Alright, the hard drive running the old site COMPLETELY died, and the guy who ran it didn’t have any good backups. So that’s that.
Now I’m setup for 2 years of hosting with DreamHost, and it’s a happy new day. The site is just barely coming up and running, but I’m planning to do it right this time. The original vision for cabeen.net was a sort of community where my family can come together, meet, and keep in touch in a virtual way between actual visits. Now that I’m at least 1000 miles from any of my family, this goal is more relevant than ever.
In the near future, I will be setting up a shared blog where family members can do exactly what I’m doing right now: say whatever is on their mind for anyone else to read. Then other family members can do what I’m hoping you’ll do now: comment on those entries to share your own feelings and thoughts.
There will be more intresting additions that will also come with time. I want to include a better way of sharing photos, for instance. The blog entries can include a file, but it’s not a very robust solution, and could easily get really ugly if really large photos are attached, or if multiple photos are attached. I’m not sure if that’s even possible. There is much testing to do before I setup the shared blog. If you’re feeling anxious, though, you can let me know in the comments!
Well I guess in some way we are family. I just googled cabeen and a whole ton “o” stuff came up with your name on it. Also a Mcp. Cabeen who is one of the worlds most renowned numistmatists and philatelic writers and collectors. Huh who knew? Its odd that you are a computer person. I am married to a SQL DBA for the target corporation. You should get in touch. Have you been to a Cabeen reunion? If not there is a guy named Jay Cabeen who would love to meet you. Or maybe even my great great aunt Ruth. She is quite old but is the keeper of the family history. Well I would love to hear from you sometime..Patrick Cabeen