Just gotten word from WordFence security plug-in there’s another critical bug with another plug-in I had. The errant plug in has since been disabled and removed, but it does highlight a wider issue with regards to website maintainability given this is (or was) just a personal / family site… (Continued below)

Combined with reading about a recently reported Linux Kernel “Copy-Fail” CVE, Have taken the opportunity to move this site back to managed hosting from unmanaged VPS, “Freeze” this site (as much as possible) in the backend and stop posting to it indefinitely. Consequently this means the comment facility has also been disabled. The site will likely remain like this until I can find better uses of the domain name.

Some closing thoughts…

As an otherwise ordinary random member of the public, I don’t feel like there is any value in me trying maintain this site let alone bother to air my personal thoughts in a publicly accessible setting. I don’t consider myself a proficient writer and while I’m in I.T / Software Development. Web development isn’t my specialty.

Given there are very few (if any) inbound links from other sites, I’m surprised at how some of the content here is supposedly appearing high in the SERPs of various Search Engines as these posts of mine are mainly just public thoughts rather than well researched articles.

This type of site, the “personal homepage”, is a relic from the time I was a wee kid in the 90s when almost everyone and their pet had a Geocities account or space at their ISP e.g homepages.ihug.co.nz/~userID. Most people have long since moved on to social media platforms.

As mentioned on the originally pinned “About” post. I had set up this site as a friends and family domain, but frankly it has outlived this purpose.

Email I got back from Fonterra Brands Customer Service regarding not being able to find the larger Anchor Probiotic+ yoghurt tubs…

Dear XXXX,

Thank you for taking the time to contact us.

It’s great that you enjoyed our so much and we’re sorry it’s no longer available.

Here at Fonterra, we want all our products to stand the test of time but sadly it’s not always possible. Occasionally there are circumstances that mean we need to discontinue a product.

Loyal customers mean everything to us and we understand how disappointing it can be. We don’t take these matters lightly and do our best to let fans know about any major changes.

Again, we’re sorry your favourite is no longer on the shelves.

Kind Regards,
XXXX X
FBNZ Customer & Consumer Services Team

Average Photo of clouds and dusk.

As a aside, thinking of moving all the thoughts and posts off of this domain and putting them elsewhere. As it currently stands, this site is intended to be a collection of informal public notes and commentary and are certainly not intended to be formal articles or researched reports, but simply my personal reflections as an otherwise little-known member of the public based on available information and lived interpretation at the time of writing them. Admittedly, the domain peak.nz may unwittingly give these thought posts more authority than they ought to receive.