My computer is going to melt

[mbarrick]

I looked at the usage trends on Gothic BC since I first bought the domain in August 1999. With the exception of a couple of hiccups the site has been getting steadily more popular, currently serving roughly 75,000 page views from over 10,000 visitor sessions a month resulting in bandwidth utilization of about 3.5 GB. Problem is this is still running on the same hardware as it was in 1999. I wanted to replace the box as of late 2001. Expenses in 2002 made that impossible, but with the help of donations I was at least able to throw more RAM into the machine and add more hard-drive space. I've been tweaking the software for efficiency, but the fact of the matter is I've pretty much hit the wall with what I can do with this machine. Because I'm still paying off debts incurred in 2002 it is going to be at least November, but more likely January before I can fully replace the machine - two whole years behind what I would have otherwise considered the end of the useful life of a machine I originally purchased in 1998.

Comments

[evilyn13.livejournal.com]

hahahahaa! you forgot the part where "atratus reformats trish's pictures, cuz she doesn't know how."
i took some pictures at the covenant show last night as well, hopefully i will have some time to sit down tonight and send them your way, as well as the ones from richard's cd release party.

Pictures

[mbarrick.livejournal.com]

If you want to keep it easy you could just make a couple directories in your FTP space and dump them in there. It would be easier for you than going through the upload control on GBC.

Amazing though that what seemed like a huge spike at the time from those pictures doesn't even represent half of the normal traffic I get now. I really hope Telus doesn't start nailing me for the bandwidth.