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Our Internet service was just restored and the site is up and running again. However… … we have more severe weather on the way and this may not last. I’ll do my best to keep you informed through Facebook, if we are down again. Here’s what happened. In the severe weather on April Fools’ Day, a big tree in our backyard toppled over and took out power, phone, and Internet/Cable TV lines. In the photo, if you look closely, you can see the wires that were pulled down when the tree fell. While power came back late Monday afternoon, our … Get your chin in and keep reading…

As many of you know, I’ve been maintaining this site for a few years now, and after a time working on any project, it gets to a steady state where not a lot changes.  While the under-the-hood things have been happening, the look and the content of the site haven’t changed a lot in the last couple of years.  When a new comment needs to be moderated, I usually give it a quick scan to make sure it’s not spam, approve it, and rarely do I give it a second thought. A couple of weeks ago, I was doing some … Get your chin in and keep reading…

Good morning! While the physical move of the BandSir.com server went smoothly, a thunderstorm on Sunday morning caused a short power outage. The uninterruptible power supply failed and for some reason still unknown, the database software failed. This is why this site has been offline. Fortunately, I have backups, but I had to learn how to restore the site, having never needed to restore it before. It’s back up and running again — sorta. It’s not on a secure web page yet, but I’ll add that back over the coming days. If you find a link that doesn’t work, please … Get your chin in and keep reading…