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Lost in Time
I have
been sitting here since dawn working on my new website (DosRios.us).
The
work involved in getting everything “just right”
used to be a very simple task. I could easily do my
changes and send them to the server instantly in order
to view things live on the ‘net. Right now, from my
abode things are not that easy. I have no phone line to
plug into and no cable to connect a cable modem. Both
systems are applied for but the “normal” waiting
periods have not elapsed as of yet.
I make
my changes and new pages, view them on my computer to
edit and change them until I’m satisfied with the look
and feel of things, then, copy the website to a disk,
then, got next door to the Internet café and wait for a
computer to become available.
Now
that I’ve sequestered (sometimes I have to fight to
get my turn) a mode of connection I can continue my
attempt of doing business on today’s internet. I even
had to “sneak install” some programs in order to use
those computers for my website work.
The new programming gets sent to the server (I
use an FTP “file transfer protocol” program to transfer the saved information to my allocated
space on a internet connected computer “server” located in Ft. Lauderdale) and then I can connect to
the website to view my ides and changes on-line and make
notations for more changes as needed. This abuse of time
and space goes on until I get the end result I need.
Before moving to this office/apartment I was be able to
do it from my own desk within minutes, now it’s a
couple of hours at least before my ideas hit the net!
Simple
things like registering a new domain name that used to
be a five-minute ordeal becomes a major problem also
from an Internet Café. The security “proxy server”
systems they use will not allow some of the programming
used in the process.
The
domain name service people require an active email
address on your own computer connection for
communication of credit card payments, and the
information regarding that email address is listed as
your place of contact. SO, when I tried to register my
new name I was not successful because of the hotmail
email address I am forced to use temporally.
I was
finally successful only by being a royal
pain-in-the-a$$, and my pal Donna got it all done for
me. In between her own website (amjr.com) businesses and
family stuff to work around she accomplished everything
in record time. Thanks for being there and thanks for
helping me out guys!
My
landlord informed me this week that she has sold this
property to a corporation that is eventually going to
force me to move out of their new office complex!
The
apartment/office I am now in is perfect for my needs as
far as price and location ……
I am
going to have a real difficult task ahead of me finding
a suitable replacement in the price range I need and
this time I guess I should move somewhere the stuff is
already installed.
Life’s
a bitch sometimes
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