Posts Tagged ‘electricity’
Bluehost Woes = Big Gain for Hostgator
Many of you know that I have been having major hosting issues as of late. From July till now, my sites have gone down daily, and Bluehost’s support has been less than helpful. I have used them for almost two years, so it was truly sad for me to have to even think about leaving. I have never had the problems I was having. If you read my blog, you will notice long absences (when I couldn’t even post due to not being able to even get to the backend of my blogs!), and I wrote about a lot of my issues. My final straw was when support finally told me to delete my old posts and put them on a static page. Well, that kind of defeats the whole purpose of a blog. I think I just outgrew them. I do have to say that to cancel Bluehost was super easy, super fast, and they were super nice.
I had asked around quite a bit about what other hosts were out there that people liked. One I heard a lot of good things from was Hostgator. Before I made my decision, I even online chatted with some of their sales people. The other thing that impressed me was that they are green. I personally believe that every little bit helps and that if I can help the environment with my hosting, why not. Granted, Hostgator isn’t running their own windmills in downtown Houston. Instead, they have bought RECs for 130% of the electricity used to power and cool its shared and reseller servers. What’s a REC?
Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) are tradeable credits representing all the environmental benefits of 1 megawatt hour of renewable energy. So when HostGator purchases 4,009 Texas wind RECs, it’s basically paying a Texas windfarm to generate renewable energy on HostGator’s behalf. HostGator doesn’t own the windfarm, but for every REC purchased by HostGator, that windfarm generates 1 megawatt of Texas wind power and puts it into the grid. When HostGator draws power from the grid, it can then claim credit for that wind power generated on its behalf.
Another thing I really like is that if there is a problem with one of your sites, they don’t pull them all down. That was a big grievance of mine before. They will also transfer your domains and your files to them for free! That was what really got me to come over to them. They saved me hours of time of having to move my sites! Every step of the way, I got an email letting me know what they were up to. The only thing you end up having to do is check to make sure that your site looks good and to change your DNS settings. It doesn’t get easier than that!
Any issues I have had so far have been dealt with quickly. When I didn’t get my welcome email (due to my own typo), they responded to my ticket in 15 minutes. I ended up sending in a ticket due to a WP hiccup last night (which I think was my fault too – lol) and had a response in about 2 hours. I love that kind of customer service! They have been nothing but nice and helpful. The thing I love the best is that I went from throwing errors on all my blogs to not throwing any. I am not sure how that happens, but I’ll take it!
If you are in need of new hosting, I highly recommend checking out Hostgator. They are very competitive in pricing, and they are everything I wanted in a host.
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Tools
I live with an electrical engineer which means my husband has an especially good understanding of electricity (more than I wish he did most of the time especially when he decides to work when everything is hot). We do not pay an electrician to come to the house; Bill does all of the work himself. He also runs any sort of data lines (cable, phone, etc.) himself or has his brother come and help him. To be able to this kind of work himself, he has some very specialized tools. For example, he loves his Klein-Kurve Multi-Cable Cutter. This is a multi-cable cutter. That means there are three different cutting blades on this to cut different types of material and wire. This has an anvil cutter, a copper curved cutter, and a steel cutter. Another use of this cable cutter is that it can shear screws also. I know that this is somewhat technical, so let me give you a real world application. When Bill rewired some of the lights in the basements, he had to cut the wire to the length he needed. He would use this to cut it. Any kind of wiring that is done in your house this tool becomes necessary.
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Random Fact for the Day
Who developed the system of electricity we use today? The answer to that question is not who you think it is. My first thought would have been Thomas Edison which is wrong.
The correct answer is Nikola Tesla. He is the person who developed the use of alternating current. Edison, who most of us consider the bearer of electricity, was an advocate of direct current which isn’t as efficient. Tesla invited a polyphase alternating current system of generators, motors and transformers. He also help 40 basic US patents on the system. George Westinghouse bought his system from him to supply America with electricity. In 1882, Tesla also discovered a rotating magnetic field which is a key principle in physics. He also devised the first hydroelectric power plant in 1895 at Niagara Falls.
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