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While doing some routine maintenance on Center of Muse, I found a bunch of other code needing to be tweaked. So as inconvenient as it may have been to anyone who came looking to read some prose about biz - it was time, and I was here.

Meanwhile - I was trying to take care of all of this internally on GoDaddy - where this site is hosted for a few more days yet. I will be moving it over to AN Hosting, with my other websites. GoDaddy frustrates me, in the hosting department and internal site workings department.

The File Manager, FTP Client, MySQL area all kept timing out, so I would have to restart. Several times I was logged out of the site entirely (not my doing) while I was actively working inside GD & being quite active. And this is without getting the little warning pop up message.

Of course, I finally resorted to trusty FileZilla, but for a quick thing here or there, a host’s internal features should be able to do the trick.

After spending a few months comparing my two hosting sites, I’m MUCH happier with my switch to AN Hosting. I have not experienced down time. I have not been unduly disconnected from the control panel. I HAVE received top-notch service from customer support and tech support, and all at a price that BEATS GoDaddy.

GoDaddy will remain my Big Poppa for registrations, and domain management. But I’m happily transitioning the remaining websites I own to AN Hosting.

After an enjoyable Holiday weekend, I enjoy getting back to work.

Don’t get me wrong, I really unplugged over the Thanksgiving weekend, and didn’t so much as check email during family and friends time. It was a rare occasion, indeed.

But there’s always something thrilling, for me, in helping people define their goals, go after them, achieve them, and make money from home or with something they love doing. Or the thrill of the creation. Or sewing a tapestry of words, or code, together and making something that other people enjoy. It’s got all of the elements that I love about creating live productions, just without the applause. [Read more →]