Comments on: What better place to ask?

By: mahesh

mahesh — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:15:51 +0000

Do the opposite whatever John Cole did……

By: Richard Silverstein

Richard Silverstein — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:00:47 +0000

Hostgator. I did a lot of research before moving my sites there & I haven’t had a single problem since I did. No down time at all. Prices are reasonable.

By: Mooser

Mooser — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:23:46 +0000

Well, I think I know where you might find a server for sale!
The du Toit’s (The Pussification of the American Male) blogging dreams are all crashing down around them. I wrote to offer her help. I
‘m sure you could purchase their operation at fire-sale prices!

By: Sadly, No!

Sadly, No! — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:26:22 +0000

WHY, Tried to email you, but the message bounced. Can you get in touch?

By: word hussein yeti

word hussein yeti — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:24:29 +0000

Why am I the only person on the entire internet who actually seems to like Dreamhost? Sigh.

Uh, I ran into the Dreamhost guys at the recent BarCampLA – they’re a very responsive bunch. I’ve noted that you guys seem to draw more than your fair share of DDoS attacks, which obviously complicates things. I don’t want to assume that I know more than you guys – but have you ever given thought to using Amazon’s AWS “Cloud Computing” as a hosting option?

If you really need it, I can hook you up with a company that handles mondo-bigtime traffic sites … but that’s the kinda thing that starts costing serious shekels. Which means a lot more attention to monetization…

Does this means the Giant Gay Hamsters have been taken out back & shot? Or did they take key positions on Obama’s transition team, and are fielding proposals for the remainder of the TARP bailout cash…?

By: Mauro

Mauro — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:40:25 +0000

I gotta say.

A while ago, like, a few months ago, I noticed that there was a little menu on the side to pick the look of the site. I chose one of the options, and the site changed appearance, but the little menu disappeared; I was actually stuck in that appearance from then until now. There were weird tabs at the top, too. Possibly I got stuck in a parallel internet universe that nobody actually paid attention to. Luckily the content kept on coming. Now, though, it appears that this problem has been fixed, because I’m in the original flavor of Sadly, No! and the option for changing the skin has been (apparently; maybe I just didn’t look hard enough) removed. So congratulations on fixing it. (:

By: ahem

ahem — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:14:21 +0000

And damnit if SuperCache doesn’t kick in properly when I refresh. Oh well. Better host required.

By: ahem

ahem — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:13:01 +0000

And it looks as if there’s some kind of cache set up, but the SuperCache static delivery isn’t working. That happens sometimes. I know how to fix it. I’m contacting Seb now.

By: ahem

ahem — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:09:40 +0000

WP-SuperCache. After seeing a dedicated server go tits-up after a spike in blog traffic, we installed it and the load average hasn't hit 1.0 since.

By: kc

kc — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:09:15 +0000

Whatever John Cole did, do the opposite, I beg of you. Since he made the switch I can barely read his blog.

By: protected static

protected static — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:11:07 +0000

I’m using Dreamhost for a couple of my projects, but I wouldn’t want to run anything high-traffic (or business-critical) on them. They’re good enough for my putzing around, but for business levels of traffic, you get the service you pay for.

By: Vagrant

Vagrant — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:25:25 +0000

For that level of traffic you need a dedicated server in order to get decent reliability.

Problem: deep pockets required.

By: August J. Pollak

August J. Pollak — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:14:03 +0000

Are you still using Dreamhost? I think I was the one who actually recommended Dreamhost. Why am I the only person on the entire internet who actually seems to like Dreamhost? Sigh.

By: Arky 4 That 1

Arky 4 That 1 — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:37:38 +0000

What J.K. Polk said. When I came in here the other day I thought the Rapture had started and I’d been left behind with the TalEvangicals [shudder, shudder].

By: FlipYrWhig

FlipYrWhig — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:04:27 +0000

The guy had a website with the reliablity of Domino’s pizza.

There was always ash on the underside of every comment?

By: DrDick

DrDick — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:54:27 +0000

I thought Troofie had finally launched his all out assault on truth, justice, and the American way, crashing the site.

By: Pere Ubu

Pere Ubu — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:15:52 +0000

The guy had a website with the reliablity of Domino’s pizza.

It was donating money to anti-abortion groups behind his back?

By: The Fool

The Fool — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:10:19 +0000

Dude, just do it yourself. DIY internet rulz.

By: cschack

cschack — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:58:05 +0000

Send Chief Editor Sammy Korir of African Press International and email; he can at least point you to what DOESN’T work.

By: stryx

stryx — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:56:07 +0000

I heard Angelfire is what the pros use.

That or Tripod.