Re: Hosting Matters

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SquareSpace?


Posted by: Anonymous | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 4:10 PM
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That looks like a hosted blogging service, like blogger or typepad. I need a host for my email.


Posted by: ogged | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 4:14 PM
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As far as I can tell from when I was doing a similar search, your choices are affordable, established, free of the hassles of having root/colo, or devoid of extraneous Web 2.0 "features",: pick two.


Posted by: Lunar Rockette | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 4:29 PM
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,:

>-|-(,:


Posted by: Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 4:32 PM
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Posted by: Lunar Rockette | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 4:36 PM
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))>((


Posted by: Armsmasher | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 4:37 PM
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Posted by: Lunar Rockette | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 4:42 PM
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Pair?


Posted by: Becks | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 4:45 PM
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Congruence. I was going for comity, and couldn't think of something better.


Posted by: Lunar Rockette | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 4:48 PM
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Is this the each-comment-less-helpful-than-the-last contest?


Posted by: ogged | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 4:48 PM
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Well, if it is, I got this bitch covered.


Posted by: Lunar Rockette | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 4:50 PM
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I highly recommend oneworldhosting.com. I've used them for 5+ websites I've started up over the past several years. Best customer service in the business - not that it's need very often, but a real human always answers the phone and the problem is usually solved within 5 minutes.


Posted by: Tony | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 5:32 PM
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Well, despite other people's well-reported issues with Dreamhost, it's posed no real problems for me over the past year that I've had my site with them.


Posted by: apostropher | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 5:37 PM
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Thanks, Tony, but am I just totally screwed here? OWH offers 2GB of storage for $42/month. That's a lot! I was hoping to pay $15 and am willing to pay as much as $20 for something somehow fantastic.


Posted by: ogged | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 5:37 PM
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Two years, that is.


Posted by: apostropher | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 5:38 PM
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I can host your data cheap.


Posted by: ben w-lfs-n | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 5:44 PM
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But can you have it online reliably?


Posted by: ogged | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 5:48 PM
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Also, Ben will read your email.


Posted by: Becks | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 5:51 PM
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I think even Ben would get tired of all the "Ben w-lfs-n is so gay" jokes.


Posted by: ogged | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 5:52 PM
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And Labs constantly asking you what you are wearing.


Posted by: Becks | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 5:53 PM
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I'm always wearing the same thing, remember, Becks?


Posted by: ogged | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 5:56 PM
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A birthday suit isn't a real suit, you know.


Posted by: Matt F | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 5:58 PM
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What about....Media Temple? You could get that grid you've always wanted for $20 a month.


Posted by: Becks | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 5:58 PM
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I'm actually considering MT.


Posted by: ogged | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 5:59 PM
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I'm always wearing the same thing, remember, Becks?

This. Except on high holy days.


Posted by: apostropher | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 5:59 PM
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I liked Media Temple. Had they been able to handle our load, I would have been happy there.


Posted by: Becks | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 6:01 PM
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Had they been able to handle our load

That sounds so dirty.


Posted by: SomeCallMeTim | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 6:04 PM
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The possibility that it isn't dirty is just a polite fiction.


Posted by: Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 6:12 PM
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The possibility that it isn't dirty is just a polite fiction.

What is the Catholic Church?


Posted by: Michael | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 6:20 PM
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I actually couldn't keep your data online reliably, because we have a cheapo router that routinely craps out. It's quite frustrating.


Posted by: ben w-lfs-n | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 6:20 PM
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Thank you, Ken Jennings.


Posted by: Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 6:21 PM
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I use hostgator and have never had any problems, I have even been able to reach tech support when I had a couple of questions. They also seem to fit your pricing ideals.


Posted by: dave | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 6:23 PM
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I've had service with pair.net for about six years, and have had no problems whatsoever. Not sure about price and storage limits.


Posted by: Mike Bruce | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 6:41 PM
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textdrive.


Posted by: Kier/an | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 6:47 PM
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13: Likewise.


Posted by: mrh | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 7:28 PM
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1and1. I recently switched there from TCH and have been happy thus far.


Posted by: amanda | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 7:29 PM
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If you don't mind splitting your email and storage functions, use Google Domain Apps for your email (ie, GMail client under your domain name) and Amazon Simple Storage Service to keep your data. The Google services are free and the Amazon service is $0.15 per GB per month for storage, plus $0.20 per month per GB transfered. If you don't move your data around all that much, it could fit your needs for less that $1 per month.


Posted by: Spike | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 7:30 PM
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P.S. There appears to be a sale, so it is teh cheapz0rs. Like, well below your $15/mo. Check it out. I moved on recommendation from a good friend who has hosted his band website with them from years.

The only thing I don't like about 1and1 is they don't use cPanel, but instead their own administration panel which is a little funky and takes a bit of a learning curve. Nothing major enough to keep me from using them, though.

Handy link in case you're a lazy ass like me.


Posted by: amanda | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 7:32 PM
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Why don't you want Site5? That's what I use, and I'm happy with them.


Posted by: Clancy | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 7:50 PM
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All the people wondering why not service X, bear in mind that the blog has had a variety of hosts over time.

If I may be so bold as to speak for ogged.


Posted by: Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 8:11 PM
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Okay, got it. Price might be an issue with Site5 as well.


Posted by: Clancy | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 8:12 PM
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Why don't you just use pencil and paper like normal people do, ogged?


Posted by: M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 8:34 PM
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Do you use textdrive, Kier/an? It looks like just what I'm looking for, provided that it's reliable.

(As for the sites I don't want, SB is right: they're all previous hosts for Unfogged, and they were fine for a while, but eventually frustrated me for one reason or another, which is why I'm looking to move up a bit in price for something more reliable. Actually, dreamhost never hosted the site, but I've heard too many horror stories.)

Google Domain apps seems very cool in many ways, but there's as yet no good and reliable way to upload existing mail to gmail (I used Gmail Loader with some success, but it's really just a kludge).

Thanks for the suggestions, folks.


Posted by: ogged | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 8:36 PM
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Google Domain apps seems very cool in many ways, but there's as yet no good and reliable way to upload existing mail to gmail (I used Gmail Loader with some success, but it's really just a kludge).

You could use one of those apps that lets you mount your gmail as a networked filesystem and just copy everything over.


Posted by: ben w-lfs-n | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 9:55 PM
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The one I've used (GSpace (if we're talking about the same kind of thing)) adds data to the "subject" line, which isn't something I want. Maybe there's another one that's cleaner.


Posted by: ogged | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 10:00 PM
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Anyway, I'm not sure how I'd move things over as email.


Posted by: ogged | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 10:01 PM
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Gmailfs.


Posted by: ben w-lfs-n | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 10:11 PM
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Thanks. Still not sure how I'd get my email uploaded as email.


Posted by: ogged | Link to this comment | 01- 8-07 10:20 PM
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I'm with Becks here. Pair is fantastically reliable if all you want is email and a personal site. It doesn't do blogging -- or at least MT -- very well: I suspect this is the result of deliberate policy either to force people to spend more on dedicated servers or to use the shared server resources for other things. But I kept sites there for about six years without any reliability problems worth noticing, or any loss of email. Telephone support was available and helpful. Also, for not much money, you get shell access and can waste hours and hours playing with FreeBSD.


Posted by: nworb werdna | Link to this comment | 01- 9-07 1:07 AM
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werdna - my Pair suggestion was me being a little bitch. They were the previous Unfogged host and we left there bitter about the entire experience. There's no way Ogged is going to Pair.


Posted by: Becks | Link to this comment | 01- 9-07 8:10 AM
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Speaking of hosting matters, is anybody able to reach any of the blogspot blogs, or did the IT group here at work just wise up and block my access to that domain?


Posted by: apostropher | Link to this comment | 01- 9-07 9:12 AM
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51: I'm having trouble with a few but not all blogspot blogs.


Posted by: Stanley | Link to this comment | 01- 9-07 9:13 AM
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Yeah, I can't seem to load multiple blogspot blogs.


Posted by: m. leblanc | Link to this comment | 01- 9-07 9:14 AM
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Ah, you're right. Certain ones are accessible.


Posted by: apostropher | Link to this comment | 01- 9-07 9:14 AM
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From blogger.com: "Due to maintenance, old Blogger is not available right now. We are also not accepting new accounts at this time. Please check back later today."

Why don't I just jump on that wordpress bandwagon already? Stupid blogger.


Posted by: Stanley | Link to this comment | 01- 9-07 9:15 AM
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"scheduled outage for old Blogger next Tuesday, January 9th, from 7:45am-9:45am PST."


Posted by: apostropher | Link to this comment | 01- 9-07 9:18 AM
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Is this an attempt to persuade people to switch to Beta?


Posted by: Barack Obama | Link to this comment | 01- 9-07 9:19 AM
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Sorry about that.


Posted by: Jackmormon | Link to this comment | 01- 9-07 9:19 AM
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Jackmormon is the antichrist!


Posted by: apostropher | Link to this comment | 01- 9-07 9:21 AM
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My handle has ten letters, ten, which is five, the number of the devil's pentagram, times two, the number worshipped by the Manichean heretics; or six, the number of the Beast, plus four, which is...um, two plus two! The very square of the Manichean heresy!


Posted by: Jackmormon | Link to this comment | 01- 9-07 9:36 AM
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It's all so clear.


Posted by: Jackmormon | Link to this comment | 01- 9-07 9:36 AM
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Four is not only two plus two, it is two times two and two to the power of two, making six twos in all -- the number of the Beast again!


Posted by: LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 01- 9-07 9:42 AM
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One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do. Two can be as sad as one, it's the loneliest number since the number one.


Posted by: Danny Hutton | Link to this comment | 01- 9-07 9:46 AM
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(5 x 2) = (6 + 2 x 2 x 2) has been determined to be a terrorist equation, a signal of the most nefarious intentions.

You are all banned, and unleash the hounds.


Posted by: No Such Agency | Link to this comment | 01- 9-07 9:46 AM
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You got an extra "X 2" in there somehow.


Posted by: Clownæsthesiologist | Link to this comment | 01- 9-07 9:48 AM
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I'm currently using ipowerweb.com, and have been pleased with their uptime.


Posted by: ScottM | Link to this comment | 01- 9-07 10:22 AM
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