I demanded to have MySql database moved to a different server, and I have been happy with them since. I still have some trouble with getting a smtp client and email client like mutt to work on the host, but I guess I can live with that.

It looks like MidPhase is trying pretty hard, and I appreciate their effort. My site has been running without much problems since the db move, so I am cool now.

Sorry to hear that you had a less than par experience with Midphase. I would give them a while, get settled in, they may turn out well. You may want to check out http://www.vistapages.com, I have used them and are a pretty good host!

Best of luck!

Interesting ideas of http logs. You got me interested. I will look into it.

Interesting to know that MidPhase is kinda like a middle man, contrary to my earlier impressions. They’ve got to change the max connection setting in my.cnf or find out which site is using up all the connections. That happened to me at least 3 times by now. My apache went dead on Friday night, because, according to support, an APC power issue. But their phone and web support has been quick and friendly.

There are a lot of changes in the Ji Village;) I went back 2 years ago and was really surprised by the all the changes.

1) I’d create a “page” and maybe maintain that by hand … else, there’s a plugin somewhere for you to put PHP code in a WordPress page or blog entry and have it be interpreted.

2) I use … uhm … a really crude Perl script and some shell pipes in my cron entry that is then included via XSSI (My web site used to be static pages and scripts, WordPress just hosts the bloggy content) but … uhm … basically, you can pull referers out of your server’s combined http log.

Midphase is neat by their reverse DNS when you posted the backtrack from this post points to Server Central, which is the hosting company behind Midphase, and my last employer.

Small world? Maybe in the Village of Ji. Happy blogging, sir!

-danny