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16th Aug 2017, 12:56 pm | #1 |
Dekatron
Join Date: Aug 2003
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GMB's web site has moved
I thought that BT would one day knife my little web site and now I find it had happened already.
Fortunately I had set up a Raspberry Pi with a copy of the site, and even registered a domain for it! But I wasn't sure if I really wanted to run live off a Pi on my desk, but circumstances have intervened. So my "new" web site is to be found here: http://air-ministry.uk |
16th Aug 2017, 1:04 pm | #2 |
Rest in Peace
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Location: Harlaxton, Lincolnshire, UK.
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Re: GMB's web site has moved
It was nice of BT to keep you informed.
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16th Aug 2017, 1:44 pm | #3 |
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Location: Oxford, UK
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Re: GMB's web site has moved
Are you saying that the server is a Pi at the end of a domestic ADSL line? If so, it's performing very well, though it's not a very graphics heavy site which helps.
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16th Aug 2017, 2:05 pm | #4 |
Nonode
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Preston, Lancashire, UK.
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Re: GMB's web site has moved
Many thanks for keeping it available, I refer to it frequently!
Andy |
16th Aug 2017, 2:05 pm | #5 |
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Re: GMB's web site has moved
Fast here too, I like a simple website, like here, content over style!
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16th Aug 2017, 2:30 pm | #6 | |
Dekatron
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Re: GMB's web site has moved
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It isn't quite a domestic line although it might as well be. It is supposed to be a business broadband "infinity" line from BT for all the difference that I have seen - gives a totally domestic service on a good day. I think people forget just how fast a self-contained web site can be. Almost everything these days is working through ad-tracking servers and streaming advert video and google analytics. I never cease to be amazed that it works at all. Take a look at the web source code of a typical modern commercial site and you will see why they are slow. Are you not driven to distraction by the keystroke-by-keystroke active scripting? Well my little web server isn't doing that. But look out, because I am about to build a load of more complex services on it although you won't be seeing much of them directly. |
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17th Aug 2017, 12:08 pm | #8 |
Heptode
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Carshalton, Surrey, UK.
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Re: GMB's web site has moved
Hi,
there is a lot of most useful information there. Thanks you for keeping it available.
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Regards Peter B |
17th Aug 2017, 12:54 pm | #9 |
Dekatron
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Re: GMB's web site has moved
I just wish it was easy to find, like it used to be.
I asked Google and Bing to scan it but the results are a disappointment, possibly because the IP address is not considered to be good enough. I also wish I could tell the search engines that the old site was replaced. |
17th Aug 2017, 1:03 pm | #10 |
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Re: GMB's web site has moved
It will gradually move up the rankings, particularly if you keep it online 24/7 and persuade other sites to link to it.
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17th Aug 2017, 2:09 pm | #11 |
Triode
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Somerset West, Cape Town, South Africa
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Re: GMB's web site has moved
Lightning fast from down here near cape Town, South Africa
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19th Aug 2017, 7:49 am | #12 |
Hexode
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: London, UK.
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Re: GMB's web site has moved
It is a very useful resource and still seems to be working well. I too have found it very useful.
Thanks for maintaining it. Edward |