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Server Migration

I’ll be migrating the server today to a new host. 

It may take up to 24 hours for web propagation and cache timeouts to complete. However, most users should experience downtime and delays lasting no more than 4 hours.

If you’re not able to access the site more than 48 hours after this blog post — beyond normal blocks and bans already in place — please leave a comment or contact me. Before you do, please be prepared to provide information about your device (such as brand, model, operating system), browsing software (such as browser name, browser version, status of cookies and JavaScript) and internet connection (such as country, internet service provider). 

Please also be aware that I am aware of certain blocks, bans and other issues affecting organizations with a large number of users (such as churches and schools). These issues will not be resolved with this server move. Please be patient as I am working to resolve those separately. 

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Back up!

Sorry about the downtime! Many thanks go to those kind users who notified me directly.

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Annual Hellooooooooooooo!

This website and Latin language tool continues to somewhat peacefully exist, quietly providing service to all the Latin learners in the world. It simply doesn’t need much care and feeding, though it is enjoyed by many (including its creator)! 

Nevertheless, every once in a while, it gets an update or two. For instance, today superficies (and related words) got some fixes! 

As always, please enjoy and make good use of it!

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DNS Issues!

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before!

Our host moved us to a new server and the migration has run into some DNS issues. The site is not going down permanently — it’ll be back soon. I will continue to work to make sure it comes back up soon. 

Thanks for your patience and please accept my apologies. 

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Ping! & English to Latin Fixed

Yes! This site is still alive and actively maintained. Sorry that there’s not much news. It’s literally because there’s not much of new! 
But… here is one news item. 

Today a kind Latin teacher let me know that the English to Latin page was not working. I fixed it. Sorry about that!

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This site is now secured using SSL

Hey everybody! Long time, no read! I know you all are enjoying the site still — I definitely appreciate the feedback I receive from time to time.

In order to be compliant with new standards of security, I’ve updated this site’s server to use SSL (secure sockets layer). That means you will be redirected from http to https. I’ve tried to be very careful to make sure everything works correctly, but if something doesn’t work, please let me know ASAP. Of course, to help me out in case your browser is simply caching old settings, you first might want to clear your cache and your cookies and maybe even restart your computer.

Happy studying!

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Yes, this site is still very much alive and kicking — although it may not appear so from the number of posts on the news page! So here’s to another year. Cheers!

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English to Latin Downtime

First of all, I’d like to thank everyone who so quickly reported problems with the English to Latin section of the website. It’s great to know that this tool is important and being utilized.

Second, it should only be down for a short time. It will be back up and running soon.

Thanks for using the site!

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Small Server Glitch Stopped Numen for Morning

So there was a small glitch on the server this morning. It was super easy to fix but I didn’t have a chance to fix it for a few hours. It should be good now!

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Upgraded Server and Site Statistics

This is a post for the technical minded people in the audience.

This site is actually hosted on a cloud service called Amazon EC2. EC2 changes now and again. As they buy new and faster hardware (computers) they tend to decommission the older ones and makes the top tier the new middle tier, and in effect marking down the prices. In addition to this regular upgrade cycle, competitors like Google Compute Engine and Microsoft Azure lower prices to stay competitive and EC2 has to follow suit.

It’s because of these upgrade and competition cycles that prices and server specs tend to fluctuate. Since this site has been using the same configuration for about a year now, I decided to check if there’s newer, faster, cheaper hardware.

It turns out there is. I was basically able to double the power of the site’s hardware. EC2 is great because all it takes is 3 clicks to make the change. The site was down for about 2 minutes all together. So if you noticed an outage, that’s probably why.

The upshot of this upgrade is that the site should run noticeably faster and handle noticeably more users. As a matter of fact, usage tends to increase about 30% percent year-over-year. In fact, this has been a great year because the gain has been 34% overall. Check out the image below.

34% year-over-year usage increase

Notice the blip on May 13th and 14th. That’s when I accidentally bombed the server. Ooops. Despite that, there was still a 34% gain in usage.

Overall, this is good news. The site is getting more and more popular and hopefully more and more useful. Also, it’s getting faster. Thanks for reading and using it. If you have friends who are taking Latin or are interested in Latin, make sure to tell them about Numen.