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Moving to a new host in a couple of weeks

Sunday, September 23rd, 2007

If you’ve been wondering about the lack of updates to this site, then hopefully that hiatus will be explained when I move to the new host a couple of weeks from now, if everything goes well.

Changing web hosts is never a pleasant experience, which is why I tried to choose one host that has a lot of positive feedback, rather than going for the best value choice.

In case anyone is wandering, the site is currently hosted by Total Choice Hosting. In terms of hosting, or downtime, I have no complains. But I was screwed over last year when they asked me to pay a large sum of money for my .net domain because I had supposedly missed the payment, although I simply didn’t receive an invoice to do so.

Why didn’t I receive an invoice? It happens that we have to pay the domain in a separate part of their site, despite it being shown on the platform from which I payed the hosting (that platform had the invoice for the first purchase of the domain), and despite asking why I hadn’t received an invoice on the said platform and being told that I would receive it soon.

I still consider it a good host, and they have good value for their packages, and have always responded to my support tickets relatively quickly. Perhaps I’m being too harsh, but this is the sort of person I am. When it comes to something I’m paying for I am: Fool me once, shame on you, and no, I’m not sticking around for “fool me twice”.

A trajedy at Prom Night in Madeira

Friday, November 25th, 2005

Today one of our main schools celebrates our local version of what you call Prom Night in America, however, one of the kids that was on the way to the traditional church event had a car accident and passed away.

To all his friends and family I give my most sincere condolences…

May God guide his soul.

This isn’t Iraq

Friday, September 2nd, 2005
War on New Orleans

Yes, unfortunately it isn’t. Words cannot express the feelings that are running through my head right now. The Bush administration has failed once again, and I’d rather not say more about it because I’m really upset of what is becoming of America.

Journalists describe New Orleans as something similar to the Mad Max movies.

The government sent in 4 National Guard troops to aid the victims and try and restore order. The American National Guard consists of people that train a few hours a week that are called out in crisis situations such as this. They are not fully-experienced soldiers, and most of them probably don’t have any experience in this kind of war, or war situations whatsoever.

I rather not say more… I don’t know what is becoming of this world but clearly, for me, this is one of the signs that the end is coming soon. “Why?” you might ask, well think about it, ten years ago, gangs controlling devastated cities, murdering, raping and pillaging as they wish could only be pure fiction.

Well it’s not fiction anymore, this isn’t Iraq and people were dying, and being rapped and murdered while Bush was sitting in his ranch in Texas.

Oh my God, how I wish this was just some kind sick comedy…

My condolences to all the victims, families and Americans for this horrible, horrible tragedy.