Nerdica

So, if you've been trying to visit Nerdica.com (ahhh, old posts) for the past couple hours, you'll notice that it's been down. I've currently just switched to Dreamhost, and I'm liking it so far. The main reason I switched is because my previous host, 1&1, was slow. Some of my friends never had problems with 1&1, but my site would take almost 10 seconds to appear most of the time. Sometimes even 2-3 minutes, and that was just ridiculous. Immediately after I switched, Nerdica loaded in 2-3 seconds. And after a little Wordpress tweaking, the site loads almost instantaneously.

So, after a little searching, I settled with Dreamhost for several reasons. For all the services they provide, they are dead cheap. I've got 500 gigs of space to host as many sites as I would like for whatever I want. I'm really liking the new web panel from Dreamhost. There may be a very small learning curve for some. For example, when creating MySQL databases at 1&1, everything would be created for me on the spot, but I would be given obscure usernames, database names, and domains for all of my configuration. Organization went out the window. But, Dreamhost sets up databases with information I give them. I can configure multiple users for different database, and keep my databases organized at the domains I own. The extra 10 seconds it takes to enter in this information is definitely worth it. Everything, in my opinion is much more organized. Also, Dreamhost has a ton of extras I can use, such as Flash video transcoding, a UNIX shell, Jabber IM servers, and announcements lists. Basically, I can do anything for hosting a web site, as long as it stays under 500 gigs.

So, if you browsed the site recently, and notice anything different, let me know by posting in these comments, or discussing it in the forums.