Changes coming!

Changes will be coming to this site over the next few weeks. I’m switching my hosting provider for danray.org, and while I’m at it, I think I’ll switch this blog over to Wordpress. If everything goes according to plan, the two will become one — that is, they’ll be the same site and in large part the same page. You’ll see what I mean.

So what brought this on? Well, with Systech Computers closing this year, I thought now would be a good time to think about migrating off the server space they’ve so generously provided me over the past few years. At the same time, I’ve been meaning to work on Wordpress for a while. Blogger’s been good to me — I’ve been a user in one form or another since 2002 and I like the changes they’ve made recently — but I like the idea of having absolute control over not only my visible display but also the whole, murky backend.

Anyway, I decided to go with A Small Orange for hosting. After comparing a lot of smaller hosts with the monolithic Dreamhost, ASO really came out on top. So far, setup has gone smoothly. I’ll update this post if my impression changes, of course, but at this point I am very impressed!

EDIT: Everything’s been smooth so far. I doubt anyone will see this update right now, since I’m operating out of a temporary sandbox directory underneath danray.org, but for those who do, you’ll notice that I’m now running Wordpress 2.2. I’ve been troubleshooting for the past few days, but having invested no more than this weekend into my move so far, I’d say I’m happy with the results to date.