Ye Olde Rad Blog II

Radified Moving to a Virtual Private Server (VPS)?

You might recall when we were booted off our server .. for using excessive resources (CPU/memory). Banished .. to the bad-boy "stabilization" server. Unfortunately, we're still there. (Lunarpages is my web host.)Since then, I've been working to lower our resource...

Posted on January 28, 2008 4:25 PM

Warning: Excessive Server Usage

Received a notice yesterday .. from my web host (Lunarpages), which begins » Warning: Excessive Server Usage Your account is using excessive resources, causing a significant degradation of services on the server. This is a shared environment and we can not allow one user to utilize the majority of resources, as it affects all users adversely. Because of this, your site has been temporarily moved ...

Posted on November 29, 2007 12:26 PM

Two's Not So Terrible

the bug will be 2½ next month, putting him mid-way thru the Terrible Two's, which I've heard much about, always wondering how much of the surrounding lore is true. My experience (so far) is that he's at the coolest age yet, a blast to have around. The real problem (at this age), I feel, is that kid's immune systems are still developing. Consequently they get sick a lot, with some illnesses more serious than others. And nobody enjoys feeling crummy, no matter how minor the symptoms might be.

Posted on June 5, 2007 5:30 AM

Learning Dad Tricks & all about Virtual Private Servers (VPS)

Been playing Rad dad last few days. The bug is getting to that age where he knows what he wants (and what he doesn't want). No longer can I just grab him and do what I want. Now he must be dealt with. Been looking into Virtual Private Servers (VPS) .. by trading emails with Lunarpages support to learn how that deal that works. Odd how Basic Hosting (which I have now) comes with 350 gigs of storage (which few will ever use) & costs less than 10 bucks a month. Yet a VPS account only comes with 20 gigs storage (still way more than the 2 or 3 I need) .. tho costs $40/month. Seems like the numbers are backwards (you pay more, but get less). So I asked why. Their response:

Posted on May 18, 2007 6:01 AM