My site and other stuff

[vilakins]

My site, Breaking Orbit, has been moved to another web hosting provider because of the appalling service I had at the last one. They've had a lot of downtime, are very hard to contact, and last week was the last straw. First I got an error while trying to update a page, then when I complained, the site disappeared altogether and my e-mails were ignored.

It's now all uploaded at the new web host (thanks to kerravonsen for the rec) who have already shown that they have a much better level of service and range of features. The DNS change is still propagating through the web, so if you still get a 403 or 404 error, it hasn't reached you yet. The URL has not changed so things should be back to normal in a few days at the latest. I can finally see it, yay!

Today I also managed to go to Newmarket and meet Greg for lunch at 277, walk down to the the Crocs shop and buy those shoes and studs, run into imhilien on the way back (she must have seen my purple hat coming from a block away!), get a warrant of fitness for my car, and go to the library to pick up my ordered book and another one that looks interesting. And now it's time for a nice cup of tea and a sit down.

Comments

[vandonovan.livejournal.com]

Ah, you should see some Colin Baker. He's got some seriously horrible episode, but some that are totally worth it. You ought to at least see Timelash for Darrow! I could send you a copy of that on CD! Heck, I could burn a bunch of stuff onto a DVD-R. The cost of shipping a disc to NZ couldn't be terrible. Anything in mind? I could put those Simpsons episodes on. I have all of DW (classic and new), Red Dwarf, Life On Mars/Ashes to Ashes, . . . tons of stuff!

And shipping to the US is murder too. I could probably pick them up at Gallifrey One in February, but they tend to jack up the prices even higher when they import them, and I'm not sure I could wait. I'm an impatient bastard. But we'll see. Maybe I'll have some money to spare by August. *crosses fingers*

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Ooh, DVDs would be great and pretty cheap to send airmail (anything else is about 3-5 months). I'd love classic Who and those Simpsons eps. I own all of Red Dwarf and I have downloads of the other shows, though they're not really favourites (I can't stand Bolly-knickers).

[vandonovan.livejournal.com]

They won't be watchable on a DVD player, but they'll be AVIs you could watch on the computer--is that okay?

Any particular serials/Doctors you'd especially like to see? I could send both of Darrow's serials, if you've not seen them. Jacqueline Pearce was in "The Two Doctors" and Brian Croucher in "The Robots of Death" if those interest you. (Of course you know about MK in The Sunmakers.)

I'd definitely send it airmail. I've mailed stuff to Australia before, so I imagine the travel time is fairly similar. By boat would be a terribly long wait.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Yep, because with all our gadgets (Apple TV etc) we can indeed watch them on TV if we want. :-D

I think I saw PD (though I didn't realise it) in a 1st Doctor rerun once, but why not? And I burned the Sunmakers to DVD a while back. Anything you think's good will be fine.

[vandonovan.livejournal.com]

That works out splendidly then! :D

PD was in a Third Doctor serial, not a First Doctor. I'll include both of them. As I recall the Third Doctor one is probably worth FFing through to find Darrow, but it'll be amusing anyway.

I'll put those on and fill it up with whatever else fits then. :D Maybe send you some Troughton stuff, since he's my favorite. :)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I've never seen Troughton so that would be great! I do have a couple of Seven DVDs and of course Sunmakers.

[vandonovan.livejournal.com]

Some Troughton it is, then! Do you want me to add those Simpsons episodes if they download, or should I just upload them whenever they finish, instead?

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Whatever's easier! :-)

[jhall1.livejournal.com]

Troughton was excellent, and his characterisation was very much the template for all of his successors. From him onwards, it's not difficult to believe that each new regeneration is at the core the same character, for all the superficial differences. But it's much harder to gelieve that of Hartnell's Doctor.

Congratulations on your productive day.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I know a lot of people like him.

Thanks! :-)