Stephen Groom Taking a shot at becoming a Poker Pro

Back to Apache

After coming upon a problem of massive loadtimes, I have decided to revert my HTTP serving task back to good old, trusty, Apache 2.2. This time, however, I am using PHP with the aid of [b][url=http://uk3.php.net/apc]APC[/url][/b] (Alternative PHP Cache) which seems to have dropped page loadtimes by about .5/second all across the board.

Please, let me know if load times have suffered or improved any as I continue to make this website as fast as it can be

Cheers
Stephen

And here it is

You are now viewing this website from my new Dedicated server . It has:

Intel Core Quad Q6600
4GB Ram
160GB space
6IP addresses
1.5TB bandwidth at 100mbps

Please let me know if you see any issues/errors as the migration was sort of rushed in between doing a few other things.

Please also tell me if you see a noticeable drop in load times as this was the main objective of the move

Cheers
Stephen

Dedicated Server

Today I have just ordered a Dedicated Server to host all of my websites

This is due to the increased load being put on the server by my facebook app Drag Racer. The server I got was from Hivelocity.com and has the following specs:
Intel Core Quad Q6600
4GB Ram
160GB space
6IP addresses
1.5TB bandwidth at 100mbps

This cost me $140/mo

To you guys this means, crazy fast load times but most importantly [b]Hosting![/b]

I will offer hosting at a fair price to anyone who asks. Just post me a comment in this blog and I will consider your request

It will be Apache or Lighttpd (I haven't decided yet) With PHP Support, MySQL, etc etc

Cheers
Stephen

Moving away from the subdomain

Today I have redirected the root domain [url=http://groomi.net]groomi.net[/url] and [url=http://www.groomi.net]www.groomi.net[/url] to point to this blog, as well as the [url=http://blog.groomi.net]current subdomain[/url].

This is after I realised that I will probably never have a more important website than this one to put on the root of the domain. Previously there was a landing-type page with 3 links. One to this page, another to [url=http://sjgmusic.com]SJG Music[/url] and another to [url=http://facebook.groomi.net]facebook.groomi.net[/url]. I figured that if those sites ever become active, I can simply link to them from here as this page is likely to get alot more hits than a content free landing page.

All the old links are still accessible from [url=http://blog.groomi.net]blog.groomi.net[/url] but in the future I will be linking to this site simply as [url=http://www.groomi.net]groomi.net[/url].

If anyone finds any problems/pages that still link to blog.groomi.net please let me know and I'll get them fixed.

Cheers
Stephen

New Design!

Hello..
I am finally happy with and have unveiled my fabulous green blog design MK II !!!

With a little help from the CSS clear: attribute (didn't that take some figuring out!) all is well and I hope you agree the blog is very el sexy and far better than it ever looked. I even think it rivals some WordPress blogs

Next in line is Gravatars and a quote button for the comment system

I will also be posting my holiday snaps as promised.. I just haven't gotten round to doing it yet what with Drag Racer + my car breaking yesterday :wave: