The last of my new server problems has been fixed. I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that the last problem involved a port being closed. I made the fatal mistake of assuming that this particular port would be open by default.
So yes, everything is now alright in the world with me.
The first site to be hosted on the new server is my daughter's (and her friends) blog. I present to you Yellow Pole.
Amaze yourself at the speed of the new server. It renders pages in 0.15 seconds with 50+ queries at a time! Yeah, I know there is not much content on that site but, it's still fast!
What was my problem? The main problem had to do with DNS entries.
When you save a post in WordPress that hs been published or publish a new post some cron jobs come into play. These jobs hit DNS and then ping other blogs and services. Because I was having some DNS issues these cron jobs would hang and not allow WordPress to do much of anything. Once I fixed the DNS settings everything ran smooth and fast.
HMTK.com will be the last site to be moved off of the old server and onto the new. Mostly because it is the most important site I have right now. Important because I get my mail through it.
