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6 weeks with a VPS
It's now been six weeks since I moved all of my web sites to a VPS (virtual private server) on vpslink.com. So far, things have been smooth sailing. They have had 100% uptime, good performance, and nothing to complain about. They did get hit with a DOS attack which made things slow, but they quickly resolved that. In addition, I have 3 IP addresses on my account which made it quite convenient for me to host a client's wiki as well as some work I'm doing for them.
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Buggy QuickBooks
You'd think that an accounting package would be 100% reliable or as close as possible to that as people rely on them all the time. I just happened to be looking at some reports in QuickBooks for Mac and noticed a $4000 difference in a particular section (expenses) and checked the filters; they were identical. I unchecked some fields in one and rechecked them and presto, the difference went away. It's a good thing I noticed it otherwise I would have paid myself more than I deserved which would have made a royal mess out of the accounting.
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The cause of traffic
I finally figured out what causes traffic; drum roll, please...stupid people! Did you really expect some profound reason? Last week when we were driving back from Santa Barbara, there were a few patches of slowing. As we passed the slow areas, I kept looking for a reason why. There was no reason the traffic slowed. It's a good thing I don't commute as I'd probably rip all my hair out.
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Life with the iPhone
I've been using an iPhone for a few weeks now (I have a very nice client that sent me an iPhone) and must say that I kind of like it. I'm not a huge voice person, so I've only made a few calls and can't really comment on it.