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Cheap Security Certificates from Dreamhost

I’m a sucker for funny and informative newsletter and blog posts, and the latest blog post from Josh Jones, head of Dreamhost (great hosting – read more here) is both of these characteristics and it introduces a new product (or just a deeply discounted one) – $15 SSL certificates. After a long rant about how flawed internet security is (and our reliance on them SSL certs) he makes the announcement that Dreamhost will now offer 100% trusted and signed SSL certificates.

I’ve had to deal with SSL certificates in the past (it is definetely not easy to do) and now I can get them installed easier and cheaper than before. Again, Dreamhost will be my one-stop shop for hosting, domain registrations and future SSL certificates

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Brand New Portfolio Page

I finally came around to completing my Portfolio page here on my blog/site. It is somewhat incomplete, there are some pages I’ve developed that aren’t there because:

  • a: They are perhaps NSFW
  • b: The sites were for start-ups that have gone under and I never took a screenshot of my work (bad mistake).

So, have a look at my portfolio, let me know what you think and if you want to hire me as a web developer, let me know via my contact form.

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Why You Should Host with Dreamhost too

I’ve been using Dreamhost for over 4 years now, and even though they’ve had their ups and downs in the past, I strongly believe that they are the best in their category, reliable and inexpensive hosting. After reading so many horror studies of awful customer support, bad service and unreliable servers with other Hosts (HostGator, BlueHost, I’m thinking of you!) I think I’ve been really lucky to have Dreamhost as my host.

I’ve survived the time I hit the front page of Digg and the couple times I’ve gotten Stumbled-upon; their servers are very robust. I also enjoy their monthly newsletters, blog, and their uncluttered and friendly control panel. They are also upfront with any issues they have with servers, they have DreamhostStatus where you can check the status of their networks. Other webhosts are’t as open as Dreamhost. So, let me tell you why you should sign up and start hosting with Dreamhost.

  • unlimited bandwidth and storage + 50 GB for personal backups
  • register domains for $10 (not having to deal with an external registar) + a free domain at signup
  • unlimited email accounts, mysql databases, users
  • mailing lists (no need to signup with AWeber or others)
  • Ruby-on-Rails, PHP5, WebDAV, Pearl, .htaccess files, etc.
  • Google apps integration (use @yourdomain.com for More >
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Blogging Tips to Get More Traffic, Subscribers, and Readers

Photo by Timothy K. Hamilton

Here is a list of blogging tips, to increase your readership and exposure. Some I need to apply more myself, but here they are: (more…)

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Started a New Website, part I

I’ve been working on a couple of web projects lately and I feel quite proud of them so far. I want to start actively blogging and producing content again, and perhaps monetizing (read: make money) when and if the sites attract enough traffic. The first one, which I started about a month ago, was finished last nigh t (or early morning shall I say?). I was adjusting the theme, learning about WordPress’s custom fields, and finally adding content. Without further ado, introducing:

Julian Present Trailers. I love movie trailers, I hate when I miss them when I go to the movies. The problem is that I haven’t found a cool site that showcases trailers for upcoming movies in a decent way. Sure, you can watch movie trailers on Youtube or on a movie’s dedicated website, but who wants to do that? So, go ahead, bookmark it and tell your friends.

In the next part of this post, I will go through the process of starting this new site step by step, from purchasing the domain, to setting up WordPress.

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