Server Move Complete – New Look

25 Apr 2009

Welcome to the new Bwana.org (DNS changes still propagating). For months I’ve been putting up with sporadic uptime due to increased traffic and an overworked virtual private server at Dreamhost. I’ve switched providers to Mosso (The Rackspace Cloud), and am utilizing their Cloud Sites product. Yes, this is a more expensive solution than what I’m currently paying at Dreamhost, but I’m a big believer in “you get what you pay for”. I considered a lot more options out there and what drew me to Mosso was it’s great reputation and scaling solution. I also had a good conversation with Robert La Gesse of Mosso who took the time to answer a lot of my questions. As a result of the more expensive solution, I’m opening up advertising on my sites for anyone interested. Email me for more information.

We’ll see how things go here at Mosso, and I hope you all enjoy the new look and feel. I figured since I’m moving from a long time relationship with Dreamhost (since 2005!), I’d accompany it with a new look and feel. Thanks everyone for your patience and let me know if you experience any kind of issues with the new site. I look forward to providing more content without the fear of server death.

Tags: bwana.org, cloud, dreamhost, mosso, move, server, sites, website

26 Responses to Server Move Complete – New Look

Rob La Gesse

April 25th, 2009 at 5:46 pm

Very nice – thanks for the post, and really happy I could help you out. The conversation was fun!

Let us know if we can ever help – that is what we are really amazing at

Rob La Gesse
Director of Customer Development
Mosso | The Rackspace Cloud
210-845-4440

Lloyd

April 25th, 2009 at 6:06 pm

looking good!

Bwana

April 25th, 2009 at 6:16 pm

Thanks Rob! So far the knowledge base has answered all my tech questions. As time goes on, I won’t be afraid to ask for help.

Webomatica

April 25th, 2009 at 7:14 pm

Looks good, site loaded quickly for me. Hope the instability stuff is in the past!

darthdallas

April 25th, 2009 at 11:41 pm

good luck brotha… hope all goes smoothly, love your stuff

Harold Cabezas

April 26th, 2009 at 9:02 am

Congratulations. I really enjoy all that you do. Keep up the great work, I love the new design. I’ll be listening, watching and reading-you’re a triple threat!! Multimedia rules. Be well.

Lou Hoffman

April 26th, 2009 at 4:43 pm

Looks nice…very clean, and load time it great!

Daniel Vining

April 26th, 2009 at 5:14 pm

Hey Bwana. I like the new template. Are you going to update the rest of the bwana.org network to match? I love all your stuff, but one thing that would be cool is a little more consistency in your design. At least the main sites, .org, radio, and video. Just a suggestion cuz as I said, I love all your stuff. I am redoing my website now as well, and I am trying to update everything to match. It is easier for me since I don’t have as much content. Good Luck!

April 27th, 2009 at 8:00 am

Daniel, I’m keeping the brands separate on purpose. If you want a cohesive experience of all that I produce, visit http://bwanarama.com I also created a master RSS feed there which has all my stuff in one place.

Brett

April 30th, 2009 at 10:35 pm

I’m glad to hear the move went well! Good luck on the new setup!

Daniel

May 1st, 2009 at 1:22 pm

Ok, cool. I can appreciate wanting to keep your various projects separate from one another. Thanks for not getting mad at my suggestion. Work on my site is progressing well, I am very close to launching it. I saw, and bookmarked bwanarama. Nice use of Squarespace, and nice take on Channel Dvorak. Good stuff man!

April 25th, 2009 at 5:19 pm

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jcunwired

April 25th, 2009 at 5:22 pm

Love the pic Bwana!

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April 25th, 2009 at 5:23 pm

Thanks

Paisano

April 25th, 2009 at 5:29 pm

@Bwana Congrats on the new crib! Looks great. Smart move. You do get what you pay for. http://bit.ly/XcFfW

edythe

April 25th, 2009 at 5:30 pm

ok, so the 404 is supposed to be there, because you’re not done. got it. looks good.

April 25th, 2009 at 5:40 pm

edythe – try http://www.bwana.org.php5-3.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/2009/04/25/server-move-complete-new-look/ DNS is still propagating :/

Micah Wittman

April 25th, 2009 at 6:50 pm

Look’n good, Bwana!

April 25th, 2009 at 7:00 pm

I like the new look. Am I missing the link to go to Bwana.tv from the site or is that coming in phase two?

metalerik

April 25th, 2009 at 7:17 pm

looks great!

Ferwin

April 25th, 2009 at 7:54 pm

Looking good…hope it keeps getting better for you big guy!

Robert Scoble

April 25th, 2009 at 9:45 pm

Awesome, love it! Thanks for using Rackspace and let us know if we can ever do something for you.

Mattb4rd

April 25th, 2009 at 9:48 pm

You probably are already aware, but your email subscription is broken.

asiriusgeek

April 25th, 2009 at 9:56 pm

Love the colors, it’s bright and cheerful .

Mark Krynsky

April 25th, 2009 at 9:58 pm

Site looks great! Still running Wordpress? Very nice theme. You should write a post-mortem on your whole process from the steps of selecting a new host all the way to migrating to them and the new look.

April 27th, 2009 at 12:44 am

Yeah running wordpress. Exhausted. Maybe I’ll blog the experience later