So (I think I said this before) this summer I'm working on setting up a
new website - The Eudora Welty Archive - as part of a paid job for my
professor through Millsaps College.
And, like, boy I did not anticipate how big of a project this would end
up being. Like honestly, it's not *that* bad, and for anyone experienced
in writing this stuff, it would be a piece of cake. But I'm doing the
web design, the HTML and CSS markup, the backend scripting/coding, and
the server maintenance and setup - and this is the first time I've ever
worked on a project this size. But I guess it's good since I'm getting
paid by the hour lol.
I sent Dr. Pickard a pcpartpicker list for the server I'm recommending
we build. It's ~$1000, so he's probably not going to give on that, but
at the same time, I think it'd be a good idea to go on and get it and
have it set up. Right now I'm just setting everything up on my Raspberry
Pi, but that's not a really good solution, I think, for having an
ongoing project for the next 10-15 years (it's part of some Eudora Welty
initiative through Millsaps) or a website that's supposedly going to be
accessed by scholars across the nation on the public internet. Like,
c'mon, we gotta get this shiz right in the beginning.
It's nice to finally be home, away from school, though. And I'm happy
I'm actually employed through this (even if I'm only getting paid
monthly.... yeeesh). I'm also working on another project that I started
last summer, and I'm hoping to maybe get Patrons (bc hey I'm broke).
It's a sci-fi comic called Subject X31 (Available at
https://tapas.io/series/74305). It's not, like, super high quality, but
I think some people would enjoy it, especially from SDF.
I also still need to work on the terminal project. I have the capacitors
for the video board, so I'll probably go on and replace those sometime
when I feel like it this week. And then once my paycheck comes in I can
actually start doing a bit more (because right now I have literally $3
in my bank account). But I would like to get it working.
Anyway, that's all for now! Thanks everyone, and have a great day!
