Well, it's just good to know that when the chips are down and things look grim you'll feed off the girl who loves you to save your own ass!

Xander ,'Chosen'


Buffistas Building a Better Board ++

Do you have problems, concerns, or recommendations about the technical side of the Phoenix? Air them here. Compliments also welcome.


megan walker - Jun 05, 2013 7:51:28 am PDT #3405 of 4673
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Insent, Jesse.

I'm working on a deadline, but should be able to manage a few hours if you need my eyes on something. (Not that I'll be able to tell what I'm looking at).


§ ita § - Jun 05, 2013 8:11:39 am PDT #3406 of 4673
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Looking at Dreamhost, this [link] is what we need--I don't know how we'd size it precisely, but I doubt we'd need more than the 2000MB option which is the cost of what we have now--we might be able to start at the bottom and see how things work.

Unlimited storage and bandwidth are important--we don't need dedicated--virtual servers without strange math (I have shivery feelings about trying to work it out last time) should be our requirement.

I will prioritise the log out bug (my sessions always timed out--I never got as far as testing that), but that's one of the most....ita-rigged parts of the code. It might be time to replace it with something non sucky. But I don't know how much I will be able to work on it.


EpicTangent - Jun 05, 2013 8:21:04 am PDT #3407 of 4673
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

I'd be worse than useless with tech, but I threw some money into the hat (Jesse, insent).

Technically, I suppose I should offer the Epic Poem (haha), but I'm crap at poetry, so thank goodness Amy's on it!

And, due to the nature of this place, the only things I'm really good at (proofreading, party planning, ...) are far from unique. Wait, there you go, I can offer to proof Pix's pithy article!

ita_!, Tom, I really hope you're feeling better, and soon! Dealing~ma.


NoiseDesign - Jun 05, 2013 8:50:55 am PDT #3408 of 4673
Our wings are not tired

I've been pretty happy with Dreamhost for my needs. Occasional outages or tomfoolery with moving servers around, but I've been with them for years and things have worked well overall.


Ginger - Jun 05, 2013 9:07:03 am PDT #3409 of 4673
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I've found Dreamhost to be pretty easy to work with and certainly one of the more economical options. I have been hacked, although not on a large scale.

I should be around most of the next few days, if there's anything I can test or otherwise help with.


Beverly - Jun 05, 2013 9:53:48 am PDT #3410 of 4673
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

Jesse, insent. All I can do, wish it was more. My poetry tends to be random and free verse...and not helpful in any practical or conceptual way. You guys, with the hands, though. All good thoughts and support to you.


§ ita § - Jun 05, 2013 4:49:51 pm PDT #3411 of 4673
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Does anyone object to trying the lowest rung of virtual server at Dreamhost? We're racking up more ridic bills just sitting here.

I suggest we sign up for something, stat, and point buffistas.com there, and I'll try and set up the code.


Amy - Jun 05, 2013 5:02:50 pm PDT #3412 of 4673
Because books.

I agree. Let's not run up huge bills.


Ginger - Jun 05, 2013 5:05:06 pm PDT #3413 of 4673
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I say go for as soon as you feel up to it. I don't think we're going to do better for unlimited bandwidth.


amych - Jun 05, 2013 6:13:04 pm PDT #3414 of 4673
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I agree. We can scale up later if we need the memory, but until then, better to get moved somewhere solid (and I trust DH to be solid) as quickly/easily as possible.