I’ve switched from 1&1 to MediaTemple for my hosting needs. I’ve used 1&1 since 2004 and had good experiences with them. Now it’s time to grow up and use a real hosting provider. I am running on their GridServer (gs) which is a huge upgrade from 1&1 shared hosting. The future of hosting lies in Virtualization, and not the traditional shared hosting. With (mt) I get virtual hosting rather than the traditional one(sharing a server), so if another user in that service or I suddenly need more power, from a traffic spike my virtual server won’t crash. Now I can actually withstand a Digg effect (I really hope I have one).
The next big change in this blog will be my own custom theme. It is still under development and I hope that I can put it up soon.