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My Secret For Picking Excellent Web Hosts

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Michael Allen Smith

I have paid for web hosting since 1995.  When it comes to service, I’ve done pretty good.  I follow a three step process when searching for web hosting. Web Research – Everyone does this.  Find a host that meets all … Continue reading →

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Using Instapaper for Web Legibility

Posted on December 26, 2010 by Michael Allen Smith

When I first looked over the Instapaper application I didn’t think I needed it.  I used Delicious for my social bookmarketing site.  Why would I need Instapaper?  Then news stories came out saying that Yahoo! would either shutdown or sell … Continue reading →

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DreamHost and the Myth of Unlimited Domains

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Michael Allen Smith

DreamHost promotes unlimited domain web hosting for $8.95/month.  It seemed like a sweet deal, so I signed up for it.  The reality is that their offer is misleading.  DreamHost offers 100 MB of memory per account.  If you exceed this … Continue reading →

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Digital Colony is Back and Running Under WordPress

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Michael Allen Smith

Digital Colony was launched way back in 1999 and for the first few years all the content was hand coded and then FTP’d up.  Then I wrote my own content management system using Classic ASP.  It ran pretty good, but … Continue reading →

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The Problem With WordPress and How I Would Solve It

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Michael Allen Smith

I use the WordPress content management system to publish this blog as well as my personal blog Critical MAS.  As much as I love WP and think it is the best blogging software available, there is a problem. Sitting on … Continue reading →

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