An interesting upgrade dilemma
Hope my shingles vaccine shot works the way the said it would. That is a very nasty problem.
And to add insult to injury, I've been dealing with shingles for over a week now. Seems I've crested the peak and am improving but it still sucks!
ALRIGHT WENDELL! The old cliche of "stress kills" needs an update to include stress-induced shingles.
A couple of decades ago I hadn't been feeling well. I'd been diagnosed with gallstones nearly two years before that, but had been able to control things with a very low-fat diet. Well, I ended up with shingles because my gall bladder was finally having major issues. Shingles is a nasty little disease that I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. Long story short, I healed up after a prescription of Valtrex and scheduled the surgery. I haven't had a recurrence since, but the memory of that painful episode nudged me into getting the two-dose shingles vaccine last year.
So Wendell, if there is some stress in your life now is the time to jettison it. You'll feel better mentally and it will reduce your chance of having another episode of shingles. In the meantime, schedule an appointment with your doctor to see how long you should wait to get the first of your two shingles boosters (they are usually taken 6 months apart).
I hope it isn't because you've been worrying too much about your "upgrade dilemma." Get well quick, Wendell.
My mother got shingles on her face, which went into her eye, and then she was blind in that eye. Many years of pain, it never went away totally for her, probably lasted 15 years or so until she passed away. So of course I got the shots as soon as I turned 60.
I'm 53. ????
In other news, and the original topic of this thread, the site was moved and upgraded late last night. ????
And seems to be working well - a smooth transition.
Yes.
I flew to Chicago, demanded access to my servers in Chicago, then plugged in a USB drive to "my" RPLS Today server. I downloaded everything and then flew to San Francisco, where I did the same thing but uploaded the USB drive to the new server. All was accomplished late last night while you all were sleeping. ????
Seriously though, I essentially setup a virtual pipeline from old server to new server, added a temporary maintenance page to the website, then copied everything to the new server through the pipeline. Then I switched the DNS to the new server and tested things. It went much faster than anticipated and (crossing fingers) no problems at all. The new server is quite a bit further away from many of you now, but my options in Dallas were limited and I wasn't going to settle for anything that wasn't on the up and up.
The old server is still sitting there, and I'll keep it available and paying for it for about 30 days. I want to make sure nothing is lost in the move.
