May 18th, 2006

Sometimes it’s so time consuming, trying to figure out what is wrong.  I’ve been having trouble with my blog.  I keep getting a database error, and I can’t for the life of me determine why.  My configuration files have the proper names and locations.  My database hasn’t changed.  Nothing has changed that I can tell, but for some reason, the system is hiccupping and sporadically throwing an error.  I can reload the page once or several times, and eventually I’ll get back in. 

So. Frustrating.  I’ve perused the WordPress forums to no avail.  I looked at my server settings.  Finally I submitted a ticket to my host service, and they sent me a test file to show that from their perspective, all is working fine.  So I ran their test file, and lo, everything is working fine.  Ever since, things have been working.  It’s not a magic test.  It just says, hey, I’m a php page and I can talk to a mysql database.  Whoopee.  It does nothing else.  I don’t know what the problem is.  I hate that.  I like stability. 

Anyway.  There it is.  My whinge for the day.

Oh, there’s more.  Much more.  But I’m too tired to get into it.

Tomorrow I am taking a day off.  I’ve gotten into a use-it-or-lose-it situation with my vacation time, which is totally pathetic.  What kind of person doesn’t take time off when they can, and get paid for it to boot   I seriously need to examine my priorities and learn how to put me-time into better perspective.  The giant corporate entity for which I work will not go belly up if I take a break or two.  So.  Tomorrow.  Time off.  Perhaps I’ll blog.  Or clean house.  Go shopping   Run errands   Do laundry   I’ll think of something.

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2 Responses to “Another reason why I hate technology”

The Bec Half of Glamorouse Says:

My theory – from a position of total ignorance – is that you have to pull rank on your computer. It’s not *what* the host server did that fixed the problem, it’s the fact that your computer/blog *knew* that you were going over its head that scared it into behaving again.

In our house it’s called dobbing.

sueeeus Says:

I love it! Dobbing it is.