Mercury Retrograde is a good time to take care of ongoing maintenance issues. Like renewing domain names, updating pointers, and looking after the backend of the web server.
The name astrofish.org implies the “not for profit” branch or organization. While it certainly looks like a volunteer organization, based on income compared to output, in theory, astrofish.net and its subsidiary sites, like kramerw.com, all run as a business. More or less. Some days less than more.
However, there’s always that option, that idea, that spark of (something), a single point of ignition where an idea takes root, a concept gets a grip.
The idea, originally, was to have the “free” stuff be available on the “dot org” site. Like, last week’s scopes. All the free stuff available herein. Hereunder. Around these parts.
The problem is the old school method, more than 17 years of horoscopes, the old storage is being phased out. All the archives will still be available, but most them will be in a database, and from this point forward, that’s just much easier. I haven’t completely figured out the new workflow, but it’s getting easier. Less code, more horoscopes. Less grunt work. More amusement.
However, that messes up the old way of running out last week’s scopes, and that means the idea is now done with, as in over.
I know it’s trite, and forgive an OWL her need to quote: The old order changeth, yielding place to new And God fulfills himself in many ways, Lest one good custom should corrupt the world. I’ve often thought about that one phrase, “lest one good custom should corrupt the world.” Not one evil custom, one good custom. Leading to the notion that change is not only inevitable, but desirable. So we go, kicking and screaming, or laughing and joyous, but go we must. Or the database, anyway.
From a workflow point of view, it just makes it a lot easier. Some progress is progress?