Production Log (6) - Misc.
Hi all just wanted to post a quick update on state of the project and site. And since I like lists below is a list:)
1. Its possible there could be some big news about the project later this week. So make sure and check back and please keep me and the project in your prayers.
2. Yesterday out of the blue the place that hosts the video pages stage6.com sent out an email saying they were shutting down the site on the 28th of this month. Needless to say this was unexpected of a site with 17 million visitors a month. Any way instead of explain why again here is a link to a story about it. So of course this sent me into a mild panic as I tried to find another place to host high quality DivX video. But with some prayer and searching I found Blip.tv Beta and uploaded the video pages there. Then I had to get the site developer Klaus to update the code to be able to work with the new video source. But he very nicely and dropped the other things he was doing and updated the code of the site for me. And every thing is already moved over so we do not have to worry about any down time for the site. Also the way he updated the site it will not be much faster to deal with problems with the hosts for the videos.
3. Money - Money always seems to be a problem and a blessing. God seems to never give me enough to feel comfortable but the money that is needed always some how turns up. And thats kind of the mode I am in right now. I have a couple of small jobs it looks like I will be doing and I am also stepping out in faith to setup a TV site. The TV site will be a collection of Christian and family TV feeds, radio feed and videos. I really really have been praying about doing this and about spending the money. But in the big picture the $280 or so is hardly any money but to me its a LOT at the moment. And I am still worried about spending it and if its the best way to do it but when I prayed about God showing me the way I got an email just shortly after from someone saying how much they liked the Beta version and how it was a blessing to them. So I am going to take this as a sign to spend the money on the project and trust in God to provide money for my other needs.
Also if you are interested you can play with the beta at TVgismo.com. The beta only has a few channels but the finished site will have many hundreds or thousands of links in an easy to use interface. You can see a non working mockup of the new site here Mockup.
4. Any way with all of that going on I have not had much time to work on the design for Adam and the look of the garden of eden. But I hope to be able to get back to working on that in another week or two.