Finally, after much thrashing around, I’ve gotten my blog back up.

The problem was with my database of posts and information. I used the BerkeleyDB system to store all of my weblog information, however, this is notorious for getting corrupted. Most of the time, this happens when you either switch hosts, or your host upgrades their servers. The latter happened to me.

In my busy schedule, it took another month or so to even diagnose the problem. And another half month to get the admin on my host to install the latest version of DB_File for me. But anyway, it’s all in the past now. Just some word of advice to movabletype users: don’t use BerkeleyDB for your database; stick with SQL! I am going to be converting soon.

In other news, I’ve been updating my Flickr photostream more often now. I think I’m really getting into photography, and will be updating regularly now. You can also catch my recent photos through my nifty flickr strip on the right side of this page.

More to come.

I got in on a good deal for hosting at Telnap. I got the tip from Anandtech’s hot deals forum. It’s 2.5Gb/month and 100Mb for $6 a year. Not too shabby at all. Also, I found that you can get .info domains for free. Expect to see my site at www.jamesjyu.info soon. Yeah, I know I’m cheap, but it sure beats having to deal with Stanford’s slow servers all the time.

I wrestled with MT to move over all my posts. Found that the easiest way was to just reinstall MT fresh at the new site and export the entries from my old site. Now, I’m just waiting for my new domain to resolve… hopefully by tomorrow.

Finally, my redesign is almost done, and live as well. Whew.. setting up movabletype was a learning experience, but well worth it.

I will be entering academic life once again in about a week. Exciting stuff. Time to learn again.