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Well…crap. My Open Source Quandry

I thought I was all good…until I was reading this (Adventures in Open Source):

It occurred to me that as 2009 rolled around I shouldn’t be blogging about open source on a closed platform like Blogger any more, it was a bit of a contradiction. So I upped sticks and moved to Wordpress on my own server.

Now I am in the same situation (here on Blogger), and have to decide if I care enough about not being on an open source blogging platform (ie WordPress).

It is indeed a bit hypocritical to be an open source enthusiast on a closed More >

fQ servers crashed…lost the site

Link to post in forums (click)

The host (x10hosting) were upgrading the server I was on, and during the abrupt shutdown/repair procedure some website accounts were lost. factorQ.net was one of these. They are still trying to determine if an update was made before the loss, but until then, blogspot comes through with Google reliability.

I’ll have to pretty it up later, but for now, is what it is.

The forums are still up and going, naturally: fQforums.co.cc

Post No. 2

This is my second post. I have made the decision that I will use this blogsite for rantings and things of a less personal nature (generally speaking), and allow it to be public, whereas my other journal shall henceforth be private and “friends only.” I think this will be a better setup for me in my so-called internet world.

So, a little about me. My name is Jon. I used to run a website called factorQ.net for several years. However, I got tired of paying the expense, and the visitors trailed off eventually, especially after a virus crashed my site. More >