I've been learning some wicked cool things with Apache. You can host multiple domains on a single computer that has a single IP address by using Virtual Hosts. From the user's end, its just another domain. This is how web hosts are allowed to setup 50 domains on one computer. Of course, they have all kinds of automated scripts that allow them to create a whole domain configuration in seconds. Anyways, I just finished configuring my XBox so that it runs ekarma.net AND cdraam.com. (cdraam.com?? I decided to make that domain, becuase its easier for people to remember, lol.) Anyways all cdraam.com does is redirect to raamdev.com, but its just awesome that I now know how to setup an almost unlimited amount of domains on my one XBox 🙂 Eventually, I want to start hosting raamdev.com on it as well.
I've been putting a lot of thinking into how the hell I'm going to design the backend to my raamdev.com site. I want it to be something that can easily be built upon and something that will be able to handle huge amounts of data. I'm still working on it, but check back for any possible updates. I've already redesigned the layout of the pages with pure CSS and XHTML, but I'm not going to apply the new layouts until I have the new backend working.
Lastly, I had a thought while I was in the car yesterday. I realized that so many people use computers, and people that use them often, have thousands and thousands of files they collect over time. Personal files. Pictures, letters, emails, etc etc. How is someone to manage such a large amount of files over the period of their lifetime? What happens to all those files when a person dies? An idea I had, is that there should be a filesystem, or at least a program, that automaticly creates a new directory for each year and then throughout that year all the files you save and work on will be stored in that year's folder. At the end of the year, the folder will be archived, and a new one will be created. Inside each year's directory, would be a Pictures dir, Documents, Email, etc etc. I've got to put some more thought into it, but I think its a really interesting idea. 🙂