a little nervous

Tonight, I'm doing a live test of an e-mail throttling script I wrote for the Boy Scout council website I've been working on since 2001 (along with a bunch of other Scouters). I'll admit that I'm a bit nervous about the test.

About a month ago, the monthly email notifier went out to over 1700 subscribers in about 3 minutes. This broke my web host's e-mail speed limit, and ended up causing the website account to be suspended (under suspicion of spamming). After about an hour on the phone, I was able to convince the host that we were not spammers, and to reinstate the account.

They agreed to my solution to throttle the email delivery, and to run the process in the wee hours, while server activity is low.

Well, tonight is the test... and I'm really hoping it goes well.... otherwise, I'm going to find myself back on the phone, groveling for another chance.

UPDATE: Okay, a minor glitch on the reporting script, but it worked. whew!

i've got to get to doing this more often

almost a month. dammit.

Okay, so much for blogging on a more regular basis. My problem is that I get too busy, too much on the code groove, and then, POW! A month has gone by. I need to think less about what I am blogging about, at least the planning on what I am blogging about, and just type something... okay, but it's got to make sense... and cost me less than a therapist.

Lots of work going on from all angles... so I'm going to get to it.

busy, busy, busy

I know I've been away for a while... it's been busy, and looking to get busier.

I have a new web client who needs a quick turnaround on some brochureware, and an existing client who is finally ready (after 2-1/2 years of waiting) to pull the trigger on a complete rebuild.

The new client's website is an easy build, and will be done by early next week.

The complete rebuild is going to take some time. It's a full-blown db-based site with ALOT of content. Luckily, the client has offered to input all the content (whew!). I was originally supposed to receive design files from a graphic artist who designed their brochure, but due to reluctance, I'll now be recreated all the graphic elements. Not a problem, as I'm used to it.

Oh, and I'm still working on a kickass summer camp registration app for the local Boy Scout council... but I've been given a bit of a reprieve on that one.

Back to work...