grr... why cant they just keep doing things the same so i dont fuck shit up every time i do a new install?

anyhow after struggling with the dns on the new machine for the last day, someone smarter than i pointed out that i hadnt set it up right and helped me fix everything... a big thank you to calvin!

so now im back, on a whole brand new machine (my spare failed so i had to get another) and hopefully wont have to do this again for many years :)