I've finally decided it's time to upgrade my website from Drupal 5 to Drupal 6. I've also been wanting to increase my skills by working with a VPS and manage my hosting entirely via command line (as if I had my own linux server). I found a great hosting provider called WestHost who has VPS service at shared hosting prices and great reviews. Now that the semester is over, I actually have time to tackle these things and get a move on!

What this means is that my site will be going offline for some amount of time. Ideally this will only be for a day or two, but my goal is to be back up 100% by January 1st, 2009. I'll also be "unplugging" myself throughout the week of Christmas. That means no email, no internet, no cell phone, and no iPod. I'm trying this little experiment to reconnect to some things I've been neglecting lately - namely friends, family, books, and my personal Bible study and fellowship with God. I'm confident that I'll make it through this drought a better person and much more relaxed than I have been of late. Who knows, I might even make this "unplugging" thing a regular occurrence.