particlestorm.net

I have finally managed to get all my domains switched over to my new web host. A big thank you to my brother who let me mooch off of his host for quite a while. I switched over to this new host because my business, Aona Systems, is now generating enough traffic that I should have my own. I went with 1&1 as my host because they are well liked by the Linux community and so far I have been very pleased with their service. Hopefully they will continue to deliver a good hosting experience.

Please let me know of any problems you see with this site or with www.aonasystems.com. I think I have managed to remember to put everything back together correctly, but sometimes stuff falls through the cracks.

I uploaded all my photos to my server yesterday and made blog entries for them all. You can now access my photo album by clicking the “Photos” section on the left of the page. I am pretty happy with how the photos have been integrated into the blog. In the future, I will write a blurb on what the photos are showing along with posting the photo thumbnails. Please let me know if you have any problems viewing the photo thumbnails or the full versions.

Welcome to the new and improved particlestorm.net website! My site is now powered by the Word Press publishing backend. I have imported all my old blog postings but the comments have been losted. If your comments were important you can enter them again on the proper posting. Over the next few days I will add the other missing content (photos, magazines, books, projects, etc). Enjoy the new site, tell me what you think of it, and let me know of any bugs.

I just finished posting pictures from last Saturday of our trip to the Kern County Fair. We had a lot of fun but it really wore us out… 3.5 hours of walking will do that.

My favorite part was the exotic animal petting zoo. I got to pet goats, a camel, some baby antelope, a deer, and Scottish Highland cattle. The baby furry cows were the best. They loved to be petted and were very soft. I have never seen such furry cows! The pictures are available in our photo album.

I just uploaded our wedding web site to the Internet! The site includes ceremony and reception information, our story, accommodations close to the reception spot, local area attractions, and our contact information. Everyone should check it out! It is at:

http://www.particlestorm.net/wedding/

Tell me what you think and what you would like added to it.

I just posted some new photos from our recent trip to Las Vegas. You can view them in the photo album section.

We ended up doing a lot on our short trip. Aliciana and I got to ride on the gondola in front of the Venetian Hotel for free. Thanks for hooking us up Courtney! It was a cool experience but there is no way it is worth $50. The ride was 10 minutes long and the gondolier sang us 2 songs. We even ended up getting the $15 photograph at the end for free because they forgot to take it at the beginning.

While we were in Las Vegas we also celebrated my mom’s 50th birthday. Congratulations for making it a half century mom! Overall it was a good trip, but it seemed short. Hopefully we can make it back to Las Vegas sometime in the next year. Aliciana started her new job last Monday, so we won’t be able to travel as much as we have been in the past.

I just got done uploading new photos from our recent trip to San Diego to our photo album. The pictures mainly feature Kristel’s baby shower. For those who don’t know, Kristel is Aliciana’s little sister. The photos turned out good, with a lot of cute ones of Little Cesar. Also, there was a really good one of Aliciana, Jenny, and Adriana.

I updated my resume and uploaded the latest copy to my resume section. I added some information about my palm application development work and added a little bit to the open source developer section. Check it out if you are curious about what I do for a living.

I just noticed that I am now the #1 result on Google when you search for Chris Ladd. I will take this to mean I am the most important Chris Ladd on the Internet. I am glad Google and I are finally seeing eye to eye on this.

My website had finally hit a milestone, it has made it to the first page of Google when you search for Chris Ladd. In fact, I am now the #2 result! In the past, I only showed up buried on the third or fourth page of Google among other Chris Ladds who clearly don’t belong on the Internet. I should be the top Chris Ladd on the Internet, and I am glad Google is finally starting to agree with me. I’m also the #6 result on Yahoo and #5 result on Lycos. Now, if I could just figure out how to capture the top spot.