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Dec 10

The Great Host Swap

It’s funny how things work out.  If you’re reading this, you’re on my new server.  The great host swap of 2010 is complete.  God it was a pain, but, sadly, it was necessary.  Things have been solid for a long time here, but I guess everyone has their bad days.  My old host just had a few too many for me to deal with.

My former host was Linode.  For the most part, things were incredibly stable.  Barring recent events, I never had any major issues that weren’t somehow my fault.  I signed up with them in June of 2009 because I noticed their packages offered more bang for the buck than Slicehost (my first host for this blog).  They had a lot of positive reviews, and their control panel software was pretty sweet.  My geek side fell in love with Linode, and I was a happy customer for a long time.  Recently, though… things haven’t been so great.

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