For my first post on the new server (aka Graceland) it’s all about how Austin didn’t get squat for snow and I’m glad. After 16 Winters in Illinois, one in Indiana, one in North Dakota and five in Wisconsin, I am so through with its weather. I did spend one in North Carolina which was in-between. Not quite Winter yet I didn’t like it.
Last night everybody was bracing for a couple inches. In the Midwest, that’s a joke and North Dakota doesn’t even give it a second thought. Meanwhile, Central Austin treats it like a class five hurricane landing. Overall, I don’t mind it too much. The snow falls, it might accumulate and it’s gone in less than a day. The pattern resembles the weather in sitcoms: there’s only snow for the Christmas episode because it’s a plot element, by next week, things are back to “normal.” Trust me, if The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Happy Days or The Bob Newhart Show followed the reality of Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Chicago climate respectively, they’d be different programs my grandparents would’ve enjoyed; jibber jabbering over the weather one of their favorite rants.
Just a quick post for my friends who don’t live near the area. You may have seen this AP photo. Firstly, those people are in Houston, well over 300 miles from here. Secondly, you can’t count on Internet’s numerous weather sites. A couple of hours ago, the widget on my MacBook insisted it was snowing Pflugerville despite what I saw out the window, nothing.
In closing, Jeremy successfully helped me install WordPress on the new(er) server and it migrated all my posts. I had to move over the pictures (easy), reinstall the plug-ins (easy) and get the DNS to re-route (also easy). One thing I did manage on my own was tweak the php.ini file to allow movies larger then 2 MB to be imported. We’ll see if this works in the near future.
Thanks for all your patience and now let us see some posts!