In a fit of impulse geekitude, I’ve rented a dedicated server. It runs Ubuntu Linux, which is what I run at home and am currently writing this post with, so the ground is familiar, however I’ll have to get used to managing things entirely by command line. Something I should be doing regardless.

I’m not sure what I’m going to do about this website. Davebgimp.com is hosted on a shared server with BlueHost, who are seriously superb webhosts, IMHO. My account is paid in advance with them for another fifteen months, so probably I’ll just leave this website where it is.

For the near future, I’ll mainly be using this new-fangled server as a secure proxy host so I can get around redundant web filtering and also safely use open wifi spots without risking my passwords and data. I have a few other domains registered that I suppose I could move over to it, maybe even set up a mail server, I’m not sure. I’ve never really run a server before, so it’s all new shit to me.

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The domain name has transferred and everything seems to be up and running correctly. Please let me know if you encounter errors.
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Please bear with me over the next couple of days as I once again change webhosts. I’m setting the new site up today and the domain transfer should be finished in 48 hours or less. It’s likely that the whole move will be unnoticeable.

My current host, hostinglite.com, is completely unreliable and it’s one of those things where at least once a week, something on their end fucks up. They’re cheap as hell, so I guess I’m getting what I paid for, but I need a site that works and is not consistently down because of SQL problems and nameserver issues, so if I have to pay more, so be it.

This time I am taking the easy route and selecting the host at the top of the recommended list on WordPress.org. If I pay a year up front, it’s only a dollar more than what I pay now for my lame-ass service. BlueHost.com, let’s hope they pull through.

Hi kids! davebgimp.com is currently hosted by a crappy-ass company whose servers have crashed one too fucking many times. Their customer support is farmed out of Croatia (not that I have anything against Croatia at all) and they just all around suck big donkey balls. I am in the process of switching to what I hope will be a more reliable host. The process should be seamless and finished at some point over the course of the next two days. Please bear with me while this is happening and please drop me a line if you notice any errors or problems. Hopefully all will go well. By the way, if you’re shopping around for a web host, you’d do well to stay away from aplus.net. They really suck and have some sketchy ass business practices. If you want to know more about just how shady this company is, don’t take my word for it, just do a Google search or do a search at webhostingtalk.com for more disturbing information about this company.