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Dec. 14th, 2008 05:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dmaze(1) We have a desktop computer upstairs. It has two purposes, which are to run Quicken and to be a print server. In theory we could use it if we needed some database-backed Web app inside the house. This means that it gets used a couple of times a week at best, which doesn't really justify it being "always on"; is there a better solution?
(2) I've been sort of wanting an Internet Presence for a while (livejournal slightly embarrasses me, as does my MIT address eight years after graduation). This at the least involves email service, preferably with IMAP, and enough Web service to host a blog and some static content. I've been eyeing Linode for a while, and their bottom-end plan works out to just over $200/year plus my own sysadmin efforts. Is there a better answer?
(Digging through history I see two other instances of "I'm going to throw money at my problems" that I still haven't acted on, and I've definitely been mentioning (2) on-and-off via zephyr for years now.)
(2) I've been sort of wanting an Internet Presence for a while (livejournal slightly embarrasses me, as does my MIT address eight years after graduation). This at the least involves email service, preferably with IMAP, and enough Web service to host a blog and some static content. I've been eyeing Linode for a while, and their bottom-end plan works out to just over $200/year plus my own sysadmin efforts. Is there a better answer?
(Digging through history I see two other instances of "I'm going to throw money at my problems" that I still haven't acted on, and I've definitely been mentioning (2) on-and-off via zephyr for years now.)
