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November 15, 2007
As I wrote earlier, I've been experiencing extremely slow Internet speed here in the border of Zhongshan and Zhuhai cities. I couldn't really access my own blog to post new articles. Also because of recent Win32.Backdoor.CiaDoor attack my computer caused me to reinstall everything, which delay me from redesigning the site.
Problem no.1: Slow Internet Speed
The worst thing ever happen to me. The area where I stay now is next to Zhuhai, but unfortunately inside Zhongshan's authority. In other words, I'm living inside Zhongshan, but 1.5 hours drive to Zhongshan city center, while Zhuhai is right there few km away but got a checkpoint.
Perhaps too far from the City center, my area only have DSL line of 512Kbps. Few days ago I tried to get a ADSL 4Mbps, which was really promising, until I got notified that they couldn't connect it. 
What worse can it be, not able to access your own blog to post new entries.
This problem also cause me to have so much difficulty in managing the plugin and stuff.
I am learning a lot everyday by reading the senior blogger's advices. But this thing bugging me not able to load their heavy blog pages. Regarding this, I think bloggers should seriously read more about page optimization for dial-up users. In fact I'm applying the very simple rule: keep it plain simple stupid for the sake of readers.
Problem no. 2: Tools Stripped off
Yes, the CiaDoor attack forced me to reinstall Windows. It was not the virus itself which damage so much, but the malformed F-Secure Anti-Virus broke my whole operating system.
Enough for the causes, the effect is a bit amazingly disturbing. I had to reinstall:
- office suite,
- graphic suite,
- HTML editor,
- Apache server,
- A lot more, which can cover a few pages just for listing.
Then it come to even more disturbance, when it's time for settings. I then had to do a lot more, including:
- Reconfigure windows
- Tweak windows
- Enable commonly used features
- Disable unused annoying features
- Configure the web server
- etc.
And yet, till now I haven't configured my webserver properly to test my WordPress powered blog. For safety, and speed reason, I need to test out the new plugins and themes on my local computer, otherwise we know how messy it could get.
Since I'm a computer technician myself, these tasks are just a breeve. But being busy learning to blog the right way, I'm just feel annoyed to be distracted by something so unexpected.
Conclusion, not?
Often people ignore very important factors around a successful blog/website: Internet access and good computing equipment.
From these two problems I'm facing right now, I know how valuable those resources are. We just can't create profitable blog or website without having a good Internet connection and a fast computer.
So, shouldn't we take into account the cost for Internet access and computer equipments as expenditure for our online business? I think these are somethings to take into account when calculating our profit.
Would you like to share some difficult times you on your side? What do you think about the two items I talked about and their relation to our online world?
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