Just a little side note: we've just moved Neatorama to a new host. The old server had put up a valiant effort, but at the end, Neatorama's growth finally got the best of it.
It's been a joy to see the blog grow in the past two years or so, but it comes with a certain degree of pain and frustration. Neatorama had been booted off a shared server and a virtual private server, and had outgrown two dedicated servers. The blog gobbled up a lot of bandwidth, and we had to outsource image and static content delivery to Cachefly.
We've just put the blog on a multiple-server environment that promises easier expansion capability as the blog grows (I hope!). This move has gone pretty smoothly, though it's not without its minor kinks (like old caches, email and plugin issues). We'll get these straightened out very soon.
I've moved servers before by myself in the past, and this particular move was the most complex yet it was the easiest, thanks to the awesome guys at Linux Admin who handled everything (and I mean everything from automated WP updates, server security, optimization, to performance tuning). They know what they're doing and, as an unsolicited plug, I highly recommend anyone with a high-traffic website or wordpress blog to check them out: http://www.linuxadmin.org/
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Nice to hear that Neatorama is going to bigger and better servers. Should help since it looks like a ton of folks are stopping by! :)
...now if we can have a minute of silence for our dearly departed server :(
I, for one, would probably spontaneously combust if I saw that in my driveway...
...as long as George Lucas WASN'T IN IT...
--TwoDragons
But the design of this car just reminds me of slightly melted plastic or wax.
--TwoDragons
I just like them when they've got a lady on in the magazines and pinup portraits ^^ but not for the car itself but for the articles...
One of his early student films is shots of cars, and there are race scenes in both American Graffiti and THX 1138.
When he was in grade 12, he crashed a convertible sports car he was driving. The car itself was wrapped around a tree, and the impact was so violent that the racing seatbelt that Lucas had installed was ripped out of the car by the bolts. Lucas spent several weeks in hospital, felt lucky to be alive, and decided to make something of his life. He was failing Grade 12 at the time. He decided to go to film school...
And I think that fucker looks sweet.