I apologize for not writing much recently, but I am busier now than I have been at any time in my life. On top of all the reading, studying, research, and writing I have done for school in the last twelve weeks, I still have about thirty more pages to go before the semester ends. I’ll post here again when I am finished.
Filed under: School, Website on December 1st, 2009 | No Comments »
I am attempting to resolve my problem of frequent website outages. As you have probably noticed if you visit this site with any frequency, about half the time it isn’t working. Ten minutes later it will work fine. But when it’s down, I not only cannot access my site, or write new posts, but I cannot receive my email either. It’s a serious problem, and I don’t know who or what is responsible. In the past I have tried to move the site to a new host, but I am not especially skilled in the science of the internet, and I got frustrated by the logistics of moving all my files. But if my host cannot tell me why I am having this problem, I will find a better one.
Filed under: Website on March 18th, 2009 | No Comments »
Miriam called this morning to tell me that email messages to me were being returned with a “Mailbox Full” message. This is vexing for many reasons, not the least of which is that I receive important bulletin from school via email.
I logged in to the top-secret control panel for my website and discovered that my email had a default value of 10MB set, and presently exceeded that value. I changed it to 100MB, and now am able to receive messages again. I’m sure my teachers aren’t reading this, but for everyone else: if you sent me a communiqué that warranted a reply, and I did not, please send me the message again. I most likely never received it.
Filed under: Website on December 17th, 2008 | No Comments »
I spent this afternoon in internet hell.
Around five o’clock I went to check my email, but found that Outlook wasn’t connecting to my server. Not terribly uncommon for it to do this from time to time for brief periods. But hours later it was still acting up. I figured this would coincide with my website being down, but, to make sure, I typed in my web address and was horrified beyond belief to see an advertisement with “danajohnhill.com” written next to it. I frantically checked a separate Hotmail address I use just for my site admin stuff, and could not believe my eyes: I had missed renewing my domain name. It looked like someone else had bought my own name and had put up an advertisement website.
I was in a frenzy, writing frantic messages to my host, checking on the status of my files, trying to see what I could do to reclaim my name. It seems that my efforts have paid off, thankfully, and tonight I once again own “danajohnhill.com” and will for years and years to come. I messed something up in the meantime, so “danajohnhill.org” doesn’t point here for the time being, but I’ll figure that out when I am less deranged.
Filed under: Website on October 2nd, 2008 | 1 Comment »
With my website going off-line increasingly often, I am now shopping for a new host. I may not be updating my site until then. Your patience is appreciated.
Filed under: Website on April 8th, 2008 | No Comments »