no, really

I’ve always done whatever it takes to get the job done, which often means learning stuff I’ve never done before.  In the past few months, I’ve done a lot of sysadmin work for myself – Ezra is rediculously amazing, but for the little stuff there was no reason to bother him.

In the past few weeks, we started moving all of Noo over to a server on MediaTemple.  We have been working with a gridserver, which felt kind of like bobbing for apples.  I mean, it can do the job, but you have to get used to having your hands tied.  Now that we’ve got a full dedicated machine, I can really stretch my legs and get things up and running, which has been a lot easier than I expected!  I’m appreciating all that I’ve learned from the talented people I’ve worked with.  They have good shoulders to stand on.

Plus, the speed increase is obvious.  I was wary of keeping Plesk on the box because it puts things in strange places.  But I’ve learned how it works, so I’m happy doing it both ways.

I’m still excited to be moving on this work now.  I can’t wait to start to see the results!!