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08/23/2006: "Still Going ..."

Well, I managed to go fishing this weekend and the server didn't crash - whoopee!

The dust has settled and we finally understand just what was lost from the server dump on the 12th. I was able to recover all but one day's worth of blog entries, although I'm having to hand-repost each one. Unfortunately, all of our other interactive features - the Offshore Fishing Forum, the Release Reports, and the Guest Log - all lost any data recorded between August 4th and August 12th. All in all, it's not as bad as it could have been.

That said, I'm still pissed. A decent hosting company shouldn't allow this to happen, and when it does, they should be a hell of a lot better prepared and responsive to the user's needs.

I guess this is what you get when you get passed from company to company when buyouts occur. When I first moved the site from AOL in 1996, I went with Advanced Web Creations. They were bought out by Interliant, who was bought out by Interland, who is now Web.com. With each change, the service got worse, the support less personal, and the experience more unsatisfying. I hate the thought of having to rebuild the damn site on a new server, but I just can't imagine staying where I am now.

So, if you have a really good shared web host, feel free to pass it along. This winter, once the local marlin season winds down, I'll be looking at my options and no doubt moving somewhere where the experience is better. And if the support center is located somewhere in the contiguous 48 states, well all the better ...