Most of you may not notice, but I’ve been using the new default design templates for this blog, and I apologize because I have no intention of customizing it until the final version of this blog software is released. Please bear with this generic design for a few more weeks (actually, I kind of got used to it). P.S. If you see a lot of other blogs that look just like mine, it’s because they are all copying me.

We have successfully moved to our new webhost, Dreamhost. Our old host, iPowerweb, was cheap but there was way too much downtime, we were running out of room for all the sites we host, and their customer service was horrible… Anyway, with some coupon codes I found on the web, this Dreamhost account ended up being cheaper for two years than if I had renewed for another single year at iPower! So, I’m happy. Thanks to Gen Kanai for recommending Dreamhost. Shell access totally kicks ass! Unfortunately, I do not have time to tweak the looks of my site all at once, so changes will come gradually (starting with my…

That’s right, we’re running beta software, baby! The MT upgrade took longer than it should have because of a weird FTP glitch that prevented all the necessary files from being transferred to the server; it was driving me crazy trying to figure it out, but it all worked out in the end. I have to say, waiting this long to upgrade had its merits – it’s been like riding around in a new car for the past half hour. So many new gadgets and features I had no idea I needed until I tried them! I may have even found an alternative hack for my sidebar photos. Anyway, we can’t…

I’m working on the site from now – just upgrading MT in preparation for the transfer. Fingers crossed…

I plan on moving this site to another webhost this week, so there will be some downtime. I may also switch blogging platforms… Anyway, don’t be alarmed if we are down for a while, I have to do some gnarly things to start preparing for the move.

I just hacked together an Atom feed with full, formatted entries (plus inline graphics), because I felt guilty for putting it off for the past three years or so. I tested it briefly and it seems to work fine in Bloglines. You can find it here: http://www.cosmicbuddha.com/blog/atom.xml Alternatively, you can subscribe with Bloglines by clicking here.

So the latest trend in comment/trackback spam is furniture. Ceiling fans, wood flooring, wood cabinets, etc. May I just point out the fact that this is retarded. In addition, the very latest spam was about “oral herpes genital pictures.” Now that is some sick shit. In a perfect world, spammers are Tokyo and I am Godzilla.

Although I have no idea why you would want to do such a thing, for the next couple of months (until the registration expires), you can reach C. Buddha’s Hasty Musings through the alternate domain: http://lepetit.us So end my aspirations of putting up a French midget foot fetish blog there.

A recent comment from an entry on my moblog: “I HAVE BEEN BUYING YOUR WOODPECKER CIDER FOR MANY YEARS AND RECENTLY GOT MY BOYFRIEND TO ENJOY IT WITH ME AS HE DOSENT NORMALLY LIKE CIDER BUT ENJOYS YOURS VERY MUCH!!UNTIL TODAY WHEN I BOUGHT A BOTTLE OF YOUR WOODPECKER CIDER 2 LITRES WHEN I POURED HIM A GLASS AND A HUGE FLY CAME OUT OF THE BOTTLE!!!WE WERE VERY DISSAPPOINTED AT THIS AS WE REALLY ENJOY YOUR CIDER.” – DEBORAH CLARKE // Deborah, That isn’t a bug, it’s a feature. PLUS, COULD YOU PLEASE STOP SHOUTING IN HERE!!HURTS MY EARS.