Archive for September, 2008

Over the past few months Dreamhost has been cracking down on customers who have been using large chunks of their web hosting space for their own personal files that have nothing to do with web sites.
According to the Dreamhost August Newsletter:

Now, you know how we give out a LOT of disk space with our hosting? [...]

Instead of guessing how many resources you will need when signing up for DreamHost’s VPS-ish service “DreamHost PS”, they now have a handy solution to help you decide how much memory you will need.
By giving new sign-ups a free week with the maximum amount of resources, DreamHost can then figure out exactly how many resources [...]

One of my favorite features as a happy DreamHost customer is their proprietary web panel.
When I was scouting for a new host to use as a secondary server ( I run 20ish websites, and don’t like to have all my eggs in one basket) I almost disregarded DreamHost because of my distaste of proprietary web [...]

If you have ever had to set up an SSL cert, I am sure you had experienced a bit of frustration and/or confusion over the process from purchasing the cert to having it working on your host’s server.
DreamHost in their ever-expanding arsenal of making life easier features recently announced they were taking out of the [...]

Guess I’ve had my head in the sand, because I didn’t even know that Google was working on their own web browser. The big G released the beta browser on Sept. 2nd, you can read the official blog post here.
According to Google:
Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to [...]

I interned for a small hosting company in the early 00’s. My job was to answer any support questions I could, and forward others to the appropriate support staff. I learned a few things from this job:
1) Not that I disliked the job or company, but it was the most stressful working atmosphere I have ever [...]


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