Hooray! Forum is back up!

[vnatale]

I'm working on getting an emergency backup forum set up on my web site.

Anyone who is interested, please message me your email address so I can notify you when it is up.

Technologist,

Did you ever complete doing this?

Vinny

[vnatale]

We really need to implement all three suggestions:

Twitter
Facebook
Tech novelists backup server

That way, we have four total modes of communication.  If at any time on or two are going down, hopefully they are compensated by the other 2-3

Any of these ever get embraced? Did not look like from reading through all the other posts in this Topic.

Vinny

[vnatale]

I've been impressed with LiquidWeb (particularly with their technical support) and recommend them.

Arvixe is owned by a crappy web hosting conglomerate called EIG, which also owns the crappy web hosting companies in the list below.  I would stay away from any of them.

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VInny

[vnatale]

So is the forum up or not? A moment ago, not.

As I wrote on Libertarian666's forum, a place where some of us find refuge when this one's down, I find it ironic that Craig sought out the pp because he was all about robustness and antifragility in his line of work. This forum is...not robust.

URL link?

Write to Steve/tech for a password if you want to join.
http://www.rhino-retirement-analyzers.com/forum/

No longer seems to be an option?

Vinny

[vnatale]

I propose that if we all go down again, we hang out temporarily on Twitter, finding each other with #gyroscopicinvesting
Sort of like chatting outside during a fire drill

Looks like this was never accepted of formalized? There still seems to be a need in case the forum again goes down for any length of time. Has it ever similarly gone down since the inception of this topic?

Vinny

[Libertarian666]

I'm working on getting an emergency backup forum set up on my web site.

Anyone who is interested, please message me your email address so I can notify you when it is up.

Technologist,

Did you ever complete doing this?

Vinny

Apparently not, or at least I don't recall having done it. But it was almost 4 years ago...

[flyingpylon]

I've been impressed with LiquidWeb (particularly with their technical support) and recommend them.

Arvixe is owned by a crappy web hosting conglomerate called EIG, which also owns the crappy web hosting companies in the list below.  I would stay away from any of them.

2slick (2slick.com)
AccountSupport (accountsupport.com)
ApolloHosting.com (apollohosting.com)
AptHost (apthost.com)
A Small Orange (asmallorange.com)
Arvixe (arvixe.com)
Athenix Corporation, Athenix Inc. (athenixinc.com)
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BigRock (bigrock.com)
BizLand (bizland.com)
BlueDomino (bluedomino.com)
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BlueHost (bluehost.com)
Cloud by IX (cloudbyix.com)
Directi Web Technologies (Directi, directi.com)
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EasyCGI (easycgi.com)
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Homestead Technologies, Inc. (homestead.com)
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HostGator (hostgator.com)
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Intuit Websites
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JustCloud (justcloud.com)
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WebDevHosting (webdevhosting.com)
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webhosting.info
WebSiteBuilder (websitebuilder.com)
WebstrikeSolutions (WebstrikeSolutions.com)
Webzai (webzai.com)
World Wide Web Hosting (wwwh.com)
Xeran (xeran.com)
YourWebHosting (yourwebhosting.com)

I've been with one of the above listed ones - EasyCGI (easycgi.com) - since 2007. All my personal email has gone through it since then and it has been extremely reliable. I discovered then via Consumer Search (owned by the New York Times) recommending it as one of the top web hosters.

VInny

Perhaps I should have added "Your Mileage May Vary". Most hosting companies start out great and emphasize customer service, etc. If you started out in 2007 then I'd be willing to bet EasyCGI was independent at that point. But then if they grow and get traction in the marketplace, they get acquired, stripped, and consolidated by one of the big conglomerates that just rides the wave of the acquired company's brand reputation. If a customer's needs are relatively simple they may never notice the difference.

[vnatale]

I've been impressed with LiquidWeb (particularly with their technical support) and recommend them.

Arvixe is owned by a crappy web hosting conglomerate called EIG, which also owns the crappy web hosting companies in the list below.  I would stay away from any of them.

)

I've been with one of the above listed ones - EasyCGI (easycgi.com) - since 2007. All my personal email has gone through it since then and it has been extremely reliable. I discovered then via Consumer Search (owned by the New York Times) recommending it as one of the top web hosters.

VInny

Perhaps I should have added "Your Mileage May Vary". Most hosting companies start out great and emphasize customer service, etc. If you started out in 2007 then I'd be willing to bet EasyCGI was independent at that point. But then if they grow and get traction in the marketplace, they get acquired, stripped, and consolidated by one of the big conglomerates that just rides the wave of the acquired company's brand reputation. If a customer's needs are relatively simple they may never notice the difference.

Yes, with just doing email my needs are extremely simple? For awhile when I was doing eBay ads I was also using the web site to host pictures for those ebay ads but now it is just email.

Vinny

[Xan]

The extended outages were towards the end of the Craig/Tex era, where they really had moved on to other things. There wasn't anybody running the ship to fix whatever might pop up, and because of a less-than-optimal host, things did pop up. It hasn't been a problem lately. Every once in a while the server needs a reboot, which causes maybe a minute of downtime. Other than that it's been very smooth lately.

[Xan]

The extended outages were towards the end of the Craig/Tex era, where they really had moved on to other things. There wasn't anybody running the ship to fix whatever might pop up, and because of a less-than-optimal host, things did pop up. It hasn't been a problem lately. Every once in a while the server needs a reboot, which causes maybe a minute of downtime. Other than that it's been very smooth lately.

Yes, thanks to you Xan. We are all very grateful for what you do!

Thanks Pug. I have to admit it's mostly selfish, because I didn't want the forum to go away! :-)

[vnatale]

The extended outages were towards the end of the Craig/Tex era, where they really had moved on to other things. There wasn't anybody running the ship to fix whatever might pop up, and because of a less-than-optimal host, things did pop up. It hasn't been a problem lately. Every once in a while the server needs a reboot, which causes maybe a minute of downtime. Other than that it's been very smooth lately.

Yes, thanks to you Xan. We are all very grateful for what you do!

Thanks Pug. I have to admit it's mostly selfish, because I didn't want the forum to go away! :-)

I quite HAPPY to hear that your interests coincide with ours!

Vinny