Finally got around to switching web hosting providers for Chimoosoft.com away from Yahoo. Although Yahoo has been very reliable and hassle free over the years, there were several big drawbacks to it: FTP access only (no SFTP), an older version of PHP, no web statistics for PHP pages (even though they were supposed to be available), no SVN hosting, no Ruby on Rails support, no terminal access, etc..
Our new hosting provider is Webfaction which has much more customizability and should help Chimoosoft.com evolve into a more fully featured site. During the transition process, the domain temporarily pointed at nothing Sunday morning for a few hours; if you were directed to a temporary Go Daddy parking page, now you know why. Email may also have bounced back to you, so please try sending it again. Sorry for the trouble - note that this is Chimoosoft's first hosting provider change in about five years, so this doesn't happen too often!
If you're curious about Webfaction - so far, so good. I'll post more information about the provider as time passes. Go Daddy seems to have worked fine, but the site was incredibly confusing and poorly laid out (IMHO) - pretty much the opposite of Apple's clean design principles!
PS: If you get tempted by webfaction, signing up through this link will give Chimoosoft a bonus!
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