Hi. I'm Paul Nixon, a designer living in Mountain View California. My days (and some nights) are spent designing websites for a little company in Cupertino. The rest of my time is spent with my beautiful wife and friends, road cycing and reading your blogs.

Hosting.

Tuesday, October 26, 2004 12: 31 PM

Dreamhost is promoting their "Code Monster" hosting plan for $19.95/mo. (usually $39.95/mo.) for as long as you have the plan. If you can swallow the $24.95 sign-up fee it offers a ton for only one Jackson a month. It appears to be a limited time offer.

I have been hosting nixlog and several other domains on the "Sweet Dreams" plan for a couple of years now. But when I saw the "Code Monster" deal today for the same price, it was a no-brainer. It includes: 2.6 GB of storage, 64 GB of monthly bandwith, 15 hosted domains, 75 subdomains, Quicktime streaming, etc., etc.. Just passing on the deal if anyone out there is looking for a hosting company. There may be better ones out there, but Dreamhost has served me well so I don't mind doing a little promotion.

One thing that I find really nice is putting side projects on the same account. With 15 domains I can add a dozen side projects on the same account as my own. For paying clients this give me the ability to bill hosting into the project. For other projects it gives me an instant home for trying out quick ideas. With domains dirt cheap, I can buy a domain, build a site and have it live within 48 hrs (it would be sooner if waiting for DNS wasn't an issue). This is great when you have an idea that might be time sensitive to capture market attention.

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