My website was previously on “Khorshid”, the department’s server for student websites. ‘Khorshid’ is the Persian word for sun, which in a way, suits the server very well — needing to get restarted periodically. Nowadays, I hear it’s gone down for good. (Update: It’s up and running right now, but I can’t access the admin dashboard, I’m still trying to figure out what the cause could be.)
I gave up on Khorshid. My new and improved website now safely resides on a server provided by PersianTools. So far, I haven’t been able to move my previous posts and links from the old database server (called “Aftab” — which ironically, is another word for sun). I’m keeping my fingers crossed on that one.
In the end, I miss Khorshid, because I could upload my files locally, because it hosted for free, and because it provided a good testing ground for young linux server administrators. Hopefully, I’ll be able to help out next semester when I’m graduating … and I’m already feeling sorry for the future users 
