Growing Seeds

Well, today was another good day. I put in an order for a hefty server. It’s a sweet custom-built machine. My needs have grown to the point where I can’t rent shared servers anymore. I need more bandwidth, more control, more services and more features. I’m dying to tell the world the specs on the machine. Ready? It’s a four-core dual-processor Intel Xenon machine. It’s got 8Gb of ram and 8 hard drives for a total of 1.5Tb of fully redundant disk space. It will run Windows Server 64-bit OS. I’ll be running my own email server, web server, SQL server as well as a few other servers.

This will knock down a couple of roadblocks to development ideas I’ve had. I couldn’t do certain things because my hosting environment restricted that type of usage. But now I’ll truly have full control. The fact is that I run a web software development company. Everything I develop requires a server to run on. So it’s really a central requirement to my biz. Plus, this server will generate monthly/yearly recurring revenue. I’ve already got 2 more clients in the pipeline waiting for me to get it online so they can host with me.

As I was saying, my current solution leaves much to be desired. Email goes down, websites go down occasionally, the processor is slow, the bandwith is inadequate and the server resides in Australia. Which means that every web page request has to be sent to the other side of the planet and back. Most of my customers are in Greenville and the south east. So this will provide a much better response time overall for every web page load. I can’t wait to see how much faster my websites are!

Well anyway, I was looking at one of the websites I use that contains templates and examples of different website layouts. One thing struck me, most of the male businessman models look like they are about 45 years old. There’s just something about a 45 year old man that just looks professional and credible. Just think, when I’m 45 I’ll have 25 years of experience in my field. I can say that my company has been in the business for a quarter century. That’s some pretty solid credibility. That’s only 16 years away. Ouch! That doesn’t seem that far away.

By that time I hope that I’ll have a well-developed network of friends and biz collegues. I’d like to have a hot wife and some kids too. Gotta get a hot girl! Girls are way more complicated than business. I wish you could just save up and buy the one you want.

Haha! Oh no my friend. They can’t be bought. At least with money. Tears, embarrassment, nervousness and many sleepless nights - that’s how you get a girl. Now, how to keep a girl? I haven’t figured that out yet. I’ve got some friends who actually married their girl. They’ve got one up on me.

Oh well. As far as guys go, I am a very free man. I can do whatever I like, whenever I like. So I’ll enjoy it while I can.

Oh yea, this post was supposed to have something to do with “growing seeds”. Yea, well that’s just about me buying servers and stuff that will help me grow my biz. Anyways.