Well, so far everything appears to running smoothly. If you happened to pass by and see that “Hello World” post and no dark theme then you would have arrived after the domain nameservers had been switched across to the new server. I’ve imported all the content from the old server and have been slowly but surely getting everything (roughly) back the way it was before. I think its not completely the same but its close enough.
The move worked pretty smoothly and I’m happy with the end results. Now all I have to do is hope that the same will happen for Animay as that site is massively huge and will take a bit more finessing around with the various doodads to get everything working and looking the same as it was. I’ve had great help from my new hosts – which is always a bonus and a good selling point for a hosting company. Mayhem-Online (MOL for short) was the easiest of all my sites to move across, which is why I did it now, it was kind of a test to see if I could actually do it lol. If Animay’s move goes well then its likely the other sites will follow, but we’ll probably see how things progress here for a while before any other site does make the move.
There’s a strong possibility that I’ll be shifting servers with all my websites. I’m looking around at the moment and hoping to find something that will meet my current requirements fairly soon. At this stage I’m delaying updates on all of my websites until after the move and that could be anywhere between now and the end of the month, or even maybe the end of next month… depends on what appears on the horizon. At this stage my only worry is the transfer of mysql databases – a lot of hosts out there have different control panels to the one I currently use and therefore don’t do the whole automatic transfer unless you’re using the same control panel they are. While most of my sites are easily moveable (wordpress has that import export option), its the databases for sites like Joomla and Coppermine that are the main issue. There are over 90,000 images on the Screencaps Gallery alone (Animay), and to have to re-upload them would be extremely time-consuming, not to mention the number of views, popularity statistics etc that I’d prefer to keep.
On another note, I picked up Sims 3 a couple of weeks ago when it came out. I’ve seen on the official site that there have been just as many complaints as there has been compliments and kudos for the game. I’m with the latter rather than the former. Sure there are a few weird things that become a bit problematic, but its still a great game and there’s so many cool options and events that happen in this game that I’m still a Sims addict lol. I’ll post up my full review at a later date.
My gundam – as listed below – arrived and was built. I have taken photos but not pulled them off the camera yet so I can’t share them but will after shifting servers. All I can say right now is just how awesome it looks. Master-Grade kits are the best!
When I’m not watching anime, or a dvd movie, I’m watching TV series. Lately I’ve been downloading TV series that I’m interested in, usually the crime stuff as that’s pretty cool to me. I’m a big CSI fan though not so much of CSI: Miami (don’t really like David Caruso) but the NY spinoff is great. I also like the new series that has been airing since last year in the US called “Eleventh Hour” starring Rufus Sewell. Currently I’m waiting for new episodes and hoping they will be coming (including a second season!). I’m also a big fan of The Mentalist, “our boy” Simon Baker is a great actor and he portrays his character well in this series. I’ve also been watching Law and Order: Criminal Intent (fan of Vincent D’nofrio and Jeff Goldblum) and Cold Case. I’ve recently started watching Criminal Minds which appears to be pretty good too in that category and have begun downloading The Closer, which I did begin watching when it first aired here on free-to-air tv but as soon as they changed timeslots I lose interest. On the other side I’ve also been getting some fantasy adventure series, namely Legend of the Seeker and Merlin. I did have the option of downloading season 5 of Stargate Atlantis but since the DVD set is due out next month I’ll just wait and buy that lol.
This kit pictured here is currently on its way to my home address right now! After I first saw it, just like the other Master Grade kit I was working on, I knew I had to have it. This particular version is what you would say is an ‘upgraded’ version (I would anyway) from the original. It was originally released as a 1/100 Master Grade kit back in June last year and turned out to be a hot seller. Bandai decided to re-release this kit with a few added specials – its moulded in gloss colours and shiny gold plating, includes new accessories such as the folding screen and weapon stands, special display base and two different types of markings you can use to customise it. Granted the markings were also offered in the original version but I thought I’d mention them anyway ^_^. Of course there’s also a big price difference between the two – the original version costs 5,000Y ($52 US/$72AU). The new version costs 8,000Y ($82 US/$115AU). Now I did pop down to Shin Tokyo last week and sure enough they had this baby in stock, however the price, even with my membership, was $180AUD. In ordering it from HobbyLink Japan, I actually saved $40 off that price and that included the shipping costs! Total amount I paid in Australian dollars for the HLJ version was $138.40 which was pretty good as I caught the market at a good time lol.
When it arrives, I’m going to post up a finished image of the previous MasterGrade kit that I built, you know the one I started to document and then couldn’t be bothered uploading all the photos? And then I’ll see about whether I’ll document this one or just post up a few pictures of it as its being ‘created’…
Oh and I guess I should actually state what the gundam is called?! Its Shin Musha Gundam Sengoku no Jin and is based on Koei’s video game franchise.