Spent some of the weekend to move my blog and web site to Dreamhost. Price is good, with shell access and 500G of space. They throw in a domain registration as part of the service, so I have them hosting http://www.kostakis.com and http://beachhaven-rental.com. This should eliminate people getting blocked trying to get to my home server on port 8080 and is overall a better setup. Migration was easy and the add ons like photo galleries, and genealogy programs are easy to fire up. Didn’t hit many snags, but it ended up eating more time than I planned. I’ll need to find a reasonable publishing program. Tried Microsoft Publish 2003, but as with most Microsoft products, it’s got too many bells and whistles.  Trying to get some simple html code out there, isn’t easy. There has to be something in between using vi to hand code html and publisher.
Made another batch of cold brewed coffee. Since it doesn’t involve using any kitchen appliances, it worked out ok for me 🙂

Started planning for at least a week on the East Coast next week. Hit a minor snag that I somehow ended up with all my luggage in NJ. May be traveling with clothes in a big trash bag….
Made it to the semifinals in backgammon on Thursday. I do enjoy playing and will miss not being able to play when I go back home. One gripe with the format is that it’s double elimination until you get to the semis. I’ve made it 3 times to 3rd place for 1/2 a point in the tournament (2 points for 1st). Someone who lost in an earlier bracket has a chance to get 2nd place. This week I got some lucky roles and beat Dave (the tournament director), who is a much better player than I am. I then lost to Ralph. Dave went on to get 1 point for 2nd place after the loss to me. I understand the logic to make the tournament finish in a reasonable time frame, but to get 0.5 point in 3 tournaments, with a single loss each time, is not fun. Especially when that position is on the bubble and doesn’t get paid. My new set should also be delivered this week. Think I do have a problem in this area. If I total it up, I’ve bought 3 sets this year, for over $700, and already had 3 boards.