Web Host Transfer

I finished moving websites to 1and1.com. This is the largest web host in the world. My only beef with them is that they use a home grown java based stats program. I would much prefer Awstats, which produces very good reports. They are based out of Germany, but the data center is in NYC. The have a $3 a month package. I have a $15 a month package.

The hardest site was www.freenameastar.com. I make a little money with this site and it is sensitive. When I realized the HostMerit had not restored from the correct disk, I was afraid that I would have to refund 4 months worth of star registrations. I got everyone back, though. It required a little cutting and pasting to get it right.

I moved lectrolab.com, astoundme.com, harplog.com, cthreepo.com, sciencefictional.com, silvertoneamps.com and a bunch of sites that get zero hits. I am dropping fumets.com as I will never finish the novel (unless I retire) and I am dropping wapfiction.com because nobody wants short stories sent to their cell phones as wml or text messages.

I did not try to restore sciencefictional.com. I was unhappy with the webzine thing and I want to ruminate a little on what to do with it. I think someone should buy it from me. It is a nice name for a spec-fic site, but perhaps too intellectual and snobby sounding. I had written 20 stories for sciencefictional under pen names. I should dust them off and spread them around the for-the-love-of webzines. All are under 2k words and most are awful. Perhaps I will use a pen name so I don't have to take credit for them.