Yes, the new WordPress 3.3 is very nice. But you know what? Akismet is the only reason I still have comments open on this site. I received 166 spam comments in 48 hours. Not one of them made it through. Also, primecasefunding dot com are A-holes.
If you’re not interested in running a blog on WordPress then this post will not be interesting to you. However, if you have an interest in hosting and domain servers then read along. I was previously hosting this site on Bluehost.com. My domain had been hosted there since 2006 with a few hiccups. I changed domain names on December 30th, 2010 and lost quite a bit of content from the previous year.
My recent move to a new hosting service was a little more expensive than I had budgeted for. I run this site as a monetary loss. I don’t consider it an overall loss because I’ve met really interesting people through the site and received some great suggestions that were worth the amount I pay for the hosting service.
However, I don’t make money off of the site. I’m considering a small change to that situation but I don’t want to change the nature of the site.
I found a new host over on WebFaction and I've been very happy with their support and performance. I'm also moving my domains to Hover.com during the same window. It's all a tiny bit irritating but I've made multiple backups of everything and tested out the import process several times. In a way, it's kind of like when I get a new Mac and I take the time to clean up my files and reexamine my backup system.
My hosting service is trying very hard to encourage me to move away. I’ve settled on WebFaction for hosting and an ultimate goal of moving to Django from WordPress. The support responses from WebFaction have been stellar and digging through Twitter reveals that their customers are generally very happy.
What this means for the site, is that I will slowly start turning off features and validating the XML export from WordPress.
Security exploits are mainstream. There's no escaping it. It will only become more common. Do yourself a favor and be diligent and take nothing for granted. Even Wordpress blogs are vulnerable.
post script: Yes, I checked this site and it's clean.
I've been using the MidMo theme on this site for awhile. I like it because it is easy on my old eyes and very simple. There are some quirks that bother me so I am considering a new theme. There's a lot to choose from. I'm also considering some commercial options.
In some ways, we are in the golden age of weblogs. As an example, Asymco has created a quality publication that rivals the best print news sources. The WSJ and NYT should be very concerned that this is their competition and it is ostensibly free to access.
SimplicityIsBliss has some very helpful info. It's new to me but is now in my short list of feeds for useful Mac information. There is particularly heavy attention paid to Omnifocus but in a good way.
I recently migrated a previous site to Macdrifter.com. In the process I lost a number of posts. Either I am too lazy or the posts were not good enough to try and restore. It's likely a combination of both factors. Either way, I am going to consider it an opportunity for a clean start. I'm leaving the old posts up in case anyone still finds them useful, but I plan to move onward and upward.
