<This post is cross-posted between my old blog at Windows Live Spaces, and my new one, at Averbuch.net>

I’ve been thinking about moving off of Spaces for a while, for a couple of reasons:

  1. More flexibility in hosting (i.e. stats tracking, plugins, etc…)
  2. A lot more theme choices
  3. I wanted to host fully on my domain name, http://averbuch.net, rather than just having it as a redirect.
  4. Microsoft locks down a bunch of functionality in the name of security, but this significantly impacts my ability to explore and play with various technologies.
  5. I wanted a server to do some exploration with Ruby on Rails.

During the President’s Day holiday yesterday, I spent time exploring various hosting options, and ended up setting up a plan at http://hostingrails.com, which had the price I was looking for (including coupons), along with providing Ruby access, WordPress, ssh/shell access, and a bunch of other exploratory needs.

I’ve got the new site up, so I am going to switch everything over there; you’ll just need to switch over once, but don’t be surprised if I change the look and feel a bit over time as I explore various options and plugins.

My next post will describe how to get setup on the new server.

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