When I started this site decades ago, I followed the usual path at that time to launch sites, shared hosting. There were many vendors to choose from but nothing like the quantity and diversity of whatโs available today. I registered the domain, settled on a small vendor for $5/month, got my cPanel and terminal login — Continue reading ยป
The Perils of Self-Hosting
๐ November 18, 2012
Two weeks ago, when nature was flexing its muscle in the northeastern USA in the form of hurricane Sandy, I was away from home on a business trip. When the alert email from my monitoring company arrived in my inbox informing me of the web server outage, I wasn't surprised. Power had been lost, the — Continue reading ยป
Hosted Apps Downside - Gmail
๐ June 29, 2010
Yesterday without any indication my Gmail account went into a lockout mode displaying this message when I try to login: Sorry... account maintenance underway Weโre currently performing maintenance on your account. You wonโt be able to log in while maintenance is underway, but your account data and messages are safe. Unfortunately, we canโt predict exactly — Continue reading ยป