designing and writing software for
IJW since 1998 and is very passionate about his work.
