[hosting] Small DNS Changes

pentaclemoon, victorria, and lori should pay particular attention here, it's just FYI for everyone else.

We're finally pulling the network plug on the old server this week. There should be no problems, difficulties, or so much as a hangnail from this, but one never can tell. Domains that will be affected by the changes detailed below are arellanes.org, freyasfolk.org, hawksong.com, lowbudgetweddings.com, nearmusic.com, and victorria.com.

One possible issue is that of DNS. It appears that one of the registrars that's used to register domains that I host, everyone's least favorite dinosaur Network Solutions, is still, despite my repeated attempts, showing the old IP address of 216.224.91.230. Don't bitch at me about NetSol, either, it's not my fault; I personally use MelbourneIT, and yes, I know everyone else likes Joker, Ghandi, or a bowl of Rice Krispies -- this isn't about that. Heck, when snugharbor.com was registered, they were the only game in town, and we liked it!

Ahem.

Anyway, in an attempt to coax the nice dinosaur to please change its peasized mind, I have told Network Solutions to please use its own name servers, and given those name servers very specific instructions about what IP addresses to use for web, mail, etc.

This almost certainly won't break anything, but behold the power of "almost" that reveals that I know that lo, those are often Famous Last Words. If something does break, it'll be bad, but short-lived: the affected domains will not be reachable until the various databases completely propagate the new data, which can take 24-48 hours.

Thank you all, as always, for your continued support...

Your Friendly Neighborhood Hostmistress

[jobhunt] Sounds Like an Early Sean Connery Movie...

Not so! I lie! That was Zardoz! This is about Zantaz, which isn't at all the same, starting off with a remarkable lack of any giant flying stone heads!

However, it is in Pleasanton. A giant flying stone head or two might liven things up a bit...

Anyway, adric00 gave them my resume, and they asked for an interview today, where he and snowwy both work. I think it went well, but it's shift work, far from home (still BARTable), for an hourly wage (when I do salaries or contracts) and less than I wanted to consider making, with the strong probability that it'll conflict with either Seidhjallr or Hrafnar. It's a strongly Windows environment. There's a piss test, and access to the data requires passing biometric locks.

Well! That makes it violate nearly every guideline I'd set up for what I'll do in a job, except it's still in IT! Obviously, I should tell them to create an origami suppository (possibly involving a giant flying stone head).

I didn't, though. I had a hunch, and it came through a friend who was returning a favor, so I did none of the above and turned on all applicable charm. The hiring manager said she "didn't see any reason not to hire me,", which we're still not sure whether to take as a good sign or a damnation with faint praise.

If nothing else, it'll pull us ahead of several short-term debts, collections of late fees, and other crap, so we can spread around a goodly number of Yule presents. Yay, presents!

-- Lorrie