The irony is of course that within moments of my having posted yesterday’s entry, my hosting provider’s service went down, so no one could get to the message in which I was asking for help with finding a new hosting provider.  Coincidence?  I think not.  In any event, help would still be greatly appreciated—and I’m off to make many, many backups.

Just a quick one, as I’m in the midst of enormous piles of grading that I really want done by the end of the day tomorrow:  I’ve just gotten an email message from my hosting provider saying that they’re shutting down as early as two weeks from now.  I need recommendations for a good, inexpensive hosting provider, with a solid support record.  Any advice would be appreciated; any thanks.

On George’s recommendation, I’m attempting to move my book links from Amazon to BookSense, which links independent booksellers nationwide.  If you’re in the U.S. and follow one of these links (like the link to Cryptonomicon in yesterday’s entry), you should find yourself on a page asking for your zip code, and then be redirected to a local bookseller from whom you can purchase the book.

In theory.  In practice, the redirect isn’t working.  If any of you have had any luck getting this to work, let me know…

Or, Smooth, part two.

After spending a day with the site, and with other sites, and after some extremely useful feedback, I’ve made a little design revision.  Things are still malleable, though, so I’m open to complaints and suggestions.

Now back to work.