dixiblog

Bamboo

In case you wondered where the Hell I am, I can answer you: still sitting in front of a computer, working.

Now, some of this stuff I’m working on is interesting–to ME, that is! But I know it would bore most of y’all straight into a coma, and I don’t want that on my conscience, for chrissakes! So I’ll restrain myself.

See the pretty bamboo arrangement? Amber got that for me. I really do like it a lot–especially the rocks in the bottom. And you can easily see how much water it has, plus it’s decorative, which is nice. It feels very…I dunno…natural, I guess.

Perhaps I could relax by meditating on that…  

She also got me a bottle of wine, but that’s LONG gone, thank you very much.

I kinda thought when I got LCE up to speed I’d be taking a break from the hardcore working.  The worst is done. Right now, I clean up about 5 recipes a day to keep the traffic up (yes, publishing a few recipes a day does give me a traffic spike) and, therefore, revenue spike. But still. I’m tired of working 7 days a week and evenings and whatever. I just thought I’d be mostly done by now. Maybe that was being optimistic, I guess.  Evi-fuckin-dently, huh?

Currently, I’m doing a lot of work onmy webhosting company.

I got the automated billing system set up, and am WAY more excited about the whole thing than anybody has a right to be, I’ll tell ya. I LOVE the idea of not having to invoice manually, and I’ll be honest: I’m kind of almost looking forward to turning on the automatic suspensions. I am such a fuckin’ sucker. Did you know I had one client who didn’t pay me for hosting for over 2 YEARS? (Then the crazy SOB seemed confused when I cashed his check and refused to reopen his hosting account. I’d only been begging him to pay me for two years. Nope. Not my kinda client.)

Yes. I’m that bad about suspending web hosting accounts. So I’ll let the software do my dirty work for me.

And this company is really important to me. I have big plans for it, y’kno? I want to use it as a vehicle to do good in the world. Maybe that’s sappy and stupid and if so, so fucking be it. And I want to think things out well before I act; I want to have a solid infrastructure. Hosting is a very competitive business, but, well done, can also be a good business. By and large, my web work hasn’t been impacted by economy concerns. Websites are a very cost-effective way to get info out regardless of the rest of the economic picture. So I keep moving along.

That’s my gig. But you know what? I don’t mind the work too much; it’s boring sometimes, but I prefer working on my own projects than someone else’s.

And if you know someone who needs some webhosting or a new domain, send ‘em over to me at http://thanks.goodkarmahost.com ! (The main site’s not done, but you can order domains or hosting accounts online there.

Peace out.